Howard Elliott

Howard Elliott (December 6, 1860 – July 8, 1928) was President of Northern Pacific Railway from 1903-1913, and also President of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad beginning in 1913. Biography Elliott was born on December 6, 1860, in New York, and received a degree from Harvard University. He entered railway service during the summer of 1880, and during college break he worked as a rodman on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. After graduation from Lawrence Scientific School in 1881 with a degree in civil engineering, he became a clerk in the president's office of the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railway. From 1887 to 1891, he was a general freight and passenger agent, and from 1891 to 1896, also became an agent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph and Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs lines. From 1896 to 1902, he became general manager, and from 1902 to 1903, second vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy lines. In 1903 he was elected president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and also president of various subsidiary companies of the Northern Pacific. On July 25, 1913 he was elected president and director of the New Haven system, succeeding Charles Sanger Mellen. Elliott's term as president of the New Haven began with the wreck of the Bar Harbor Express on September 2, 1913, a disaster of such scope that had not been seen on the New Haven.