A. M. MOZIER, CLEVELAND, OHIO, General Superintendent of Erie Lines West of Salamanca.
Train service throughout the country has been made better and danger of accidents minimized by A. M. Mozier; the "Mozier Block System" has a record that he is justly proud of; his "Safety Signal," and electrical cut-out, insures that danger signals will be displayed for trains that should be stopped for the block or for train orders. His "Three Position Semaphore" introduced the principle of using the elevated position of the signal arm to indicate "caution," thus leaving the diagonal, or downward position to indicate "safety" as in common use. His "19 Order Signal," which is his latest invention, gives regular indications automatically and is for delivering train orders or messages to trains at speed.

Mr. Mozier was born May 31, 1843, near Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and after acquiring a common and high school education began work on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad (now a portion of the "Big Four") as Agent's Clerk. A year later, in 1864, he accepted a position as telegraph operator, but in 1867 resigned to take a similar position on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago. His skill as a telegrapher became known to the officials of the Pennsylvania system and in 1871 he was made Train Dispatcher of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, and was advanced later to Chief Train Dispatcher and Manager of Telegraph on that road. In 1882 he resigned to accept the position of Chief Train Dispatcher and Trainmaster of the Indianapolis & St. Louis (now the "Big Four") where he remained until 1888, when he was appointed Superintendent of the Third and Fourth Divisions of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio (now the Erie) and resigned to accept the same. In 1891 he was made Superintendent of Transportation of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and Chicago & Erie Railroads, and later promoted to General Superintendent of Erie Lines West of Salamanca. The high appreciation in which he is held by the management of the Erie was manifested in 1891-92 when for several months he was detailed to serve temporarily as Superintendent of the Chicago & Erie, during its reorganization and improvement.

Mr. Mozier is a family man, having been married July 11, 1865, to Miss Marianne Borie, and they have two children, who are grown to manhood and womanhood. The son, M. L. Mozier, is Train Dispatcher on the Chicago & Erie Railroad, and the daughter, Edna Louise, has just completed her musical education in the Royal Conservatory at Dresden, Germany.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.