JOSEPH HAINEN. Port Jervis, New York. Master Mechanic.
Joseph Hainen was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on February 24, 1863, and received his education in the common schools and business college of Meadville, Pennsylvania. His father is Samuel Hainen, who for many years has been foreman of the Erie shops at Meadville. Having finished his education the young man entered the Atlantic & Great Western shops at Meadville on July 5, 1877, as a machinist's apprentice, and after having mastered the trade he continued in the same shops, working in the erecting department as a journeyman until April 1, 1889, when he was advanced to gang foreman. He served in this capacity until March 8, 1892, on which date he was promoted to the position of general foreman at Salamanca, the western terminal of the Western Division of the Erie. A year later he was promoted to Master Mechanic and assigned to the Delaware Division, with offices at Port Jervis. This position he now fills in a highly acceptable manner, being quite popular with his su-periors and those who are under his direction.

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