Marshall Monroe Kirkman

Born on the prairies in Morgan County, Illinois, Kirkman was raised far from any town or school and received private education and some years of common school. In 1856 at the age of fourteen he left home to seek his fortune. He made his way on foot to Fulton, Illinois, where the Chicago and North Western Railway had just been completed."Marshall Monroe Kirkman : Obituary" in: Association of American Railroads. Accounting Division (1921). Auditor Report of the Railway Accounting Officers. Vol. 37, p. 480

Kirkman entered the service of the Chicago and North Western Railway,Willard, Frances Elizabeth. A Classic Town: The Story of Evanston by 'An Old Timer' . Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1891. p. 389 where he got his first job as telegraph messenger. He soon learned telegraphy and was given charge of the office at DeKalb, Illinois, from which position he was transferred to the Train Dispatcher's office at Chicago, then located in the old Indiana Street Depot.

In 1861 he was appointed Auditor Freight Accounts, and in 1865, Assistant General Accountant. Two years later, he was appointed General Accountant, and in 1870 was also made Local Treasurer. From June 30, 1881, to November 1, 1889, he was Comptroller. As controller he was head of the Auditing Department of the Chicago and North Western Railway, supervising the Auditing departments of the Union Pacific, the Chicago and North Western, the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railways.[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18971225.2.106# Sacramento Daily Union], Volume 94, Number 126, 25 December 1897. p. 12 In 1889 Kirkman was elected vice president, which position he filled until 1910, when he retired on a pension after 53 years of service at the Chicago and North Western Railway.

In 1881 he became resident of Evanston, Illinois. Kirkman wrote extensively on the subject of railways. He wrote a twelve volume treatise, The Science of Railways (1894), which was later revised and republished in 17 volumes, and 3 portfolios (1909, et. seq.). Kirman was also founding father of the Accounting Division of the Association of American Railroads.

• [https://archive.org/details/baggageparcelan00kirkgoog The Baggage, Parcel and Mail Traffic of Railroads], 1881.
• [https://archive.org/details/handlingrailway00kirkgoog The Handling of Railway Supplies: Their Purchase & Disposition], 1887.
• [https://archive.org/details/railwayratesand00kirkgoog Railway Rates and Government Control: Economic Questions Surrounding These Subjects], 1892.
• [https://archive.org/details/originandevolut00kirkgoog Origin and Evolution of Transportation; Or, The Genesis of Railway Carriage], 1898.
• The Science of Railways, Editions 1903–04The Science of Railways, Editions 1907
• Vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways62kirkgoog Safeguarding Railway Expenditures], 1907.
• Vol. 5, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways05kirkgoog Organizing of Railroads], 1907.
• Vol. 8, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways16kirkgoog Building and repairing railroads], 1907.
• Vol. 10, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways63kirkgoog Organization of Railways], 1907.
• Vol. 12, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways60kirkgoog Freight Traffic], 1907.
• Vol. 13, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways62kirkgoog Safeguarding Railway Expenditures], 1907.
• Vol. 15, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways04unkngoog Railway Rates and Government Ownership], 1907.
• Suppl. [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways55kirkgoog Collection of Revenue], 1907.

The Science of Railways, Revised and enlarged edition, 1912/13/14

• Vol. 1. [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways37kirkgoog Shop and Shop practice], 1912.
• Vol. 1, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways64kirkgoog The Locomotive], 1914
• Vol. 2, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways66kirkgoog Engineers and Firemen handbook], 1913.
• Vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways65kirkgoog Locomotive appliances], 1914.
• Vol. 7. [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways40kirkgoog Operating Trains], 1915.
• Vol 19, Air Brake Portfolio ; [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways44kirkgoog Third supplement : The Westinghouse 'LN' equipment], 1912.
• Suppl. [https://archive.org/stream/sciencerailways05unkngoog#page/n3/mode/2up The Baker Valve Gear], 1914.
• Suppl. [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways03unkngoog Locomotive Appliances], 1915.
• Suppl. [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways41kirkgoog Electricity Applied to Railways], 1915.

• Vol. 1, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059864614;view=2up;seq=8 Railway equipment], 1903.
• Vol. 2, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059864622;view=2up;seq=6 Railway Organization], 1904.
• Vol. 3, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059864630;view=2up;seq=6 Financing, Constructing, & Maintaining], 1904.
• Vol. 4, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059864648;view=2up;seq=6 Train Service: ... Men & Equipment; Organization], 1904.
• Vol. 5, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059864648;view=2up;seq=6 Passenger, Baggage, Express & Mail Service], 1904.
• Vol. 6, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063718434;view=2up;seq=6 Freight Business & Affairs], 1904.
• Vol. 7, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways49kirkgoog Disturbances of railroads], 1903. ([https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways25kirkgoog 1904])
• Vol. 8, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways51kirkgoog Economic Theory of Rates, Private versus Government Control of Railroads], 1903. ([https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways06kirkgoog 1904])
• Vol. 9, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063718459;view=2up;seq=6 Fiscal Affairs - Collection of Revenue], 1904.
• Vol 10, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063718459;view=2up;seq=6 General Fiscal and Other Affairs], 1903.
• Vol. 11, [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways39kirkgoog Origin and Evolution of Transportation], 1904 (first ed. 1898).
• Vol. 12, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063718483;view=2up;seq=6 Engineers and Firemen's manual], 1903.
• Supplements:
• [https://archive.org/details/buildingandrepa01kirkgoog Building and Repairing Railways], 1901
• [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways29kirkgoog Westinghouse Air Brakes], Vol. 15, 1904.
• [https://archive.org/stream/howoilisusedfor00kirkgoog#page/n4/mode/2up How Oil is Used for Fuel on Locomotives], Vol. 16, 1902.
• [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways22kirkgoog Supervision of cars], Vol. 19, 1904.
• [https://archive.org/details/sciencerailways33kirkgoog Telegraph and Telephone], Vol. 20, 1904.

;Other works

• [https://archive.org/details/romancegilberth00kirkgoog The Romance of Gilbert Holmes] (1900)
• Iskander (1903)
• The Alexandrian Novels (three volumes, 1909)
• [https://archive.org/details/historyalexande00kirkgoog History of Alexander the Great] (1913)
• [https://archive.org/details/kingaromancecam00petrgoog The King: A Romance of the Camp and Court of Alexander the Great : the Story], (1913)

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