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Franklin Kintzel Hain (July 22, 1836 – May 9, 1896), often called "Colonel Hain" during his lifetime, was the general manager of the Manhattan Railway Company from 1880 until his death. ==Early life and career before New York== Hain was the eldest of five children of Pennsylvania German parents, Samuel Hain and Margaret Fitzenberger Kintzel. He was born in Stouchsburg, where he was educated at Tulpehocken Academy. Around 1850, the family moved to Reading, where he started work at 17 in 1853 as an apprentice machinist with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.〔Peter Murray Hain, ''Frank K. Hain and the Manhattan Railway Company: The Elevated Railway, 1875–1903'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-6405-0, pp. 37–38.〕 He left in 1857 to join the Navy as an assistant engineer, and served aboard USS ''Colorado'' from January to August 1858. He then returned to Pennsylvania and opened a leather business in Danville.〔Hain, p. 39.〕 The month after the outbreak of the Civil War, in May 1861, Hain re-enlisted in the Union Navy. He served aboard USS ''Iroquois'' until she was decommissioned in October 1862; he was then assigned to USS ''Sangamon'' but because of persistent ill health—during his time on the ''Iroquois'' he had been in sickbay for adynamia, diarrhea, and malaria and also been wounded—he did not join the ship and his resignation was accepted in January 1863.〔Hain, pp. 40–42.〕 In 1863–64, he worked as a draftsman for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in Scranton. During this time he also served for about a month as a captain in the Pennsylvania Infantry Militia, commanding 102 men; his nickname of "Colonel" dates from this service, although he never held that rank or, apparently, saw action.〔Hain, pp. 42–43.〕 In March 1864, he became a master mechanic for the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad; on January 1, 1865, he was promoted to superintendent of motive power.〔Hain, p. 43.〕 Two years later, in January 1867, he became a lead draftsman at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, where he lived in company housing with his brother George, who was a foreman machinist. The company used a system of standardized interchangeable parts to design locomotives to fit the needs of a variety of customers, many foreign; Hain was responsible for designing the first anthracite-burning locomotives for Russia, and traveled there in 1871 to meet with government representatives.〔Hain, pp. 44–47.〕 He then became Supervisor of the Susquehanna Depot of the Erie Railroad from 1874 to 1876, and general superintendent and purchasing agent for the Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad, then following its purchase by the Rock Island Railroad, superintendent of the Keokuk & Des Moines division of the Rock Island Railroad. In 1880, after the railroad changed its name to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, he accepted an offer from Jay Gould—a board member of the Rock Island Railroad and former president of the Erie Railroad—to become general manager of the Manhattan Railway Company.〔Hain, pp. 48–49.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank K. Hain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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