Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1917 — MADE RECORD AS ENGINEER [ARTICLE]

MADE RECORD AS ENGINEER

One of Those Who Have Spread the Fame of American Skill in All Countries. Virgil Gay Bogue, one of the most distinguished civil engineers in America, died on board the Esperanza of the Ward line while returning from Mexico. The end came after a short illness. —Mr. Bogue achlevedfame as a builder of railroads in the United States, in South America and in other parts of the world. His first great triumph came in 1877, when at the age of thirty-one he completed building the most difficult part of the Oroya railroad in Peru, the famous trans-Andean system. The road crosses the Andes at Galera tunnel, the grade elevation being 15,615 feet above the level of the sea. Spider web bridges and curves along the steep slopes and tunnelsform the feature of the difficult work, Mr. Bogue was occupied in this work for eight years and then became manager of the Trajille railroad, also In Peru. Resigning his post in 1879, Mr. Bogue returned to the United States, and the following year waamade an assistant engineer of the Northern Pacific railroad. His first work with the Northern Pacific was the exploration of the Cascade range for the purpose of finding a way through the mountains for the line across the state of Washington to Tacoma and Puget sound. In 1881 he discovered Stampede pass, which, he declared, would solve the railroad problem. Later he supervised the construction, of a two-mi 1 e tunnel at the pass and completed the building of various other sections of the railroad. In 1886 Mr. Bogue became chief engineer of the Union Pacific and served until 1891.