Biografía
He became a railway telegrapher with the Illinois Central Railroad in 1857 at the age of 14.
In 1880, after working for a number of American railroads he was appointed as General Superintendent of the Milwaukee Railroad.
He was appointed as General Manager of the CPR on 01/01/1882.
He managed the construction of the railway between Winnipeg to Calgary.
He visited Granville (Vancouver) BC in 1884 and advocated renaming it as Vancouver.
He was appointed as President of the CPR in 1888.
He established CP Steamships in 1891, and later CP Hotels.
He negotiated the Crowsnest Pass Agreement.
He retired as President in 1899.
He was one of the original 37 subscribers for capital by BC Sugar.
He was Knighted in 1894.
Lugares nombrados
Van Horne Creek (BC); Van Horne Neve (BC); Van Horne Glacier (BC); Van Horne Range (BC).
Referencias
- The Canadian Encyclopedia (1988)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
