Western Transit Co. signed by E.V.W. Rossiter twice - 1897 or 1899 dated Autographed Stock Certificate

Stock issued to and signed by E.V.W. Rossiter as secretary on the front of stock and on back. Transferred to Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.

Edward Van Wyck Rossiter (1844-1910) President’s clerk for Hudson River Railroad; Treasurer’s office clerk for Hudson River Railroad 1860-67; cashier New York & Harlem Railroad 1867-77. Later treasurer of same company, June 1883 became treasurer and from November 1900 had been Vice President of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, New York & Harlem Railroad as well as of almost all the lines affiliated with the New York Central Company, also Lincoln National Bank and Lincoln Safe Deposit Company. 

William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (1878-1944) was a prominent railroad executive and the son of William K. Vanderbilt. He began his career with the New York Central Lines in 1903, quickly rising through the ranks. By 1910, he was appointed assistant to the President, and in 1912, he became Vice President. In 1918, Vanderbilt assumed the role of President. In addition to his railroad career, he served as a Director of the Western Union Telegraph Company. During World War I, from 1917 to 1918, he served in the U.S. Navy.