Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. p. 209. H. B. EARLING: OF THE RAILWAY officials of the country I do not believe there is a better qualified man than Herman B. Earling, vice president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, a man of high intellectual attainments and broad ideas. Mr. Earling is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in 1869, and received his educational training in the public schools. For a period covering nearly 40 years he has been with the same transportation interests, having begun with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul in 1883 as assistant chief train dispatcher, remaining in that position for ten years. In 1893 Mr. Earling became trainmaster, serving four years, and followed by his promotion to the superintendency of terminals. In 1898 he was made division superintendent and stationed at Marion, Iowa, and five years later he was promoted to assistant general superintendent, with headquarters in Milwaukee. In 1906 Mr. Earling was transferred to Minneapolis in a similar capacity where he remained about a year, when he was made General Superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway. Then three years later came his appointment as General Superintendent of the entire system of C. M. & St. P Ry., with headquarters in Chicago. In 1913, Mr. Earling was made vice president of the company, with headquarters in Seattle, the office he holds at this writing. Starting with the company in a minor capacity he has risen gradually but surely until today he occupies an executive position that clearly demonstrated his efficiency and rare good judgment. I have very serious doubts as to Mr. Earling having a superior anywhere on the Pacific coast as a railway executive. He has had many important matters to come up for attention since his induction into his present position, and in each instance has has met them with promptness. Submitted by: Judy Bivens * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.