{{Short description|American railroad executive}} {{For|his son, the mining engineer in America and Australia|Julius Kruttschnitt II}}
{{Infobox person | name = Julius Kruttschnitt | image = File:Julius Kruttschnitt in 1920.jpg | caption = Kruttschnitt in 1920 | birth_date = {{birth date|1854|07|30}} | birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1925|06|15|1854|07|30}} | death_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States | spouse = Elise Minna Krock | education = [[Washington and Lee University]] (1873) | employer = [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] | occupation = Railroad executive | children = [[Julius Kruttschnitt II]] | boards = [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], [[Union Pacific Railroad]], [[Wells Fargo]] }}
'''Julius Kruttschnitt''' (July 30, 1854 – June 15, 1925) was an American railroad executive of German descent.<ref name=obit/>
==Biography== He was born on July 30, 1854, in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. He graduated from [[Washington and Lee University]] in 1873 and worked briefly as a schoolteacher before beginning his railroad career. He joined the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] in 1885 and served in a variety of roles, culminating in chairman from 1913.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia | last = Hofsommer | first = Don L. | editor-last = Bryant, Jr. | editor-first = Keith L. | title = Julius Kruttschnitt | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography: Railroads in the Age of Regulation, 1900-1980 | pages = 253–255 | publisher = Facts on File | location = New York | year = 1988 }}</ref>
He retired on May 31, 1925, as chairman of the [[executive committee]] of the Southern Pacific Railroad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kruttschnitt, 70, To Retire May 31 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D07E2DE1431EE3ABC4852DFB266838E639EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 10, 1925 }}</ref> He died on June 15, 1925, in his birth city, of a heart attack.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Julius Kruttschnitt Dies of Heart Attack. Nearing His 71st Birthday, He Resigned May 31 as Chairman of Southern Pacific |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02EFDC123AEF3ABC4E52DFB066838E639EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=June 16, 1925 }}</ref><!--His 1896 biographical entry reads thus:<BR> ''General Manager, Southern Pacific.''<BR> Office: San Francisco, California.<BR> Born: July 30, 1854, at New Orleans, Louisiana.<BR> Education: Graduated with degree in civil engineering from [[Washington and Lee University]], [[Lexington, Virginia]], 1873. Entered railway service: 1878, since which he has been consecutively July 1, 1873, to January, 1880, engineer of extension Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company; January 1, 1880, to April 1, 1881, roadmaster, western division; April 1, 1881, to April 1, 1883, assistant chief engineer and general roadmaster, same road; April 1, 1883, chief engineer and superintendent, same road; October 1, 1885, to July 1, 1889, assistant manager, Atlantic System, Southern Pacific; July 1, 1889, to October, 1895, general manager, Atlantic System, Southern Pacific; vice-president, Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway and Texas and New Orleans Railroad; president, New York, Texas and Mexican; Gulf Western Texas and Pacific; Sabine and East Texas; October 1, 1895 through 1896, general manager, all lines, Southern Pacific.
The 1922 edition of the ''Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America'' lists him as chairman, Executive Committee, same company, and director, [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref>Busbey, T. Addison, editor. ''The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1896. Chicago [Ill.]: Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader, 1896'', pp. 271-2.</ref>-->
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==See also== *[[List of Wells Fargo directors]] *[[Pecos River High Bridge]]
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