Gill, William B
telegraph manager, was born Dec. 27, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. During 1866-81 he was with the Western Union company, rising through all the grades to the superintendency. In 1881 he accepted a contract to build the Bankers' and Merchants' telegraph line between Philadelphia and New York, which he completed within four months; and then took another contract to erect a line to Pittsburg. In 1882 he became the general superintendent of the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone company, which he resigned two years later to accept the superintendency of the sixth district of the Western Union Telegraph company. He is vice-president and director in a number of local telegraph and telephone companies in sundry towns within his district.