Gamble Latrobe, who is descended from one of the well-known families of the city of Baltimore, is noted for his aptitude in grappling with difficult engineering problems, which seems to be an inherited trait, and is considered one of the best young men in the railroad service in this country. He is the son of Charles Hazlehurst and Letitia (Gamble) (Halliday) Latrobe.

Mr. Latrobe was born in Baltimore, January 21, 1866, and for a time attended the private schools of his native city. He then became a pupil in the St. James Grammar School, Washington county, Maryland, and from thence went to the Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen years lie commenced the active business of his life by entering the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in the engineering department, becoming rodman in the engineering corps engaged in the construction of the Philadelphia division. Resigning from this position July 31, 1887, he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, August 8, of the same year as level man in the engineering corps on construction work. On May 9, 1888, he formed a connection with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, with headquarters at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he remained until October 1, 1889, when he returned to the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with headquarters at Altoona, Pennsylvania. February 1, 1890, he was appointed assistant supervisor of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, and was stationed at Philadelphia; in 1895 he was advanced to the position of supervisor, with headquarters at Jamesburg, New Jersey; April 1, 1899, was transferred to Washington, D. C.; March 19, 1900, was transferred to Wilmington, Delaware, in the same capacity; in 1902 he was assigned to Clayton, Delaware, as assistant engineer of the Delaware division of the latter road; in 1903 he was transferred to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the assistant engineer of the Baltimore division of the Northern Central Railroad; March 11, 1908, he was promoted to the position of acting general agent and superintendent of the Northern Central Railroad, and October 15, 1908, was appointed general agent and superintendent of this road, an office he is filling very capably at the present time [1912].

Mr. Latrobe is quick and decisive in his business methods, and keenly alive to any business proposition and its possibilities. The pleasure he takes in the successful conduct of the affairs of the road under his control makes the solution of a knotty point an easy matter, and the system which prevails throughout his domain is one worthy of imitation.

Mr. Latrobe married in Upland, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1894, Emma, daughter of George Knowles and Emma S. Crozer, and they have two children: Charles Hazlehurst, born in Philadelphia, February 25, 1895; Gamble Jr., born in Jamesburg, New Jersey, March 28, 1896.

While giving his keenest attention to the important matters under his control, Mr. Latrobe does not believe in devoting himself to business affairs to the exclusion of all social intercourse, holding that a judicious mixture is the best course to pursue. He is a member of the Maryland, Baltimore Country, Elkridge Kennels and Merchants' clubs. He is genial and approachable in his manner, and has the happy faculty of winning friends wherever he goes.
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Gamble was about six feet tall.1600