sentences:  That Chief Engineer Melick built cheaply and poorly should not have come as any surprise as Melick had no formal training as a civil engineer and knew very little about railroading either.Indeed, he seemed much better suited in his role as a marketeer, than as a builder, of the RVRR project.Apparently, the allure of running a railroad was greater to Melick than any desire to master the key financial aspects of rail operations.