. The street railway review . lt, and many of the features as outlined in the foregoingarticle are original with Mr. Cox. From his early youth Mr. Coxhas been a railroader. In 1874 he obtained a position with theold Metropolitan Horse Railway Co. in Boston, which was one ofthe forerunners of the present Boston Elevated system. Mr. Coxsfirst duty was turning a switch point. He soon outgrew this posi-tion, and in quick succession was made messenger, conductor,starter, superintendents clerk, and finally superintendent of con-struction. When the Metropolitan company was merged into theWest End Str
. The street railway review . lt, and many of the features as outlined in the foregoingarticle are original with Mr. Cox. From his early youth Mr. Coxhas been a railroader. In 1874 he obtained a position with theold Metropolitan Horse Railway Co. in Boston, which was one ofthe forerunners of the present Boston Elevated system. Mr. Coxsfirst duty was turning a switch point. He soon outgrew this posi-tion, and in quick succession was made messenger, conductor,starter, superintendents clerk, and finally superintendent of con-struction. When the Metropolitan company was merged into theWest End Street Co. he retained his position and remainedin the companys employ until 1890, making sixteen years of con- tinuous service. Resigning this office, he liecame superintendentof construction for the Worcester Construction Co., which wasbuilding and operating street railways all over New England andin many of the middle and central slates, fie was with this firmfor several , and was engaged on work in a number of. A. M. BEARSE. C. H. COX. states, particularly at Dayton, 0., where he built the Dayton &Xcnia Transit Co. He severed this connection to accept tlu-superintendency of the Middleboro, Wareham & Buzzards BayStreet Ry. Mr. Cox is a member of the New England StreetRailway Club and other technical and social organizations. CANADIAN PACIFIC PENSION PLAN. Following the example of a number of other steam railroads theCanadian Pacific Railway Co. put in operation a pension systemJanuary 1st. A committee consisting of the president, the vice-presidents and the chief solicitor of the company directs the admin-istration of the department. The benefit of the system applies to each officer and employe whohas been in continuous service of the company or its leased linesfor a period of ten years or more and has attained the age of 65years, at which age he shall be retired with a monthly allowanceequal to one per cent of his average monthly pay for each year ofservice. Thu
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