. Electric railway journal . pments in fares, trans-portation salesmanship, motor busesand trackless trolleys. He does not ex-pect to return to the United States forseveral months. Edgar Blessing, Danville, Ind., an at-torney, has been appointed by GovernorWarren T. McCray to membership onthe Indiana Public Service succeeds E. I. Lewis, who resignedto become a member of the InterstateCommerce Commission. Mr. Blessing,whose term will expire May 1, 1923,will assume his duties with the com-mission June 1. L. H. Appel has been appointed as-sistant electrical superintendent of thePaci
. Electric railway journal . pments in fares, trans-portation salesmanship, motor busesand trackless trolleys. He does not ex-pect to return to the United States forseveral months. Edgar Blessing, Danville, Ind., an at-torney, has been appointed by GovernorWarren T. McCray to membership onthe Indiana Public Service succeeds E. I. Lewis, who resignedto become a member of the InterstateCommerce Commission. Mr. Blessing,whose term will expire May 1, 1923,will assume his duties with the com-mission June 1. L. H. Appel has been appointed as-sistant electrical superintendent of thePacific Electric Railway. Mr. Appelfirst affiliated himself with the PacificElectric Railway in June, 1912, under Anderson, electrical served in the capacity of operator,electrical inspector, estimator and powerclerk. In December, 1915, he was ad-vanced to the position of chief clerk tothe electrical superintendent, in whichcapacity he served until April 1, 1921,when he was promoted to his COL. J. F. STRICKLAND money to make the trip. His firstwork was on a farm near Waxahachie,where he saved his money and soon hadsufficient capital to enter the cottonginning business at Avalon, a small vil-lage near Waxahachie. Later he en-gaged in the wholesale grocery businessunder the firm name of J. F. Strickland& Company. In 1897 Col. Stricklandentered the utility field as manager ofthe Waxahachie Light & Power Com-pany, in which position he continueduntil 1902 when he became associatedwith Judge M. B. Templeton, Dallas,now head of the legal department ofthe Strickland interests, and Ocie Good-win, also an official of the Stricklandcompanies. These three men conceived and car-ried through the idea of a central elec-tric generating plant to supply cur-rent for a number of northern Texascities out of which eventually grew thepresent great company known as theTexas Power & Light Company. At this time the territory north ofDallas appealed to the three men
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