. Electric railway gazette . Street RailwayAssociation. A. W. GILBERT, I*tiilade]phia, W. Gilbert, constructing engineer of theWakefield Electrical Engineering Company, was born in Hart-ford, Conn., andreceived h1stechnical edu-cation at theWorcester Poly-technic Insti-tute, Worcester,Mass. He thenentered therailway engin-eering depart-ment of theThomson-Hous-t 0 n ElectricCompany, Lynn, Mass., and during his stay thereconstructed several electric roads in New Eng-land. Later he was transferred to Philadelphiaas railway engineer for the Pennsylvania GeneralElectric Company, designing and
. Electric railway gazette . Street RailwayAssociation. A. W. GILBERT, I*tiilade]phia, W. Gilbert, constructing engineer of theWakefield Electrical Engineering Company, was born in Hart-ford, Conn., andreceived h1stechnical edu-cation at theWorcester Poly-technic Insti-tute, Worcester,Mass. He thenentered therailway engin-eering depart-ment of theThomson-Hous-t 0 n ElectricCompany, Lynn, Mass., and during his stay thereconstructed several electric roads in New Eng-land. Later he was transferred to Philadelphiaas railway engineer for the Pennsylvania GeneralElectric Company, designing and constructing forthis company, during the last few years, electricroads in Reading, Shamokin, Carbondale andShenandoah, Pa., Camden, N. J., Baltimore, Md.,and Warren, O. He also designed and con-structed the electrical work for the first elevatedelectric trolley road in the United States at Ho-boken, N. J. He is now engaged in the construc-tion of a seven-mile extension of the Lehigh Trac-tion Companys lines at Hazelton, 92 STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. Feb. 24, 1894.
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