. Electric railway journal . ay labor and ma-terial prices are substituted. Thevolume under review contains manyfigures from appraisals, operating-records, etc., of steam plants, electricaldistribution system and railways, witha discussion of general economic prin-ciples. 678 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 15 Personal Mention Builds Road in Spain After Completion of Improvements atBarcelona, Mr. Harrsen Returns toAmerica—Formerly in Mexico H. P. Harrsen, managing directorsince March, 1915, of the Ebro Power &Irrigation Company, the Sarria & Bar-celona Railways and the Cataluna Rail-ways
. Electric railway journal . ay labor and ma-terial prices are substituted. Thevolume under review contains manyfigures from appraisals, operating-records, etc., of steam plants, electricaldistribution system and railways, witha discussion of general economic prin-ciples. 678 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 15 Personal Mention Builds Road in Spain After Completion of Improvements atBarcelona, Mr. Harrsen Returns toAmerica—Formerly in Mexico H. P. Harrsen, managing directorsince March, 1915, of the Ebro Power &Irrigation Company, the Sarria & Bar-celona Railways and the Cataluna Rail-ways, all of Barcelona, Spain, and allcontrolled by the Barcelona Traction,Light & Power Company, having re-signed, has just returned to this countryand will spend the coming winter at hishome in Florida. Mr. Harrsen was born in St. Louis,Mo., in 1875. After graduating fromthe public schools of that city he en-tered the employ of the Emerson Elec-tric Manufacturing Company of His next position took him to. H. P. HARRSEN Mexico as assistant superintendent ofthe Aguascalientes Electric Light Com-pany at Aguascalientes, Mexico. Twoyears afterward, the tramway systemin Mexico City, later incorporated un-der the name of the Mexico TramwaysCompany, Ltd., was acquired by anEnglish syndicate and the companysfirst American general manager,Thomas H. McLean, appointed his secretary. Mr. Harrsen remained in Mexicountil his chief, Mr. McLean, left to ac-cept the position of vice-president andgeneral manager of the Toledo TractionCompany. Mr. Harrsen accompaniedMr. McLean to Toledo where he spentseven years with the Toledo tractionsystem in different capacities, fromclerk to superintendent. He next re-ceived the appointment of generalsuperintendent of the Mexico Tram-ways Company, in which the late S. Pearson, head of various inter-national companies, had become finan-cially interested and was then presi-dent. During the following eight years he became successively g
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