. The Street railway journal . accepted, that ofsuperintendent of theErie Termi nal atH. J. QUIGG. Newburgh. Two years later, in May, 1893, he resigned this position to accept that of superintendent of thewestern division of the New York & New England Railroad. Inthis capacity he had entire supervision of the New England Railroad,from Springfield Mass., to Hartford, Conn., and from that city toFishkill, N. Y., also the line from Waterbury to Cromwell, Quiggs record here was excellent, showing a decrease in operatingexpenses and accidents together with a noted improvement in freightand
. The Street railway journal . accepted, that ofsuperintendent of theErie Termi nal atH. J. QUIGG. Newburgh. Two years later, in May, 1893, he resigned this position to accept that of superintendent of thewestern division of the New York & New England Railroad. Inthis capacity he had entire supervision of the New England Railroad,from Springfield Mass., to Hartford, Conn., and from that city toFishkill, N. Y., also the line from Waterbury to Cromwell, Quiggs record here was excellent, showing a decrease in operatingexpenses and accidents together with a noted improvement in freightand passenger service, as well as in the discipline and condition ofthe employees. He also introduced improved methods of handlingthe freight and passenger business, which met with special commen-dation, and the physical condition oft he road was improved in amarked degree. He is a man of pleasing personality and combines the qualitiesof a good organizer and disciplinarian with those of popularity amonghis employes. THOMAS M. SAY RE. Thomas M. Sayre, for fourteen years superintendent of the JerseyCity & Bergen system of street railroads, died July 28 of typhoid pneu-monia. Mr. Sayre was born at Madison, N. J., fifty-five years ago,and entered the office of the Jersey City & Bergen Railroad Companythirty-one years ago as a clerk. At that time the company ran lines ofstages. He later filled the office of paymaster before being appointedsuperintendent. A Drawn Steel Trolley Pole. The United States Projectile Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., whichis the manufacturer of the patent hot pressed motor pinion, which hasmet with such marked success, has, after much experimenting, per-fected a decided improvement in trolley poles. The process isunique and original. The poles are made in the same way that thecompany makes its bicycle tubing, and of the same material. Thepole is started from a solid block of steel, three and three-quartersinches in diameter and is seven inches long, and
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