. Electric railway review . ager of the Albany & HudsonRailroad, succeeding Mr. William Darbee, who. on September1 will become assistant general manager of the ConsolidatedGas Electric Light & Power Company of Baltimore. Md. was born in Providence. R. I., in 1S79. In he entered the service of the Waterbury Traction Com-pany as clerk and later was transferred to the electric andrailway departments, where he remained until July. 1901,when he was appointed purchasing agent and private secre-tary to the general manager, with headquarters at Bridge-port. In October. 1902, he
. Electric railway review . ager of the Albany & HudsonRailroad, succeeding Mr. William Darbee, who. on September1 will become assistant general manager of the ConsolidatedGas Electric Light & Power Company of Baltimore. Md. was born in Providence. R. I., in 1S79. In he entered the service of the Waterbury Traction Com-pany as clerk and later was transferred to the electric andrailway departments, where he remained until July. 1901,when he was appointed purchasing agent and private secre-tary to the general manager, with headquarters at Bridge-port. In October. 1902, he became superintendent of trans-portation and three years later was appointed superintendentof the entire Bridgei)orl division of the Connecticut Railway& Lighting Company. During the period of Mr. Smithsconnection with this company it has undergone severalchanges in name. It formerly Was known as the WaterburyTraction Company, which, with the Bridgeport Traction Com- 84 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. Dow S. Smith. pany. was absorbed by the Connecticut Lighting & PowerCompany. This in turn was taken over by the ConnecticutRailway & Lighting Company, which later was merged intothe Consolidated Railway Company, and recently has beenknown as the Connecticut Company. In his new positionas general manager of the Albany & Hudson Railroad, effec-tive on August 1, Mr. Smith will have charge of 40 miles ofinterurban third-rail line operating between Hudson andAlbany, as well as the city lines in Hudson and gas andelectric lighting plants which furnish lights to eight largetowns between Albany and Hudson. Mr. Smith recently waspresented with a diamond stud as a mark of esteem fromthe employes of the road which he is leaving. Mr. Dow S. Smith, whose resignation as general super-intendent of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was notedlast week, was bom in .June, ISti, and is a graduate of theUniversity of Minne-sota. After completingthe mechanical and en-gineering course oftha
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