. Electric railway journal . rs later. He immediately there-after entered the operating departmentof the Detroit (Mich.) United Railway, be-coming assistant superintendent succes-sively of the Orchard Lake and the Pontiacdivisions. In these capacities he was a member of the staff of Sir Albert Stanley,at that time general superintendent, nowhead of the London (England) Under-ground Railway. Mr. Flowers went to Baltimore in 1910as assistant superintendent of transporta-tion of the United Railways, retaining thisposition until his promotion to assistantgeneral manager in 1917. R. A. Leussler Man
. Electric railway journal . rs later. He immediately there-after entered the operating departmentof the Detroit (Mich.) United Railway, be-coming assistant superintendent succes-sively of the Orchard Lake and the Pontiacdivisions. In these capacities he was a member of the staff of Sir Albert Stanley,at that time general superintendent, nowhead of the London (England) Under-ground Railway. Mr. Flowers went to Baltimore in 1910as assistant superintendent of transporta-tion of the United Railways, retaining thisposition until his promotion to assistantgeneral manager in 1917. R. A. Leussler Manager Becomes General Manager of Omaha &Council Bluffs Street Railway AfterSeventeen Years Service R. A. Leussler, assistant general mana-ger of the Omaha & Council Bluffs StreetRailway, Omaha, Neb., has been promotedto be general manager of the Leussler succeeds W. A. Smith, whorecently resigned, retaining the vice-presidency. Mr. Leussler has been connected withthe Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail-. R. A. LEUSSLER way for the last seventeen years. Hejoined the company at the time of the con-solidation of the Omaha Street Railway,the Metropolitan Cable Railway and theOmaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway &Bridge Company. He served as secretaryof the company for five years. For thelast five years has acted as assistant gen-eral manager. He entered the electric railway businessin 1897 as an employee of the PeoplesRailway, St. Louis, Mo. He left his posi-tion with that company to become con-nected with the St. Louis Transit Com-pany, the operating company of the UnitedRailways, St. Louis. He resigned in 1902to join the Omaha & Council Bluffs StreetRailway. During the period of his service withthe Omaha traction system the receiptsand the number of cars operated haveincreased 100 per cent. The entire systemhas been rebuilt and a power plant and acar shop have been opened. The companynow employs more than 1,000 men. James R. Pratt has been relieved of theduties of gene
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