. The street railway review . stnight for sale exclusively to railway men. There was a goo<lattendance oC our people who had .1 pleasant social time. Mr. Walton H. Holmes, called to be the next president of theAmerican .Street Railway Association, is a (;enlleman whom it is apleasure to meet and an honor to know intimately. He was bornin Kansas City in , his father being .Vchemiah Holmes, founderof the citys street railway system, and ho knows the street railwaybusiness from the bottom up. At the age of 12 he entered theofhcc of his fathers horse railway company in a subordinate posi-t
. The street railway review . stnight for sale exclusively to railway men. There was a goo<lattendance oC our people who had .1 pleasant social time. Mr. Walton H. Holmes, called to be the next president of theAmerican .Street Railway Association, is a (;enlleman whom it is apleasure to meet and an honor to know intimately. He was bornin Kansas City in , his father being .Vchemiah Holmes, founderof the citys street railway system, and ho knows the street railwaybusiness from the bottom up. At the age of 12 he entered theofhcc of his fathers horse railway company in a subordinate posi-tion, but before he was 21 years old he was vice-president. Mr. Holmes received a preliminary education at the ChristianBrothers College in St. Louis. He did not receive more becausehe was too busy and preferred the activity of practical life to thequiet and monotony of the college room. After his fathers death,he, in company with his brother Conway F. Holmes, who hasalways been closely associated with him, organized the Grand. WALTON H HOLMES. Avenue Cable Co. and built the Grand Avenue system. Undertheir management the companys property increased in extent byconsolidations and the building of new lines until 1895 it wasmerged into the Metropolitan Street Ry., of which Mr. Holmesbecame vice-president and general manager and later president Mr. Holmes has not brought his system to its present prosperousconditions by sitting in his office and dictating orders, but whenthe snow begins to fly or his presence is required in any quarterhe dons mackintosh and boots and knows from personal inspec-tion that proper steps are being taken to relieve the situation, andif a helping hand is needed he does not hestitate to take a placebeside the men rubbing a little dirt into his palms. He believes in spending money to make money. His street rail-ways have not grown as the city has grown, but his lines havebeen run out over undeveloped territorj- and have caused the cityto grow up to them. Par
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