. The street railway review . lso, about the same time, built an elec-tric railway in Brazil. Ind., which he subsequently sold to Stone &Webster, who consolidated it with the Terre Haute system. JudgeBaylies has been president of the Rockford system for 14 years. Mr. T. M. Ellis, general manager of the company, is a NewYorker, having been born in Whitcstone in 1861. At the age of18 he started in the street railway business as a conductor andsteadily advanced until he was made assistant superintendent nfthe Utica Belt Line. He was next employed in a responsible capac-ity by the Edison General E
. The street railway review . lso, about the same time, built an elec-tric railway in Brazil. Ind., which he subsequently sold to Stone &Webster, who consolidated it with the Terre Haute system. JudgeBaylies has been president of the Rockford system for 14 years. Mr. T. M. Ellis, general manager of the company, is a NewYorker, having been born in Whitcstone in 1861. At the age of18 he started in the street railway business as a conductor andsteadily advanced until he was made assistant superintendent nfthe Utica Belt Line. He was next employed in a responsible capac-ity by the Edison General Electric Co. of New York, from whichplace he came to Rockford in July, 1892. as general manager of theRockford City Railway Co. Under his management the Rockfoi-dsystem has been alinost entirely rebuilt, new lines have been ex-tended to cover all parts of the city, the service has been greatlyimproved and larger cars have been put in use, and the system ingeneral has been ]nit into a first clais condition. Mr. Kllis enjoys. .1 cll.^l I .,1 .ilIA AITDlTORltlM. H.\:M l.\KK. .crease for the four months of $12, or an average increase perday of $ llic nunilxT of cars operated each year were 16,14 being city and 2 interurlian cars. The report of earnings forWednesday, June 4, 1902. which was a specially heavy day, beingtlie occasion of the Woodmans picnic in Harlem Park, was givenin part I of this article. The total receipts for the day and theflescriplion of the receipts were shown in this table. PERSONNEL. The officers and operating staflf of the Rockford & IntcrurbanRailway Co. arc as follows: President. R. N. Baylies; vice-presi-denl, John Parson; secretary, G. G. Olmsled; treasurer, W. ; general manager, T. M. Ellis; auditor, V. W. McAssey;superintendent of Iransporlalion, Charles C Lines; express andpassenger agent. J. II fironcman ; superintendent of track and lines,C. J. McCarly. Judge R. N. Baylies, president of the company, is a native
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