. Electric railway review . rivate right of way has been purchased across thecitv of Hammond to the state line; also the grading andfilling between Kensington and through to a jioint at theLittle Calunift river have been completed and tracklayingwill shortly follow. All the foundation walls for the power house building atMichigan City and all engine, generator and boiler foundationshave been completed. The stack, which is of custodis patternand to be 210 feet high, has been completed now to the heightof 150 feet. All machinery and apparatus to be installed inthe power house have been contracte
. Electric railway review . rivate right of way has been purchased across thecitv of Hammond to the state line; also the grading andfilling between Kensington and through to a jioint at theLittle Calunift river have been completed and tracklayingwill shortly follow. All the foundation walls for the power house building atMichigan City and all engine, generator and boiler foundationshave been completed. The stack, which is of custodis patternand to be 210 feet high, has been completed now to the heightof 150 feet. All machinery and apparatus to be installed inthe power house have been contracted for. and the cementblocks for constructing the walls of the power house are nowupon the grotmd. Within 30 days we will install a force ofmen at the east end of our road at South Bend and begin theoverhead single catenary construction. All bridges for over-head crossings of railroads are in ])rocess of construction,as well as all the piers upon which they rest. August 10, 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 17., Personal Mention. A. G. Mitten. Mr. F. U. Schaftei- has been appointed assistant to thepresident of the Citizens Traction Company of Oil City, Pa. Mr. William H. Tobin, Jr., heretofore foreman of the carhouse of the Pittsfield (Mass.) Electric Street Railway, hasbeen appointed assistant superintendent. Mr. Sidney E. Foltz, manager of the local lines of theMansfield Railway Light & Power Company of Mansfield, O.,has been elected a director of the company. Mr. Arthur G. Mitten, whose photograph is ijresentedherewith, was elected auditor of the Chicago City RailwayCompany on .July 29 in place of Mr. .1. R. Hogarth. Mr. .Mittenis a brother of Mr. T. , president of theconi|)any. He was bornin 1866 in Brighton,Sussex, England, andcame to America in1875. In September,1886, he entered theservice of the Chicago& Indiana Coal Rail-way, now a pare of theChicago & Eastern Illi-nois Railroad, and filledvarious positions until1901. From 1901 he was chieftraveling auditor o
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