. Electric railway journal . W. Take Robson, former manager ofthe Southampton Corporation Tram-ways, has returned to Great Britain onthe Em-press of France, sailing from , New Brunswick, on Jan. his stay of several months inthe United States, Mr. Robson made afirst-hand study of Anierican electricrailway practices in cities as far westas Chicago and Milwaukee, and as hespent the Christmas holidays in Floridahe had the opportunity to see a fair-sized fraction of Uncle Sams Robson says that the most impres-sive feature of American electric rail-way practice is the on
. Electric railway journal . W. Take Robson, former manager ofthe Southampton Corporation Tram-ways, has returned to Great Britain onthe Em-press of France, sailing from , New Brunswick, on Jan. his stay of several months inthe United States, Mr. Robson made afirst-hand study of Anierican electricrailway practices in cities as far westas Chicago and Milwaukee, and as hespent the Christmas holidays in Floridahe had the opportunity to see a fair-sized fraction of Uncle Sams Robson says that the most impres-sive feature of American electric rail-way practice is the one-man safety carfor which he sees a good field in thesmaller British cities. He is also plan-ning to introduce to his home countrya number of other American practices,but he is less enthusiastic about thesuccess of some of the roads he hasseen as regards the re-adjustment ofcontractural relations with their com-munities. A good deal of what is go-ing on in the latter field made him feelthat he was viewing a ten-ring circus!. J. T. Voss, pioneer street railwaybuilder of the South, died in FortWorth, Tex., on Jan. 25. Mr. Voss wasbom in Tennessee in 1847. He builtand owned several street railways inGeorgia and Tennessee, and was man-ager of the Nashville Traction Com-pany in 1895. In that year he went toForth Worth and bought the 9-milebelt-line of mule cars, later absorbedby the Northern Texas Traction Com-pany. He later became connected withthe Fort Worth Light & Power Com-pany, retiring two years ago. Andrew E. Kalbach, receiver for theSecond Avenue Railroad, New York,N. Y., died suddenly on Feb. 2. Mr. Kel-bach was formerly general managerand electrical engineer of the New YorkCity Interborough Railway, now con-trolled by the Third Avenue was a graduate of the AnnapolisNaval Academy. He resigned from theNavy in 1903 to become assistant engi-neer for the Rapid Transit SubwayConstruction Company, New York. Hesubsequently became connected withthe New York City Interbo
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