. Electric railway journal . nine yearsMr. Witherwax has beenconnected with the Sche-nectady Illuminating Com- pany and the Mohawk GasC. J. Witherwax Company, and since 1908 has served the companieswith marked success as an adjuster. Mr. Witherwaxhas, of course, a large acquaintance in Schenectady andvicinity and is particularly well fitted for the position towhich he has been appointed on account of his wide ex-perience in dealing with the public. Referring to his suc-cess in this particular, Henry W. Peck, general manager ofthe Schenectady Illuminating Company, said: Mr. With-erwax has been
. Electric railway journal . nine yearsMr. Witherwax has beenconnected with the Sche-nectady Illuminating Com- pany and the Mohawk GasC. J. Witherwax Company, and since 1908 has served the companieswith marked success as an adjuster. Mr. Witherwaxhas, of course, a large acquaintance in Schenectady andvicinity and is particularly well fitted for the position towhich he has been appointed on account of his wide ex-perience in dealing with the public. Referring to his suc-cess in this particular, Henry W. Peck, general manager ofthe Schenectady Illuminating Company, said: Mr. With-erwax has been a most valuable man to the companythrough his familiarity with the different departments ofthe companys work and especially his natural ability tojudge fairly the merits of disputes or complaints on thepart of consumers against the company. The company haslost a valuable man and one who has largely helped inbringing about the friendly feeling which exists towardsthe company. 694 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIII, No. J. D. Mortimer Mr. James D. Mortimer, vice-president of the NorthAmerican Company, New York, N. Y., and president ofThe Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, Mil-waukee, Wis., was electedpresident of the NorthAmerican Company onMarch 19, 1914, to succeedMr. James Campbell, whohas been elected chairmanof the board of directors ofthat company. Mr. Morti-mer was born in Elmhurst,111., and was educated atthe Throop Polytechnic In-stitute, Pasadena, Cal., andat the University of Cali-fornia, from which he wasgraduated in 1900. Aftercompleting his collegecourse Mr. Mortimertaught for more than ayear and then entered theservice of the TacomaRailway & Power Company, Tacoma, Wash. When Stone& Webster, Boston, Mass., took over the property of theTacoma Railway & Power Company and the Puget SoundElectric Railway in 1903 Mr. Mortimer was retained asengineer. Mr. Mortimer became identified with the de-velopment of the property of the Telluride Power Com-pany while
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