. The Street railway journal . he died. MR. CHARLES O. KRUGER, who has recently been electedsecond vice-president and assistant general manager of the UnionTraction Company, ofPhiladelphia, has servedwith the company as its sec-retary and treasurer sinceits organization in 1895. is also secretaryand treasurer of the Peo-ples Traction Company,now a constitutent of theUnion Traction Company,and has held this positionsince the organization ofthe Peoples Company in1893. Mr. Kruger is anative of Philadelphia. Hewas born there on Dec. 14,1864, and was educated inthe public schools of theci
. The Street railway journal . he died. MR. CHARLES O. KRUGER, who has recently been electedsecond vice-president and assistant general manager of the UnionTraction Company, ofPhiladelphia, has servedwith the company as its sec-retary and treasurer sinceits organization in 1895. is also secretaryand treasurer of the Peo-ples Traction Company,now a constitutent of theUnion Traction Company,and has held this positionsince the organization ofthe Peoples Company in1893. Mr. Kruger is anative of Philadelphia. Hewas born there on Dec. 14,1864, and was educated inthe public schools of thecity, which he attended untilJanuary, 1882. On Feb. 21, 1882, he entered the employ CHAS. O. KRUGER ofS. & W. Welsh, merchants and bankers, and remained in their employ until elected secreta-yand treasurer of the Peoples Traction Company in 1893. To has devolved a large part of the organization of system ofthe Union Traction Company, and the success achieved by thatcompany has been in large part due to his NEWS NOTES [News notes for this department are solicited.] LITTLE ROLj-v, ARK.—The street railway franchise committee has de-cided to advertise for sale the franchise now being sought by the Little RockTraction & Electric Company and Mrs. James R. Miller. There is everyindication of a rpirited fight for the franchise. Mrs. Miller has offered$101,000 for the franchise, and the Little Rock Traction & Electric Company$15,000 in cash for a thirty-year franchise, with 1% per cent of the gross earn-ings for the first fifteen years and 2 per cent for the remaining fifteen. Thecompany also agrees to carry the members of the police and fire departmentsfree when uniformed. If they secure the franchise they propose to constructtwo additional lines, one west on Twenty-Second Street from Main to RingoStreet, and one south on College Street from Ninth Street to Oakland Ceme-tery. NEW HAVEN, CONN.—The Winchester Avenue Railroad Company hasjust published a descriptive b
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