. Electric railway journal . e on other Massachusetts news-papers. In September of this year hewas called by the Bridgeport DistrictOrdnance Office of the War Depart-ment to take charge of the publicity ofthe Bridgeport district, which, at thattime, had very important plans underway for the dilution of labor in muni-tion factories and the increasing ofproduction by various other Colton specialized in electric rail-way matters during his newspapercareer. December 28, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1161 Messrs. Clapp and Campbell Move Up Columbus Company Recognizes Executive Talent in O
. Electric railway journal . e on other Massachusetts news-papers. In September of this year hewas called by the Bridgeport DistrictOrdnance Office of the War Depart-ment to take charge of the publicity ofthe Bridgeport district, which, at thattime, had very important plans underway for the dilution of labor in muni-tion factories and the increasing ofproduction by various other Colton specialized in electric rail-way matters during his newspapercareer. December 28, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1161 Messrs. Clapp and Campbell Move Up Columbus Company Recognizes Executive Talent in Officials WhoseEarly Work Was Along Engineering Lines engineering training need not prove abar to entrance into general adminis-trative work if a man has a talent forsuch. A recent personal note in thesecolumns directed attention to the elec-tion of two engineer-executives to vice-presidencies in the American ElectricRailway Association. A similar coin-cidence occurred when H. W. Clapp waspromoted to be general manager of the. H. W. CLAPP Columbus Railway, Power & LightCompany, and W. C. Campbell was pro-moted to the general superintendencypreviously occupied by Mr. Clapp. Bothof these men are electrical engineersby profession, the larger part of theirbusiness careers having been spent inengineering work. Mr. Clapp is an American citizenby birth although he was born in Aus-tralia. He came by his interest in elec-tric railway matters naturally becausehis father was managing director of theMelbourne Tramway & Omnibus Com-pany. For four years before coming Mr. Clapp was superintendentof motive power of the BrisbaneTramways. With the operating experi-ence thus gained, he entered the man-ufacturing field in 1902 as an engineerwith the General Electric Company, hiswork being in the New York five and one-half years spentthus he had much to do with the elec-trification of the New York CentralRailroad, with the rolling stock for theInterborough Rapid Transit C
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