. Electric railway journal . ve survey of transportation conditions in NewOrleans, La. Mr. Allison has done much work along thelines of public service investigation and is the author ofseveral reports and articles on valuation and regulationsubjects. Following a year of service on the Board ofEngineers of St. Louis and as consulting engineer in a de-partment of the St. Louis Worlds Fair, he was made com-missioner and chief engineer of the St. Louis Public ServiceCommission in 1909 and was reappointed in 1911. In hiscapacity as chief engineer he made valuations of publicservice property for sev


. Electric railway journal . ve survey of transportation conditions in NewOrleans, La. Mr. Allison has done much work along thelines of public service investigation and is the author ofseveral reports and articles on valuation and regulationsubjects. Following a year of service on the Board ofEngineers of St. Louis and as consulting engineer in a de-partment of the St. Louis Worlds Fair, he was made com-missioner and chief engineer of the St. Louis Public ServiceCommission in 1909 and was reappointed in 1911. In hiscapacity as chief engineer he made valuations of publicservice property for several companies in St. Louis repre-senting a capitalization of about $170,000,000. In 1913 heresigned to engage in consulting practice and made a spe-cialty of public service valuation work. He was later ap-pointed to lecture in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.,on the economic principles relating to the regulation ofpublic utilities. Mr. Allison has established a fund for pro-moting the study of public utility George A. Murch has been appointed general manager ofthe St. Albans & Swanton Traction Company, St. Albans,Vt., and the Public Electric Light Company, that city, suc-ceeding F. C. Wilkinson, re-signed. Mr. Murch is apioneer in the constructionand operation of electricrailways, having startedwith the Thomson-HoustonCompany, for which com-pany he built and managedthe first electric railway inToledo, Ohio, and later wasmanager of the Attleboro(Mass.) Street RailwaySystem. He was then em-ployed by the firm of Shaw& Ferguson as superintend-ent of construction of theWorcester, Leicester &Spencer Electric Railway,G. A. murch at that time the longest street railway in New Eng-land, and upon its completion was elected manager. Aftertwo years the Worcester Construction Company was organ-ized with Mr. Murch as one of the original five members,and during its life he was connected with the constructionand management of street railways throughout the UnitedStates. Other


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