. Electric railway journal . ort Wayne & Northern Indiana Trac-tion Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., as noted recently in the Electric Railway Jour-nal, has spent virtually allof his business career in thelocal railway service in FortWayne. Soon after acquir-ing a high school educationand a business training, heaccepted a position as sec-retary to the general man-ager of the local company,then known as the FortWayne Electric 1898 he was appointedauditor and retained thisposition when the companywas consolidated with theFort Wayne & Wabash Val-ley Traction Company. TheH. E. vordermark Fort
. Electric railway journal . ort Wayne & Northern Indiana Trac-tion Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., as noted recently in the Electric Railway Jour-nal, has spent virtually allof his business career in thelocal railway service in FortWayne. Soon after acquir-ing a high school educationand a business training, heaccepted a position as sec-retary to the general man-ager of the local company,then known as the FortWayne Electric 1898 he was appointedauditor and retained thisposition when the companywas consolidated with theFort Wayne & Wabash Val-ley Traction Company. TheH. E. vordermark Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Companylater acquired this property and Mr. Vordermark was madeauditor and secretary. He is still retained in the latterposition. In the additional capacity of vice-president andtreasurer he succeeds Henry C. Paul, who resigned in orderto devote more time to other interests in Fort Wayne. duties as auditor are being assumed by hisformer assistant, Fred H. Obituary R. J. Jones, treasurer of the Tidewater Power Company,Wilmington, N. C, died at his home in that city on April30 after a short illness. Mr. Jones was one of Wilmingtonsoldest and most prominent citizens. Until three weeks be-fore his death he engaged actively in his duties in connec-tion with the railway and other local interests with which hehad been connected for a period covering nearly half a cen-tury. May 12, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 897 Construction News Construction News Notes are classified under each head-ing alphabetically by States. An asterisk (*) indicates a project not previously reported. RECENT INCORPORATIONS Billings Railway, Light & Power Company, Billings,Mont.—Incorporated to take over the property of the Bill-ings Traction Company and electrify the line and also pos-sibly to construct an interurban line to Laurel. Capitalstock, $300,000. It is planned to have electric cars in oper-ation in Billings by Aug. 1. *Catskill Mountain Ra
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