. Electric railway review . oung, then presi-dent of the ConnecticutRailway & LightingCompany, and organizerand owner of severalother railway and in-dustrial companies. At this time his headquarters were atWaterbury, Conn., and as engineer he had charge of all ofthe engineering work in connection with Mr. Youngs variousrailway enterprises. Among these was the building of theFairmont & Clarksburg Traction line, now operating a 43-mile line between Fairmont and Clarksburg, W. Va. InMarch of this year Mr. Conklin resigned to become superin-tendent of lighting with the West Penn Electric Company,w
. Electric railway review . oung, then presi-dent of the ConnecticutRailway & LightingCompany, and organizerand owner of severalother railway and in-dustrial companies. At this time his headquarters were atWaterbury, Conn., and as engineer he had charge of all ofthe engineering work in connection with Mr. Youngs variousrailway enterprises. Among these was the building of theFairmont & Clarksburg Traction line, now operating a 43-mile line between Fairmont and Clarksburg, W. Va. InMarch of this year Mr. Conklin resigned to become superin-tendent of lighting with the West Penn Electric Company,which position he has held until his recent appointment asgeneral superintendent of the entire West Penn system,which includes the following properties operating in Fayette,Westmoreland, Allegheny and Washington counties: TheLatrobe Street Railway, Pittsburg McKeesport & GreensburgRailway, West Penn Electric Company, Westmoreland HeatLight & Power Company and several minor lighting prop-erties. Financial News. L. H. Conklin. Obituary. Ferman J. Stout, general manager of the Lake Shore Elec-tric Railway, Norwalk, O., died in a hospital in Toledo, O.,on September 14. He was taken suddenly ill about a monthago and was obliged to undergo an operation, from which henever recovered. Mr. Stout was born November 16, 1858, atDeerfleld, Mich., and entered railway service in 1873 as freightbrakeman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 1900 he was connected with steam railroad operation,until March, 1893, a^ freight conductor, passenger conductor,trainmaster and general yardmaster of the Lake Shore &Michigan Southern. From March 1, 1893, to September 1, ,he was superintendent of transportation of the Wheeling &Lake Erie and the Toledo Belt railways. Prom September 1,189.), to April, 1900, he was general superintendent of thoseroads. In May. 1900, he was appointed general manager ofthe Toledo Fremont & Norwalk Electric Railway, with head-quarters at Fremont, O., which
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