. The street railway review . Farson; general ijianager. H. M. Sloan; secretary, H. ; auditor, E. H. Harrison; engineer, G. H. Binkley; mastermechanic, W. A. Harding. John Farson, president of the Calumet Street Railway Co., wasborn in Union City, Oct. 8, 1855. He went to Chicago in 1877and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 188a, but soon gave up uated from a Quaker seminary at Philadelphia. After graduatinghe entered the mill business, but in 1883, went west to Montana andengaged in cattle raising; while living in that state, he was electedto the legislature. In
. The street railway review . Farson; general ijianager. H. M. Sloan; secretary, H. ; auditor, E. H. Harrison; engineer, G. H. Binkley; mastermechanic, W. A. Harding. John Farson, president of the Calumet Street Railway Co., wasborn in Union City, Oct. 8, 1855. He went to Chicago in 1877and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 188a, but soon gave up uated from a Quaker seminary at Philadelphia. After graduatinghe entered the mill business, but in 1883, went west to Montana andengaged in cattle raising; while living in that state, he was electedto the legislature. In 1888 he went to St. Paul, accepting a positionas inspector of cable road construction, and after this work wascompleted, he was made first foreman of cable lines, then assistantsuperintendent and then superintendent, which position he heldwhen the road was equipped with electricity. Mr. Sloan left when the systems in St. Paul and Minneapolis were consoli-dated and accepted an office with the street railway company at. CALUMET ELECTRIC STREET Oct. 15, i8(w. I STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 667 West Superior, Wis., coiitimiiiiy coimuclioii fur 18 inontlis,when in Seplemljer, 1895, lie became general manager of ilie Calu-met Electric Slnel Railway Co. William A. Ilanling was born in liristol, , in iWq, anilwas eihicateil as :i mechanical .ami eli-<lrica! rnf,imcr in In i88j he came lo America and went into business in the North-west Territory of Canada, in partnership with his father. A fewyears later he went to the Pacific Coast and engaged in electricalengineering work. In i8y6 he became master mechanic and elec-trical engineer of the Calumet ICIeclric Street Ky. Suburban Railroad Co. The Suburban Railroad is another of Mr. Yerkes roads, a con-Irulling interest having been actiuireil by him in July, 1897. Theccnnpany was organized May H, 1895. and a contract made with aspecially organize<l construction company for building the
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