. Electric railway gazette . re TractionCompany, and in this capacity he had charge of theconstruction of the roadbed. Upon the completionof the line, April 1, 1891, he was appointed divisionengineer of the Broadway cable line in New York,under Mr. George W. McNulty, but remained in thisposition only a few months, as on July 1 of that yearhe received the appointment of chief engineer of the Balti-more Passenger Railway Company. At that time this sys-tem, which was the oldest and most important in Baltimore,was operated entirely by horses. The business had sufferedfrom the competition of the Dr
. Electric railway gazette . re TractionCompany, and in this capacity he had charge of theconstruction of the roadbed. Upon the completionof the line, April 1, 1891, he was appointed divisionengineer of the Broadway cable line in New York,under Mr. George W. McNulty, but remained in thisposition only a few months, as on July 1 of that yearhe received the appointment of chief engineer of the Balti-more Passenger Railway Company. At that time this sys-tem, which was the oldest and most important in Baltimore,was operated entirely by horses. The business had sufferedfrom the competition of the Druid Hill Avenue line of theBaltimore Traction Compaq, on which the cable had beenintroduced. It was not considered practicable to install thetrolley system, as the prejudice against the introduction ofoverhead wires in such important thoroughfares as MadisonAvenue and Gay and Baltimore Streets was too strong. Thecompany, therefore, decided to cable its two most impor-tant lines, viz., the Madison Avenue and Baltimore and Gay. A. N. CONNETT. Street divisions. The difficulties were many, as the trafficwas heavy and the streets were narrow. The work, how-ever, was accomplished in a manner that brought into the front rank of cable railway , the Charles Street line was included in thecable system. To furnish power for these lines, three sta-tions were necessary, fiom one of which three cables wereoperated; from the second, two; and from the third, the cable system, which included 20 miles of road,was in successful operation, the company decided to equipthe remaining 23 miles of road under its control for electrictraction. The responsibility of this work also devolvedupon Mr. Connett. After the introduction of the cablesystem, Mr. Connett assumed the duties of general man-ager in charge of operation as well as those of chief engi-neer. When the equipment of all the lines for cable andelectric traction had been completed, the responsibility f
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