. The Street railway journal . nlendent of his fathers large con-tracting business. He soon sliowed his ability by cutting fromthe old line of business and started out to make independent con-tracts. In this he was eminently successful and the firm of J. D. &T. E. Crinimins has been prominently identified with all the largestcontracting works of the metropolis for a number of years. One ofthe best known of its works are the electric subways which it con-structed throughout. The extensive work undertaken by was the construction of the Broadway cable road whichis regard
. The Street railway journal . nlendent of his fathers large con-tracting business. He soon sliowed his ability by cutting fromthe old line of business and started out to make independent con-tracts. In this he was eminently successful and the firm of J. D. &T. E. Crinimins has been prominently identified with all the largestcontracting works of the metropolis for a number of years. One ofthe best known of its works are the electric subways which it con-structed throughout. The extensive work undertaken by was the construction of the Broadway cable road whichis regarded as his greatest success, the work having been accom-plished in nmch less time than estimated by the engineers incharge. Through this connection with street railway work gradually became prominently identified with a nund:)erof enterprises, and for .several years was president of the Metropoli-tan Street Railway Company, of New York. Annuul Mcctiiiji;; of the Diit>Iin United TramwaysCompany. H. M. The announcement was made late last month that the servicesof Mr. H. M. Littell, president of the Atlantic Avenue RailroadCompany of Brooklyn, had been secured by the Metropolitan StreetRrilway Company, in the position of first vice-president and generalmanag^er. This step was taken, as explained elsewhere in this issue, in order to relieve from the oper-ating responsibilities ofthis great New York sys-tem, and it may be saidof the new appointmentthat Mr. V r e e 1 a n d sknowledge of men hasbeen justified in his .se-lection of Mr. Littell forthis important man is better knownamong .street railwaymanagers than the pres-ident of the AmericanStreet Railway He has been con-nected for many yearswith street railway in-terests,originally in 1874with the Louisville CityRailway Companj a sclerk, starter, time-keeper, track - foremanand almost all other positions known to street railways. He thenwent into the service of the Loui
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