. Electric railway review . -ing the banking firm of E. H. Rollins & Son of Boston, wherehe became general manager of the Petaluma & Santa RosaRailway, operating 35 miles of interurban railway and a 35-mile steamboat line. In March, 1906. he returned to the eastand promoted and partially completed a large amusement parknear Philadelphia, known as Beechwood park. He now suc-ceeds Mr. E. B. Kirk, who resigned to become general man-ager of the Atlantic Shore Line Railway, Portsmouth, N. H. OBITUARY. William H. Hoover, formerly superintendent and mastermechanic of the Lykens & Williams Valley Stre
. Electric railway review . -ing the banking firm of E. H. Rollins & Son of Boston, wherehe became general manager of the Petaluma & Santa RosaRailway, operating 35 miles of interurban railway and a 35-mile steamboat line. In March, 1906. he returned to the eastand promoted and partially completed a large amusement parknear Philadelphia, known as Beechwood park. He now suc-ceeds Mr. E. B. Kirk, who resigned to become general man-ager of the Atlantic Shore Line Railway, Portsmouth, N. H. OBITUARY. William H. Hoover, formerly superintendent and mastermechanic of the Lykens & Williams Valley Street Railway atWilliamstown, Pa., died recently. Charles H. Dalton, who served continuously from January1. 1894, to October 11, 1906, as chairman of the Boston, Mass.,transit commission, died on February 23, aged 82 years. Josia K. Bougher, formerly president of the BurlingtonCounty Railway Company, Mt. Holly, N. J., died recently. C. Parry, vice-president of the company, will succeedhim. Financial News. E. E. Downs. Albany & Hudson Railroad, Hudson, N. Y.—Bondholdershave been asked to accept certificates convertible into firstmortgage bonds of the company in exchange for their couponsdue in 1908 and 1909. The first of the 1908 coupons was dueon March 1. The circular states that the company will giveone $1,000 certificate for each $875 face value of coupons. Thecompany has an authorized bond issue of $2,000,000, of which$1,750,000 bonds are outstanding and $100,000 bonds are in thetreasury, having been authorized for betterments and improve-ments. Application will be made to the New York publicservice commission, second district, for approval of the issueof the remaining $150,000 bonds authorized. The plan for re-funding the coupons will be operative upon the acceptance ofholders of two-thirds of the bonds. Anderson (S. C.) Traction Company.—Edwin W. Robert-son of Columbia, S. C., and Robert E. Ligon of Anderson wereappointed receivers for this company by Judge Kle
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