. Electric railway journal . this title for eight was then appointed superintendentof the railway department. Still laterhe was again promoted, becoming gen-eral manager of the Seattle served in this capacity until earlyin 1919, when the system was takenover by the city. Mr. McCauley at St. John Manager of Municipal System Ap-pointed to Important Post withPrivate Enterprise Thomas H. McCauley, formerly su-perintendent of the Calgary (Alta.)Municipal Railway, has assumed theduties of general manager of the NewBrunswick Power Company, St. John,N B. The system of which he i
. Electric railway journal . this title for eight was then appointed superintendentof the railway department. Still laterhe was again promoted, becoming gen-eral manager of the Seattle served in this capacity until earlyin 1919, when the system was takenover by the city. Mr. McCauley at St. John Manager of Municipal System Ap-pointed to Important Post withPrivate Enterprise Thomas H. McCauley, formerly su-perintendent of the Calgary (Alta.)Municipal Railway, has assumed theduties of general manager of the NewBrunswick Power Company, St. John,N B. The system of which he is nowin charge includes railway, power andlight properties serving a communityof more than 40,000 persons. Mr. McCauleys management of theCalgary Municipal Railway was at-tended by marked success both from anoperating and an engineering stand-point. This is indicated by the factthat, when the city contained between65,000 and 70,000 persons, the railwaycarried in the neighborhood of 45,000riders daily. These results were ac-. A. L. KEMPSTER manager of the New Orleans systemwas announced in last weeks issue. By virtue of his present appointmentMr. Kempster becomes the operatinghead of one of the most important pub-lic utilities of the South. The NewOrleans Railway & Light Company,a subsidiary of the American CitiesCompany, operates 218 miles of property is now in the hands ofJ. D. OKeefe, receiver, for whom will direct the system. Since leaving Seattle Mr. Kempsterhas been engaged in the conduct of in-vestigations into public utilities forStone & Webster. The survey of thelines of the Brooklyn Rapid TransitCompany and the New York Railways,recently completed, was made largelyunder his direction. For several monthshe assisted Frederick P. Royce, thengeneral manager for the receiver of theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company, andlater took part in the appraisal of theManhattan surface lines. Mr. Kempster was born in Canfield,111., in 1872. Entering the employ ofthe
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