. Electric railway gazette . ition of privatesecretary of Mr. Henry A. Ever-ett, then manager of the To-ronto Street Railway Company,which had decided to equip itssystem for electric traction. Dur-ing his connection with the com-pany Mr. Carr gained a practicalknowledge of electric railwayinstallation and operation whichhas since stood him in goodstead. He was appointed mana-ger of the London Street Rail-way Company early in the pres-ent year, and he has since thattime been engaged in substitut-ing electricity for animal poweron the lines. Under his super-vision an excellent system hasbeen int
. Electric railway gazette . ition of privatesecretary of Mr. Henry A. Ever-ett, then manager of the To-ronto Street Railway Company,which had decided to equip itssystem for electric traction. Dur-ing his connection with the com-pany Mr. Carr gained a practicalknowledge of electric railwayinstallation and operation whichhas since stood him in goodstead. He was appointed mana-ger of the London Street Rail-way Company early in the pres-ent year, and he has since thattime been engaged in substitut-ing electricity for animal poweron the lines. Under his super-vision an excellent system hasbeen introduced which will affordas satisfactory a transportation service as can be foundin any of the Canadian cities. front car on the return trip, would then switch the trainto the outgoing tracks until the cable was picked up. Ifsuccessful the electrical system will eventually supersedethe cable. A decision in the matter will probably bereached by the trustees this month. Alleged Infringements of Electric Conduit Elias E. Ries, of Baltimore, and Albert H. Henderson,of Philadelphia, have brought suits against the Metropoli-tan Traction Company, of New York, and the MetropolitanRailway Company, of Washington, for alleged infringe-ments of patents relating to underground conduits forelectric railways. The complainants allege that the LenoxAvenue conduit line constructed by the MetropolitanTraction Company, in New York, and the conduit systeminstalled by the Metropolitan Railway Company, in Wash-ington, embody infringements of patents granted to and owned by the com-plainant. The patents which itis alleged are infringed are sevenin number, and were granted inr886, 1887, 1888 and 1889. Theyrelate to underground conduitrailways and an electric rail-way crossing. CHARLES E Electric Traction on the Brooklyn Bridge. A Baltimore Electric Locomotive. One of the electric locomotivesused in hauling freight trainsthrough the Baltimore belt linetunnel demonstrated this we
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