. The street railway review . v\4^SVAC^V* 715 ALBION E. LANG, PRESIDENT-ELECT, A. S. R. A. We are once more remimled thai Ohio is a state resource-ful in presidents and great men, and the Association madea wise and acceptable selection when it called Albion ^ang, of Toledo, to occupy its chief place of honor for189S. Mr. Lang was born in Huntington, Lorain county, Ohio,in the year 1849. His street railway history dates from 1881when he became the owner of the Monroe & Dorr StreetRailroad, in Toledo. At that time there five other roads in Company, and these two companies control all the stre
. The street railway review . v\4^SVAC^V* 715 ALBION E. LANG, PRESIDENT-ELECT, A. S. R. A. We are once more remimled thai Ohio is a state resource-ful in presidents and great men, and the Association madea wise and acceptable selection when it called Albion ^ang, of Toledo, to occupy its chief place of honor for189S. Mr. Lang was born in Huntington, Lorain county, Ohio,in the year 1849. His street railway history dates from 1881when he became the owner of the Monroe & Dorr StreetRailroad, in Toledo. At that time there five other roads in Company, and these two companies control all the streetrailway and electric lighting properties of Toledo, which isa citv of 135,000, and growing rapidly. Mr. Lang has been a constant attendant upon the meet-ings of the American Street Railway Association since18SS, having missed but two meetings during that time, andhis counsel and judgment have always carried much weightin the deliberations of the body. In 1893 Mr. Lang waspresident of the Ohio .State Tramway ALBION E. LANG, PRESIDENT-ELEfT, A. S. R. A. that city, which were five more than there should have been,and Mr. Lang set out in a quiet an<l determined way to bringabout a consolidation of them all. In 1885 he succeeded inuniting them under the name of the Toledo Consolidated•Street Railway, and became successively the secretary, vice-president and general manager, and eventually the on the Consolidated acquired two other companieswhich had come into the field, and a second consolidationoccurred in 1895 under the name of the Toledo TractionCompany, of which Mr. Lang has been president since itsits organization. He is also president of the Toledo Consolidate<l Electric Mr. Lang is progressive, broad gaged, and far sighted ;in manner he is genial and warm-hearted, and has the happyfaculty of making friends with all he meets. He will honor the Association, which has honored him. In his administration Mr. Lang will have the assistance ofa
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