. Electric railway journal . erineand supply business in New York City under the name ofthe Peck Electrical Company. In 1899 Mr. Peck was ap-pointed general manager of the Kings County ElectricLight & Power Company. Brooklyn, a position he helduntil 1902, when he was appointed general manager of theSchenectady Railway. Mr. Peck has always taken a veryactive interest in the affairs of the Street Railway Asso-ciation of the State of New York and has been a member ofa number of its most important committees. During thepast year he has been vice-president of the being general m
. Electric railway journal . erineand supply business in New York City under the name ofthe Peck Electrical Company. In 1899 Mr. Peck was ap-pointed general manager of the Kings County ElectricLight & Power Company. Brooklyn, a position he helduntil 1902, when he was appointed general manager of theSchenectady Railway. Mr. Peck has always taken a veryactive interest in the affairs of the Street Railway Asso-ciation of the State of New York and has been a member ofa number of its most important committees. During thepast year he has been vice-president of the being general manager of the Schenectady RailwayCompajiy Mr. Peck is president of the Electric ExpressCompany, Schenectady, and is a member of the AmericanInstitute of Electrical Engineers. Mr. f. L. Oppenheimer, whose appointment as generalsuperintendent of the Lexington & Interurban Railway,Lexington, Ky., was noted in the Electric Railway Jour-nal of July 3, 1909, page 54, entered the electric railway field in 1899, when he pro-. I. L. Oppenheimer moted the Ohio RiverElectric Railway & PowerCompany. Mr. Oppen-heimer succeeded in finan-cing this company andconstructing the line asoriginally proposed in 1900,in which year he becameidentified with Mr. JohnBlair MacAfee and Chand-ler Brothers & Companyinterests, and he has beenconnected with them sincethat time. During thisperiod and up to the timeof accepting the positionof general superintendentof the Lexington & Inter-urban Railway Mr. Oppen-heimer was the head ofthe Ohio River ElectricRailway & Power Company, and still remains a director ofthe company. This was one of the first electric railways inthe United States to interchange carload freight with asteam railroad, a physical connection between it and theHocking Valley Railway being made immediately after itscompletion. During the last two years Mr. Oppenheimerhas also been identified with the Norfolk & PortsmouthTraction Company, the Fort Wayne & Wabash ValleyTraction Company, the Ne
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