. Electric railway journal . ongestionon this thoroughfare and Mayor Cowgillimmediately ordered the jitney inspec-tor to change this routing, and by noonjitneys were eliminated from thatstreet. The Kansas City Railway hadextra cars in service and speeded upschedules in response to the new condi-tions. 752 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 16 Personal Mention Joins Consulting Firm Mr. Litchfield, Formerly Engineer ofthe American Car & Foundry Com-pany, Joins Gibbs & Hill Norman Litchfield, who for the lastthree years has been mechanical engi-neer of the American Car & FoundryCompany, New Yo
. Electric railway journal . ongestionon this thoroughfare and Mayor Cowgillimmediately ordered the jitney inspec-tor to change this routing, and by noonjitneys were eliminated from thatstreet. The Kansas City Railway hadextra cars in service and speeded upschedules in response to the new condi-tions. 752 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 16 Personal Mention Joins Consulting Firm Mr. Litchfield, Formerly Engineer ofthe American Car & Foundry Com-pany, Joins Gibbs & Hill Norman Litchfield, who for the lastthree years has been mechanical engi-neer of the American Car & FoundryCompany, New York, has resigned tojoin the staff of Gibbs & Hill, consult-ing engineers. He will devote specialattention to electric locomotive andcar equipment work. This will not beMr. Litchfields first experience in con-sulting work, for at one time he workedunder L. B. Stillwell in the preparationof plans for the equipment of the NewYork subways. During the period that experimentalwork was being carried on by Mr. Still-. NORMAN LITCHFIEI^D well with the cars that had been de-signed for the subway Mr. Litchfieldhad charge of the tests. When theoperation of the subway began hejoined the engineering staff of the In-terborough Rapid Transit Company,with which he was connected for a goodmany years. Previous to his associa-tion with Mr. Stillwell he served hisapprenticeship in electric railroading inthe shops of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran-sit Company. He was graduated fromStevens Institute of Technology in 1901with the degree of mechanical engineer. Mr. Litchfield has been a very valu-able contributor to the Journal. Hehas written a great many articles ontechnical subjects dealing particularlywith the fundamentals and details ofcar bodies and truck construction. In1920 the Journal began the publica-tion of a series of articles by Mr. Litch-field on railway car materials. Thesewere written \vith the idea that theordinary mechanical man of a railwayis confused when seeking specific in-formation by t
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