. Electric railway journal . a position as superintendent oftransportation of The Milwaukee Electric Railway & LightCompany, Milwaukee, Wis. Other electric railway positionsheld by Mr. Tarkington include that of general superin-tendent of the Chicago & Southern Traction Company, Chi-cago, 111., which he resigned in April, 1912, to become super-intendent of the Rock Island Southern Railway. Mr. H. T. Jones, whose appointment as general superin-tendent of the United Railroads, San Francisco, Cal., wasannounced in the Electric Railway Journal for Jan. l(i,has been actively engaged in street railw
. Electric railway journal . a position as superintendent oftransportation of The Milwaukee Electric Railway & LightCompany, Milwaukee, Wis. Other electric railway positionsheld by Mr. Tarkington include that of general superin-tendent of the Chicago & Southern Traction Company, Chi-cago, 111., which he resigned in April, 1912, to become super-intendent of the Rock Island Southern Railway. Mr. H. T. Jones, whose appointment as general superin-tendent of the United Railroads, San Francisco, Cal., wasannounced in the Electric Railway Journal for Jan. l(i,has been actively engaged in street railway work forthirty-three years. was born in Bristol,England, in 1866. In 1882he entered the employ ofthe late Sir Clifton Robin-son, who was then engagedin constructing the HigatHill cable railroad in Lon-don. In 1884 Mr. Jonesoperated the first car overthis line, the first road ofits kind in Europe. remained in the Lon-don offices of the companyuntil 1889. Sir Clifton thenwent to Los Angeles, Cal.,. to install a cable road there h. t. jones for the Los Angeles Cable Railroad, and Mr. Jones was appointed assistant superin-tendent. In 1890 Mr. Jones entered the employ of the MarketStreet Cable Railway, San Francisco, as conductor. Since thattime he has remained in San Francisco and has steadilyrisen through the ranks to the position he now holds. Afterserving successively as inspector, car dispatcher and time-table expert, he was appointed superintendent of employ-ment by Mr. Chapman when the United Railroads wasorganized in 1902, and in 1904 was made division superin-tendent. This position he held for nine years, at whichtime he advanced to the position of acting general super-intendent. In addition to the usual duties of his office dur-ing this time, he was also continued as the companys time-table expert as well as chief of the employment fact, Mr. Jones personally has employed all of the menin the rank and file which the United Railroads has addedt
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