. Electric railway journal . , was chief clerk to the presidentof that road. On May 10, 1917, he wasappointed superintendent of the Indian-apolis & Cincinnati Traction Company,which position he held up to the timeof his death. Mr. Henry was interestedin the work of the Central ElectricRailway Association, and was an activemember of the Central Electric TrafficAssociation. Horace E. Andrews, president NewYork State Railways, Rochester Rail-way & Light Company, Mohawk Val-ley Railway and Schenectady Railway,died of pneumonia at his home in NewYork City on Dec. 1. He was ill butfive days. Mr. And
. Electric railway journal . , was chief clerk to the presidentof that road. On May 10, 1917, he wasappointed superintendent of the Indian-apolis & Cincinnati Traction Company,which position he held up to the timeof his death. Mr. Henry was interestedin the work of the Central ElectricRailway Association, and was an activemember of the Central Electric TrafficAssociation. Horace E. Andrews, president NewYork State Railways, Rochester Rail-way & Light Company, Mohawk Val-ley Railway and Schenectady Railway,died of pneumonia at his home in NewYork City on Dec. 1. He was ill butfive days. Mr. Andrews was born in i»63 inCleveland, Ohio, where he laid thefoundation of his career with the streetrailways of the city. As a preparationfor engineering work he also attendedthe Sheffield Scientific School, YaleUniversity, graduating at the age ofnineteen. He then went to Germanyfor advanced study at the FreibergSchool of Mines. Returning to hishome city he became interested in trac-tion work and in due course became. HORACE E. ANDREWS president of the consolidated a period of nine years he wageda strenuous warfare on behalf of thelocal railways for franchise culminated in the formation of asyndicate, in which John J. Stanleywas also interested, which bought outthe conflicting financial interests andformed the present Cleveland Railwaysystem. Of this Mr. Andrews waspresident until 1910, when he was suc-ceeded by Mr. Stanley. The syndicatealso became interested in properties inNew York State where city railwaysin Utica, Syracuse and Rochester, to-gether with interurban lines, were con-solidated with the New York StateRailways. An alliance was formedwith the New York Central Andrews became active head of theNew York State Railways and of theSchenectady Railway, retaining untilthe time of his death an active par-ticipation in the technical as well asthe administrative work of theseproperties. As would be expected of a man ofhis broad intere
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