. Electric railway journal . , has tendered his res-ignation to Mayor William H. Thomp-son of Chicago. Mr. Francisco wasappointed to this position on May 15,1916, and since that time has been avery constructive force on the service has been characterized bya devotion to engineering principles andan utter disregard of the political as-pects of his position. The Chicago Daily News attributedhis resignation to the fact that hecould not stand for the tactics of theLundin political machine and its con-duct of city affairs. It is believed thatMr. Francisco was influenced to resignfrom the
. Electric railway journal . , has tendered his res-ignation to Mayor William H. Thomp-son of Chicago. Mr. Francisco wasappointed to this position on May 15,1916, and since that time has been avery constructive force on the service has been characterized bya devotion to engineering principles andan utter disregard of the political as-pects of his position. The Chicago Daily News attributedhis resignation to the fact that hecould not stand for the tactics of theLundin political machine and its con-duct of city affairs. It is believed thatMr. Francisco was influenced to resignfrom the board because of the pressureof his consulting engineering practicein this country and in South America. R. P. Woods at New Post Will Operate Interurban Line—Resigns from Kansas City Railways Board of Control Robert P. Woods has resigned as amember of the board of control of theKansas City (Mo.) Railways to acceptthe position of vice-president and gen-eral manager of the Kansas City, ClayCounty & St. Joseph Railway. As. and organized the American Associa-tion of City Representatives of ElectricRailways. Mr. Woods was at that timechosen president of the new body. Mr. Woods was born in Buffalo,N. Y., on March 4, 1870. At the ageof twenty-one years he entered engi-neering work, and for the following tenyears was engaged on a number ofbridge, waterworks and sewer projectsfor various corporations. In 1901 hewas made chief engineer in charge ofconstruction of the Wabash River trac-tion line. One year later he was ap-pointed to a similar position with theIndianapolis - Shelbyville 1902 to 1904 he served the Indi-anapolis & Northwestern TractionCompany as chief engineer. In the latter year he became con-sulting engineer in charge of designand construction of the Lebanon-Thorntown Electric Railway, Lebanon,Ind. Upon the completion of the lineMr. Woods was made vice-president andgeneral manager. He subsequently be-came president of the company. From1911 to 1913 he had c
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