. The street railway review . ansasCity, Mo. 418 Capt. Spivey assumed the management of the electricstreet raihvay, immediately after its completion last No-vember, and by hard work, good street car service, cour-teous treatment of the patrons of the street railway, andhas made the enterprise a financial sucess, and the peopleof Ogden have shown substantial appreciation of one ofthe best equipped electric street railways in the West, bytheir patronage. Captain Spivey is a gentleman, of the old school, withplenty of good progressive ideas to back him, and althoughhis good right arm was lost at
. The street railway review . ansasCity, Mo. 418 Capt. Spivey assumed the management of the electricstreet raihvay, immediately after its completion last No-vember, and by hard work, good street car service, cour-teous treatment of the patrons of the street railway, andhas made the enterprise a financial sucess, and the peopleof Ogden have shown substantial appreciation of one ofthe best equipped electric street railways in the West, bytheir patronage. Captain Spivey is a gentleman, of the old school, withplenty of good progressive ideas to back him, and althoughhis good right arm was lost at Shiloh, he has twice theexecutive abilitj of many men of the full complement. In 1872, at Topeka, Kansas, Captain Spivey surren-dered at discretion to Miss Lina Owens, and has sincehad much reason to commend his judgment. The Captain at 47 is happy, healthy and the best ofcomrades. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and atrue Knight of Pythias. To his ability is due in greatmeasure the success of the Ogden Citv raihvav W. H. SMITH, The electrical engineer of the Ogden City company,belongs to the Ohio branch of the Smith family, andbegan his temporal existance at Columbus, on the firstda} of April, 1856, and as such things as birthdays goby contraries, we find that April Fools day has giventhe West one of its most competent and practical elec-tricians. Young Smith was educated at Columbus and at Fair-bur}-, Illinois, but at the age of 15, went west on a cattleranch with his father. Life on a Kansas farm is not allpoetry and Indians, but meant in 71 about as difficultan existence as can well be imagined. After thisexperience, Mr. Smith cast his lot with the Arkansas Valley Town and Land compan}, in the capacity ofassistant engineer and town lot salesman. March, 1889,saw the subject of this sketch in street railway work,with the Topeka, Kansas, Rapid Transit into the shops, Mr. Smith applied his usual energyin the mastery of details, under the supervision of
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