Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . the Union street line was later taken over by the mtmici-pality, it added an excellent additional revenue during the first sixmonths of its operation. The success of municipal ownership inSan Francisco, which has attracted world-wide attention, is at-tributed in a large degree to the efforts and practical experience ofthe superintendent. The impression created by the continued success of the firstmunicipal street railway was such that the citizens returned a largemajority at the polls when the proposition was submitted for a bondissue of $3,500,000
Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . the Union street line was later taken over by the mtmici-pality, it added an excellent additional revenue during the first sixmonths of its operation. The success of municipal ownership inSan Francisco, which has attracted world-wide attention, is at-tributed in a large degree to the efforts and practical experience ofthe superintendent. The impression created by the continued success of the firstmunicipal street railway was such that the citizens returned a largemajority at the polls when the proposition was submitted for a bondissue of $3,500,000 for extensions to the system to provide trans-portation to the Exposition grounds and other parts of the city.^^ith the construction of these extensions, the duties of the superin-tendent became manifold, but this has only served to further estab-lish his record of profitable management. Mr. Cashin is a member of the Elks, Sequoia Club of Fresno andthe Olympic Club of San Francisco. He is unmarried. /I AIuxiciPAL Blue Book of San Francisco. FRED BOEKEN Assistant Superintendent of theMunicipal Railways FRED BOEKEX, Assistant Su-perintendent of the MunicipalRailway system, was born nearPeoria, Illinois, in 1873, his parentsmoving to Kansas in 1879, where heorew to manhood on the familyfarm. He was educated in the pub-lic schools, and in 1896 came to SanFrancisco. He was given employ-ment as gripman on the MarketStreet Cable Railway, and in 1900became inspector with the GearyStreet. Park and Ocean 1906 he was made AssistantSuperintendent of the line. In December, 1912, Air. Boekenwas appointed Assistant Superin-tendent of the Municipal Railwayunder Superintendent Thomas A. Cashin. He married Miss Josie Dewan in 1902 and has one daughter. They reside at 2861 California street. WILLIAM C. BENDEL Master Mechanic of the MunicipalRailway WILLIAM C. BENDEL, MasterMechanic of the MunicipalRailway, was born in San Francisco,December 19, 1885, and educated inthe public sciiools
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