. The street railway review . ous steam railroad ■\t the age of 17 he held the ofticeof clerk to the receiver and localticket agent of the Lake Erie,Evansville & Southwestern R. 1880 to 1884 he was secre-tary of the Evansville & East-ern R. R., assistant auditorof Evansville, Rockport & East-ern R. R. and when the two com-panies were consolidated he be-came traveling auditor. From1886 to 1892 he was successivelyauditor of the Kentucky & Indi-ana Bridge Co., treasurer and auditor of the Louisville &Southern R. R. and secretary and treasurer of the Southern Con-tract Co. He lef
. The street railway review . ous steam railroad ■\t the age of 17 he held the ofticeof clerk to the receiver and localticket agent of the Lake Erie,Evansville & Southwestern R. 1880 to 1884 he was secre-tary of the Evansville & East-ern R. R., assistant auditorof Evansville, Rockport & East-ern R. R. and when the two com-panies were consolidated he be-came traveling auditor. From1886 to 1892 he was successivelyauditor of the Kentucky & Indi-ana Bridge Co., treasurer and auditor of the Louisville &Southern R. R. and secretary and treasurer of the Southern Con-tract Co. He left Louisville in 1893 and since that time has beenassociated with the New City Railroad system, enjoyingthe fullest confidence of its officers and stockholders. His resigna-tion was accepted with much reluctance. Asked in regard to the rumored consolidation of all the streetrailway companies in New Orleans, Mr. Ford said to a reporter:I have always been a strong advocate of consolidation and I am. A. H. FORD. MR. T. J. I-ICLUICR, vice-president of the Nashville Ry., hasassumed the executive duties of llie office vacated by .Mr. Coii-nettc. Mr. George Swint will be supcrinlcnilcnt in charge of theoperation of llie railway, and Mr. J. M. S. WarinK, electrical en-gineer, will be superintendent of the Cumberland lilectric LightSr Iower Co. .MR. J. CLlFTtJN ROBINSON, superintendent of the LondonUnited Tramways, writes on British Tramway IJevelopment inihe hebruary issue of Cassiers Magazine. lie makes the statementin his opening paragraph that the initial attempt to introrlucc tram-ways in Great Britain was made at Birkenhead in i860 by GeorgeIVancis Train. MR. .\IOR.\l(JRU JIO. electrical engineer for the Kansas ) & Leavenwortli Electric R. R., has been appointed superin-tendent of a proposed system of electric railways between cities InJapan. Mr. Jio comes from one of the best Japanese families andis spending several years in this country in order to become thor
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