. The street railway review . nl nf the who has the management of the en-.\llis-Chalmers was born in Dav-enport, Jan. 14, i860. He wasgraduated from Worcester Poly-technic Institute in 1880, and thefollowing spring went to workfor the Edward P. Allis Co.: af-ter spending four years in thedrafting room, machine shop andon the road erecting engines, hecame to Chicago Jan. i, 1885. asmanager of the Chicago office ofthe Edward P. Allis Co. At thislime the electric railways werejust beginning lo be developedand he sold engines to some ofthe first roads to he equipped withelectricity, and
. The street railway review . nl nf the who has the management of the en-.\llis-Chalmers was born in Dav-enport, Jan. 14, i860. He wasgraduated from Worcester Poly-technic Institute in 1880, and thefollowing spring went to workfor the Edward P. Allis Co.: af-ter spending four years in thedrafting room, machine shop andon the road erecting engines, hecame to Chicago Jan. i, 1885. asmanager of the Chicago office ofthe Edward P. Allis Co. At thislime the electric railways werejust beginning lo be developedand he sold engines to some ofthe first roads to he equipped withelectricity, and ever since he hasbeen in close touch with the de-velopment of the electric railwayfield and has secured the orders for a large nuuiber of the railwayengines now used in the Chicago power houses. The Edward Co. is now merged into the Allis-Chalmers which hasits main offices on the tenth floor of the Home Insurance , where Mr. .\llan now has his headquarters as manager ofthe engine sales J. B. ALLAN. MR. M. J. KINCH. superintendent of the Holland & Lake Michi-gan Electric Railway Co., has lieen appointed superintendent ofthe Grand Rapids. Holland & Lake Michigan Rapid whichcontrols the former coinpany. MR. JOHN G. HONECKER. who has been supervising the con-struction of an electric railway in Trenton. N. J., will accept aposition as superintendent of the Eastern branch of the LehighValley Traction Cos. system. MR. GEOGRE W. HOUCK, of Worcester, Mass., has beenappointed receiver of the Buffalo (N. Y.), Hamburg & AuroraRailway Co. The road, it is stated, will continue operation underreceivership until plans for its reorganization are perfected. THE BUFFALO (N. Y.) & WILLIAMSVILLE ELECTRICRALWAY CO. has elected the following directors: L. L. Lewis,jr., James Chalmers, L. L. Grove, E, C. Longnecker, J. , G. L. Lewis, John Otto, jr., W. C. Carroll, H. B. Leeand D. T. Perrv. MR, FREDERICK SARGENT, of the firm of Sargent & Lundy,Chic
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