. The street railway review . Chief Civil Engineer. 1). W. DOZIEK,Chief Mechanical Engineer. .1. \V. (,. llECKhK,Master Mechanic. THOMAS WOUTUINGTUN,General Claim Agent. The general direction and management of the Metropolitan sys-tem are now in the hands of two gentlemen who were born andreared in Kansas City and have been in the street railway busi-ness all their lives, Walter H. and Conway F. Holmes, sons ofN«hemiah Holmes. At the age of 12, Mr. W. H. Holmes wentinto the office of his fathers company, the Kansas City & West-port Horse Ry., and his brother Conway at the same time was amule c
. The street railway review . Chief Civil Engineer. 1). W. DOZIEK,Chief Mechanical Engineer. .1. \V. (,. llECKhK,Master Mechanic. THOMAS WOUTUINGTUN,General Claim Agent. The general direction and management of the Metropolitan sys-tem are now in the hands of two gentlemen who were born andreared in Kansas City and have been in the street railway busi-ness all their lives, Walter H. and Conway F. Holmes, sons ofN«hemiah Holmes. At the age of 12, Mr. W. H. Holmes wentinto the office of his fathers company, the Kansas City & West-port Horse Ry., and his brother Conway at the same time was amule car driver. Within a few years the brothers organized theGrand Avenue Cable Co., of which Walton was president andConway general manager. In the spring of i8g4 this companyabsorbed the Kansas City Cable Co., and the following year wasitself merged into the Metropolitan Street Railway Co., Waltonbeing made vice-president and general manager, and Conway gen-eral superintendent of the consolidated system. These positionsthey
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