. The street railway review . homore 3-ear. Until 1872 he taught, as prin-cipal of the public schools at Lanesboro and Rushford,Minn. In 1872 he began the study of law and wasadmitted to the New York bar in 1875. He was threeterms successively city attorney for Rochester and finallymember of the well-known law firm of Bacon, Briggs,Beckley & Bissell. Here he became interested in streetrailways to the extent hinted at the beginning of tiiesketch. Mr. Beckleys fine social activity is ably sec-onded by his charming wife, nee Miss Belle Corwin ofBrighton. Mr. Beckley is still a rising man; he has
. The street railway review . homore 3-ear. Until 1872 he taught, as prin-cipal of the public schools at Lanesboro and Rushford,Minn. In 1872 he began the study of law and wasadmitted to the New York bar in 1875. He was threeterms successively city attorney for Rochester and finallymember of the well-known law firm of Bacon, Briggs,Beckley & Bissell. Here he became interested in streetrailways to the extent hinted at the beginning of tiiesketch. Mr. Beckleys fine social activity is ably sec-onded by his charming wife, nee Miss Belle Corwin ofBrighton. Mr. Beckley is still a rising man; he has talents of avaried order, and we promise for Inm a brilliant future. WEST END OF BOSTON, STATEMENT. THE July statement of the West End Road of Bos-ton exhibits some very interesting figures, fromwhich we condense the following:Earnings entire system, Total operating expenses, Net earnings, Miles run. Earnings per mile run. Expenses per mile run, Net earned per mile run, $ 55443i 350,137 204,294 1,497,568 23-38 HON. Street Railway Of this amount the electric lines performed oftlie miles run, earned cents per mile at an expenseof ; while the horse linesmade of the mileage,earning per mile at acost of The net earn-ings per mile run were the electrics for the horsecar sys-tem. On this basis the companywill not only pay a 10 percent, dividend but have ahandsome surplus. The com-pany has just closed a $500,-000 contract for additionalequipment. The reportshows careful management,and the property is in excel-lent condition. The underground S3stemof the New York RapidTransit Commission is still in the air while people arebeginnig to complain at theexpenditure of half a millionand no final results the Broadwayand Third Avenue cable roadsare steadily forging to thefront and will soon have agenuine system of rapid tran-sit. The power house ofthe Third Avenue road will N. BECKLEY, Assoc
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