. The street railway review . ay be seen on the lirooklyn linein Cleveland, and on the Lindell of St. Louis. The executive and business force is not exceeded byany in the land and includes E. E. Higgins, generalmanager; Wm. Hazleton, 3rd. assistant general managerand J. A. McClure, Superintendent of construction and W. B. Bolton, general counsel, besides Edward J. Wes-sels. New York Office, general eastern agent; Frank , special agent; Messrs. Russell & Officer, Denveroffice, general Western agents; W. S. Atchinson, Atlantaoffice, Southeast agents; Messrs. Allen & Bagnell, , sp
. The street railway review . ay be seen on the lirooklyn linein Cleveland, and on the Lindell of St. Louis. The executive and business force is not exceeded byany in the land and includes E. E. Higgins, generalmanager; Wm. Hazleton, 3rd. assistant general managerand J. A. McClure, Superintendent of construction and W. B. Bolton, general counsel, besides Edward J. Wes-sels. New York Office, general eastern agent; Frank , special agent; Messrs. Russell & Officer, Denveroffice, general Western agents; W. S. Atchinson, Atlantaoffice, Southeast agents; Messrs. Allen & Bagnell, , special agents; C. C. Curtiss, special agent. We refrain from exceeding our bounds and shall nottell of the surprises in store for the delegates by the com-pany; as they will have headquarters at the Hollendenand be in a sense the hosts of the occasion, our readersmay imagine the rest. Our sketch must be concluded, but not finished, by ashort biography of the men. Foremost of whom is theElectrician and quondam president. SIDNEY II. SHORT. Mr. Short was born October 8, 1858, at Columbus,Ohio, and was educated at the German Univeisity ofthat city. At the opening of the Ohio State Universityhe was chosen to head the department of physics in thelaboratory. His success here led to a similar position inthe Denver University, whither he went in 1880 and re-mained until 86, when he took up practical transmissionof power and came East to organize a company at Col-umbus, Ohio, under the name of S. H. Short & contracting for a number of roads the companyjoined the Brush Company, and under the name of theShort Electric Railway Company took up its headquar-ters in Cleveland. Mr. Short is an enthusiast in the best sense of the gentleman, an electrician and a scholar, with eveiytheoretical accomplishment and practical experience andalthough yet a young man has achieved a life work. ^J^Uti&v 5i;5 i;i)\\\Kii i:. iii(;(; the general manager of the Short Company is one of theyou
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