. Electric railway gazette . an eloquent speaker,and when occasion requires, commands undividedattention. In the literary field his services areconstantly in demand, his contributions to thevarious technical journals being valued he is a comprehensive reader he Is enabled tocover a wide field in this direction. He is alsoan active member of various scientific bodies,among them the American Society of MechanicalEngineers and the Engineers Society of WesternPennsylvania. He is also an honorary member ofthe Society of Stationary Engineers. A. J. BtJRKS,Kansas City, Mo. A. J. Burns, elec
. Electric railway gazette . an eloquent speaker,and when occasion requires, commands undividedattention. In the literary field his services areconstantly in demand, his contributions to thevarious technical journals being valued he is a comprehensive reader he Is enabled tocover a wide field in this direction. He is alsoan active member of various scientific bodies,among them the American Society of MechanicalEngineers and the Engineers Society of WesternPennsylvania. He is also an honorary member ofthe Society of Stationary Engineers. A. J. BtJRKS,Kansas City, Mo. A. J. Burns, electrical engineer and expert, ofKansas City, has had a wide and varied practical experience i nelectric railwaywork. He is a na-tive of ClevelandO.; and previousto 1882 he wasengaged as a me-chanical engi-neer in doingwork in botheastern and west-ern states. Inthat year he be-came connect-ed with thelEdi-son Electric Light Company at its Broadstreet oftioe in New York City, under H. Vail, who was then superintendent. He. continued with the Edisin compiny In differentdepartments until 1888, when he became asso-ciated with Mr. Van Depoele and worked withhim on both the Van Djpoele roadsat PortHuron,.Mich., and Windsor, Oat., on which the over-hanging troUejor carriage was used. He thenjoiaed the forces of the Sprague Electric Railwayand Motor Company and did construction work-on the St. Joseph (Mo ) road. He also did somework for the Thomsm-Houston Electric Com-pany at South St. Louis, on the Broadway then went west and became connected withthe Northwestern Electrical Supply and Construc-tion Company at Seattle, Wash. While with thls-company he did work on two roads in Portland,.Ore., and one each in Taooma, Port Townsendand Whatcom, Wash. He was next connectedwith the Northern Pacific railroad as Its elec-trician and in 1889 went east to New York. Hesoon returned, however, to Chicago and becameconnected with the Leonard & Izard Companyand remained with this company a
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