. Electric railway journal . agent, the position left vacantby Mr. Pickards promotion. Mr. Lloydhas been assistant purchasing agentsince 1914, with the exception of twoyears when he served in the army inFrance during the recent war. A department of personnel has alsobeen organized to handle all employ-ment for the company and to supervise all training of employees, as well asall personnel work which may be under-taken. John S. Mills, formerly claimagent and assistant superintendent, isat the head of this work. New Post for Mr. Weber Former Power and Equipment Engi-neer Takes Mr. Grautens Place
. Electric railway journal . agent, the position left vacantby Mr. Pickards promotion. Mr. Lloydhas been assistant purchasing agentsince 1914, with the exception of twoyears when he served in the army inFrance during the recent war. A department of personnel has alsobeen organized to handle all employ-ment for the company and to supervise all training of employees, as well asall personnel work which may be under-taken. John S. Mills, formerly claimagent and assistant superintendent, isat the head of this work. New Post for Mr. Weber Former Power and Equipment Engi-neer Takes Mr. Grautens Placeon Kansas City Railways The appointment of R. L. Weber aselectrical engineer of the Kansas CityRailways, succeeding S. H. Grauten,has been announced by the Weber came to the railways com-pany in 1914, as engineer of equipmentand power for the Board of Control, thebi-partisan supervisory board createdby the new railways fi-anchise of 1914. During the war, Mr. Weber served inthe cruiser and transport force of the. R. L. WEBER Atlantic fleet with duty on the trans-ports St. Paul and Lenape and on thecruiser Albany. On his relief fromservice in May, 1919, he resumed hisconnection with the Board of Control, inKansas City. Prior to the war Mr. Weber haddirected the design and construction ofthe last two series of double-truck carswhich have established an especiallysatisfactory record. Since the war, theactivities of his department have beencentered on power house improvements,and under his direction several effectivemeasures have been carried out. Mr. Webers change from engineer ofthe Board of Control to electricalengineer of the Kansas City Railwaysis, in a measure, incident to the realign-ment of departments under the receiver-ship. With his other duties, Mr. Weber hasfor some years handled the technicalfeatures of power negotiations andcases before the Public Service Com-mission, and his intimate connection with these matters and the importanceof power negotiations,
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