. Electric railway journal . ward H. Ives succeeds Mr. Brooksas assistant general superintendent ofthe company at Detroit. Mr. Dana, President Manager of Boston Elevated ElectedHead of New England StreetRailway Club Edward Dana, general manager ofthe Boston (Mass.) Elevated Railway,was elected president of the New Eng-land Street Railway Club at its an-nual meeting held in Boston, Mass., onMarch 22. Mr. Dana succeeds I. , comptroller of the ConnecticutCompany, New Haven, Conn. Mr. Danais widely known in the electric railwayfield and is recognized as a specialistin transportation practice.
. Electric railway journal . ward H. Ives succeeds Mr. Brooksas assistant general superintendent ofthe company at Detroit. Mr. Dana, President Manager of Boston Elevated ElectedHead of New England StreetRailway Club Edward Dana, general manager ofthe Boston (Mass.) Elevated Railway,was elected president of the New Eng-land Street Railway Club at its an-nual meeting held in Boston, Mass., onMarch 22. Mr. Dana succeeds I. , comptroller of the ConnecticutCompany, New Haven, Conn. Mr. Danais widely known in the electric railwayfield and is recognized as a specialistin transportation practice. The clubmay well be congratulated on havingchosen a man of such proved abilityto take the initiative in making theclub of most value both to the industryand its members. Mr. Dana was born in Bernardston,Mass., in 1886. He took a preparatorycourse at Stones School, Boston, andcompleted his academic course in Har-vard in three years, graduating in after receiving his degree heentered the employ of the Boston Ele-. EDWARD DANA vated Railway as a conductor and sincethat time has had experience in near-ly every department of the road. He became particularly interested inthe scientific aspects of transportationand has made extended trips through-out the entire country in connectionwith railway problems. He is a veryfrequent and valuable contributor tothe Electric Railway Journal, hisarticles dealing principally with de-tailed analyses of the various phases oftransportation. Mr. Dana has been prominent in thedeliberations of the American ElectricRailway Association, where he is con-sidered an authority on transportationmatters. He has also testified as anexpert witness for the InterboroughRapid Transit Company before th?Public Service Commission. The rise of Mr. Dana to general man-ager of the Boston Elevated was ex-ceptionally rapid. After gaining muchpractical experience as a conductor, hewas made assistant to the superintend-ent of transportation and soon after-ward b
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