. The Street railway journal . hefortunate ones who attended. Walton H. Holmes Walton R. Holmes, the new president of the AmericanStreet Railway Association, comes of a family which haslong been directly associated with street railway 1871 the first street railway to be opened in Kansas Citywas started by Nehemiah Holmes, father of the new presi-dent. This road consisted of a horse car line betweenKansas City and Westport, and in 1875 Walton Holmes,then only about twelve years old, entered the service of thecompany in a subordinate position. He has therefore beenintimately connec
. The Street railway journal . hefortunate ones who attended. Walton H. Holmes Walton R. Holmes, the new president of the AmericanStreet Railway Association, comes of a family which haslong been directly associated with street railway 1871 the first street railway to be opened in Kansas Citywas started by Nehemiah Holmes, father of the new presi-dent. This road consisted of a horse car line betweenKansas City and Westport, and in 1875 Walton Holmes,then only about twelve years old, entered the service of thecompany in a subordinate position. He has therefore beenintimately connected with all the important developmentswhich have taken place in the growth of what is at presentone of the largest and best operated systems in the West. Before he was twenty-one Mr. Holmes was made vice-president of the road, and since that time, in connectionwith his brother, Conway F. Holmes, who has also re-mained constantly prominent in the affairs of the company,he has been identified with the management of the property. WALTON H. HOLMES and largely responsible for its remarkable success. He isa man who does not believe in being penny wise, but hasthe faculty of making business come to him by the judiciousexpenditure of money in building new lines. This liberalpolicy of opening up undeveloped territory upon the out-skirts of the city, supporting in every way the improve-ment of the public parks, and giving the people what theywant before they have learned to ask for it, has reflectedupon the company the benefits merited and has placedMr. Holmes, personally, among the leading citizens of thetown. His long familiarity with every detail of the opera-tion, his love of the work and his ever ready help to hisemployees, make him extremely popular with the men, andit is not an uncommon sight when accidents or breakdownsoccur, as they will even in Kansas City, to see him directingoperations or occasionally lending a hand, with a knowl-edge of detail and a hearty good-will that on
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