. The Street railway journal . ization of the West End StreetRailway worked in several of the divisions. In 1890 he left theemploy of the West End Street Railway Company and accepteda position as a driver on the Newton Street Railway, which wasone of the first electric roads in Massachusetts. Two years laterhe had charge of the construction work during the building ofthe Newton & Boston Street Railway, and in 1894 he was ap-pointed superintendent of the road, as well as superintendent ofthe WcIIesley & Boston Street Railway, which position he re-signed Oct. 1 to accept the position tendered by
. The Street railway journal . ization of the West End StreetRailway worked in several of the divisions. In 1890 he left theemploy of the West End Street Railway Company and accepteda position as a driver on the Newton Street Railway, which wasone of the first electric roads in Massachusetts. Two years laterhe had charge of the construction work during the building ofthe Newton & Boston Street Railway, and in 1894 he was ap-pointed superintendent of the road, as well as superintendent ofthe WcIIesley & Boston Street Railway, which position he re-signed Oct. 1 to accept the position tendered by the RailroadCommissioners. He was also, for some time, superintendent ofthe Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway Company, of has always been held in high esteem by his employees, andwas presented with a handsome silver service when he severedhis connections with the Newton & Boston Street Railway andWellesley & Boston Street Railway. Mr. McLain is vice-presi-dent of the New England Street Railway LLEWELLYN H. McLAIN ENGINEERING SOCIETIES BROOKLYN ENGINEERS CLUB.—At the regular meetingof this club, Oct. 11, Mr. Frank C. Cudworth presented a paperentitled The Electric Conduit Railway: Its Development andConstruction. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.—At theregular meeting of this society, held Wednesday. Oct. 17, paper entitled The Preservation of Railway Ties in Europe,by Otave Chanute, was presented for discussion. NEWS NOTES PINE BLUFF, ARK.—J. B. Bradley, of Chicago, has become associatedwith W. H. Keyser, who projects the* construction of a street railway andlighting system here, and both gentlemen were here a few days ago lookingover the ground and laying plans. Mr. Keyser has recently been granted anextension of three months in which to begin the construction of the line underthe original franchise grant, BAKERSFIELD, CAL.—The Mountain Valley & Bakersfield Railroad Company has made application for a franchise here. The company contem-pla
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