. The Street railway journal . uated with high honors at Cornell Uni-versity in the mechanical engineers course, Mr. Wason enteredthe services of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, and wentdirectly into the shops to obtain an intimate knowledge of thepractical mechanical conditions surrounding the rolling stock ofan electric railway and its equipment. In 1892 he was appointedelectrical engineer of the Cleveland Electric Railway. In thiscapacity he has purchased practically all of the equipment usedin the power stations of that company, and his progressiveness isshown by the fact that he w
. The Street railway journal . uated with high honors at Cornell Uni-versity in the mechanical engineers course, Mr. Wason enteredthe services of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, and wentdirectly into the shops to obtain an intimate knowledge of thepractical mechanical conditions surrounding the rolling stock ofan electric railway and its equipment. In 1892 he was appointedelectrical engineer of the Cleveland Electric Railway. In thiscapacity he has purchased practically all of the equipment usedin the power stations of that company, and his progressiveness isshown by the fact that he was the first to use power-station unitsof 2400-kw capacity. He was also one of the pioneers in theestablishment of interurban railways, and is largely interested inmost of the interurban railways centering in Cleveland, as well asbeing one of the largest stockholders in the Everett-Moore syndi-cate. He is a firm believer in the financial possibilities of subur-ban roads, and was one of the first to advocate the construction of. C W. WASON these roads and the operation on them of high-speed cars. Aspresident of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railway, one ofthe largest of the Cleveland interurban lines, he has introducedon that line a morning and evening express, or high-speed service,in which certain cars, making only a few stops, cater to the com-muter traffic between Cleveland and the towns to the east of thecity. This has resulted in building up a very large traffic of thiskind. Mr. Wason has also taken an active interest in the AmericanStreet Railway Association, has been a regular attendant at itsmeetings, and last year was a member of the executive committeeof the association. Although naturally somewhat diffident as re-gards his own achievements, he has always shown a willingness todiscuss the technical papers presented at the association, and hisremarks have been characterized by great clearness and a thor-ough knowledge of the electrical and mechanical features of
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