. The Street railway journal . rlboro, Mass., to succeed Mr. H. , who has entered the employ of the Worcester-Bostonsyndicate, was born in Warren, Vt, in 1854. After attending thepublic schools, and graduating from the Vermont Normal School,he followed various occupations, such as school teacher, clerk in a country store and travelingsalesman until after the WestEnd Street Railway Companytook charge of all the Bostonroads. When this deal wasconsummated he entered theemploy of this company as adriver, and was one of thefirst men to act as a motor-man when the electric carswere first i
. The Street railway journal . rlboro, Mass., to succeed Mr. H. , who has entered the employ of the Worcester-Bostonsyndicate, was born in Warren, Vt, in 1854. After attending thepublic schools, and graduating from the Vermont Normal School,he followed various occupations, such as school teacher, clerk in a country store and travelingsalesman until after the WestEnd Street Railway Companytook charge of all the Bostonroads. When this deal wasconsummated he entered theemploy of this company as adriver, and was one of thefirst men to act as a motor-man when the electric carswere first installed on theninth division of that knowledge of the electricsystem was so apparent thathe was shortly appointed fore-man of the Grove Hall carhouse of the company, wherehe remained three years. Thisposition he resigned to go toKnoxville, Tenn., in the in-terest of the Thomson-Hous-ton Company, and he resignedthe latter position to be-Atlanta Consolidated StreetGa., where he remained forposition of master mechanic. A. C. RALPH come master mechanic of theRailway Company, of Atlanta,a year. He then accepted the of the Paterson Street Railway Company, of Paterson, N. Jwhich position he held for four years. During the constructionof the Brockton Street Railway and the Bridgewater & BrocktonStreet Railway, under Mr. James , Mr. Ralph acted as super- intendent of construction in connection with his duties as super-intendent of the Brockton & East Bridgewater, Bridgewater,Whitman & Rockland, Providence & Taunton and the New Bed-ford, Middleboro & Brockton Street Railways, which were at thattime controlled by Mr. James F. Shaw, but have since passed intothe hands of the Massachusetts Electric Companies, and form apart of the Brockton & Globe Street Railway systems. Mr. Ralphssuccess can be attributed to hard work and strict attention to busi-ness, and no one appreciates this fact better than Mr. Shaw, whohas appointed him superintendent of three street railway linesw
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