. The Street railway journal . Wheeler had been one of Chicagos leading business menfor over forty years,and had been closelyidentified with severalimportant local enter-prises. He was born atLa Porte, Ind., onAugust 1, 1841. Hemoved with his parentsto Chicago in 1849, andhis early education wasobtained in the publicschools of that taking a collegecourse at Racine, Wis.,he returned to Chicagoin i860, and entered in-to business with hisfather. He became con-nected with the Chica-go City Railway Com-pany in 1891, and inthat year was elected itspresident. He contin-ued as the executive
. The Street railway journal . Wheeler had been one of Chicagos leading business menfor over forty years,and had been closelyidentified with severalimportant local enter-prises. He was born atLa Porte, Ind., onAugust 1, 1841. Hemoved with his parentsto Chicago in 1849, andhis early education wasobtained in the publicschools of that taking a collegecourse at Racine, Wis.,he returned to Chicagoin i860, and entered in-to business with hisfather. He became con-nected with the Chica-go City Railway Com-pany in 1891, and inthat year was elected itspresident. He contin-ued as the executivehead of the entire system until about three years ago, when hewas forced to retire by failing health. Mr. Wheeler was a memberof the Chicago and Union League Clubs; also a prominent figurein the Board of Trade; a director in the Worlds Columbian Ex-position in 1892-3, and a director of the Continental NationalBank. MR. HENRY M. RANSOM, who is one of the youngest, yetone of the most popular and more successful salesmen, in the. GEORGE HENRY WHEELER streel railway industry, has left his position with the ConsolidatedCar Heating Company, to take the office of purchasing agent forthe International Traction Company, of Buffalo. Mr. Ransomwas born in 1870 in Albany, and was educated at the AlbanyBoys Academy. He entered the employment of the RansomStove Company at the age of eighteen, and in 1893 held the posi-tion of shipping clerk. In that year he went with the Consoli-dated Car Heating Company, of Albany, representing that con-cern in the electrical branch of its business. At that time elec-trial heaters were practically unknown to roads in general, theConsolidated Company having its heaters on but four roads,operating from one to sixteen cars. At the present time in theterritory alone just left by Mr. Ransom Consolidated heaters areused on over 200 roads, the total number of cars equipped beingover 5000. AMONG THE MANUFACTURERS ROGER W. BABSON, banker and broker, of Worcester,Mas
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