. Electric railway journal . 3000 experienced men havegone into war industries, munitionplants, etc. Five hundred women arebeing employed in the subways andevery effort is being made to obtainadditional employees. Wages have beenraised. Mr. Shonts asks the forebear-ance of the people during the difficultwar times. The Subway Sun for , posted in the cars of the company,was given over to presenting these factsto passengers. W. F. Ham, President Tormer Vice-President and Director ofWashington Railway & ElectricCompany Heads Company William F. Ham, who has been actingas president of the Was
. Electric railway journal . 3000 experienced men havegone into war industries, munitionplants, etc. Five hundred women arebeing employed in the subways andevery effort is being made to obtainadditional employees. Wages have beenraised. Mr. Shonts asks the forebear-ance of the people during the difficultwar times. The Subway Sun for , posted in the cars of the company,was given over to presenting these factsto passengers. W. F. Ham, President Tormer Vice-President and Director ofWashington Railway & ElectricCompany Heads Company William F. Ham, who has been actingas president of the Washington Rail-way & Electric Company, Washington,D. C, since the resignation of ClarenceP. King, in March, 1918, was electedpresident of the company on Sept. 12. Mr. Ham has had more than twenty-five years of electric railway expe-rience, and during this time he has es-tablished a high reputation as an ad-ministrator and operator. He has alsotaken a very active part in associationwork, especially with the Accountants. Harris <f Ewino Photo W. P. HAM Association. He was one of the primemovers in the organization of this as-sociation and was vice-president in1899-1900 and president in 1900-1901. His most important serviceto the association, however, prob-ably has been as a member of its im-portant committee on the standardclassification of accounts, on which hehas continuously served from the timeof the organization of the committeeat the first meeting of the associationuntil the present time and as chairmanof the committee from 1905 to was in recognition of the value of hiswork on this and other committees ofthe Accountants Association that theorganization took the unusual actionsome six years ago of presenting with a silver salad bowl. Mr. Hams corporation career hasbeen one of continuous promotion. Hisfirst connection with electric railwaywork was from 1892 to 1895 in the NewYork office of the Lorain Steel Com-pany. In this way he became asso-ciated with Tom L
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