. Electric railway journal . n applying the previously acquired ex-perience to the operating problems ofelectric railways. Throughout his life Mr. Brush hashad to work hard for what he got, andwith very little outside assistance heput himself through the Armour Insti-tute of Technology and the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology, grad-uating from the former in 1897 andthe latter in 1901. During his studentdays he worked at various capacitieson the passenger boats operating on the Great Lakes, finally becomingpurser on an important boat plying be-tween Buffalo and Duluth. Here helearned impo
. Electric railway journal . n applying the previously acquired ex-perience to the operating problems ofelectric railways. Throughout his life Mr. Brush hashad to work hard for what he got, andwith very little outside assistance heput himself through the Armour Insti-tute of Technology and the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology, grad-uating from the former in 1897 andthe latter in 1901. During his studentdays he worked at various capacitieson the passenger boats operating on the Great Lakes, finally becomingpurser on an important boat plying be-tween Buffalo and Duluth. Here helearned important lessons in public re-lations, and also made many firmfriends who were later of great assist-ance to him. After graduation from Tech in1901 he was employed in the UnionPacific repair shops at Omaha, Neb.,becoming successively machinist, fore-man and roundhouse foreman. Laterhe was with the Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific Railroad as general foremanin charge of roundhouses and shops ofthe company in western Kansas. All. M. C. BRUSH of this was accomplished in the space oftwo years. In 1903 Mr. Brush began his servicewith electric railways, spending thebest part of six years with the BostonSuburban Electric Company, whoseservice he entered in 1903 as assistantto the president. He was soon after-ward elected vice-president. The year1909-1910 he spent as general man-ager of the Buffalo & Lake ErieTraction Company. His connectionv/ith the Boston Elevated Railwaydates back to the fall of 1910 when hewas made assistant to the vice-presi-dent. In 1912 he became second vice-president and later received a virtualpromotion when the two vice-presidentsof the company were equalized in au-thority. He was elected to the presi-dency of the Boston Elevated Railwayin 1916. While with the Boston SuburbanMr. Brush had to struggle with thefinancial problems of the company andamong these was that of securinggreater income. He advocated the 6- cent fare. He was successful in im-proving greatly the
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