. The street railway review . r, W. ; secretary, D. H. Goodrich ; general manager, W. ; general superintendent, F. A. Tucker. OPENING AT FT. WORTH, TEX. It. VVorlli, Tfx., is jubilant over the completion of a nine mileelectric belt line which affords rapid transit (or people living inthe suburbs to the business center of the city. This belt line con-ri( cts with all the other lines anrl makes it possible to ({o anywhereami (|uickly reach any point in Ft. Worth on well equipped electricroads. And while the city is rejoicing over the event it is lavishing praiseand honor upon Mr.
. The street railway review . r, W. ; secretary, D. H. Goodrich ; general manager, W. ; general superintendent, F. A. Tucker. OPENING AT FT. WORTH, TEX. It. VVorlli, Tfx., is jubilant over the completion of a nine mileelectric belt line which affords rapid transit (or people living inthe suburbs to the business center of the city. This belt line con-ri( cts with all the other lines anrl makes it possible to ({o anywhereami (|uickly reach any point in Ft. Worth on well equipped electricroads. And while the city is rejoicing over the event it is lavishing praiseand honor upon Mr. J. T. Voss, the president and manager of thefjlenwood & Polytechnic College Street Railway Co. To him isdue all the credit for a perfect working and convenient system—something Ft. Worth never had until Mr. Voss went there to stirmatters up. Before he arrived the Glenwood & Polytechnic linewas but a little over two miles long and had one mule car. Tp-(lay this line is 18 miles in length, has 10 motor cars. Mr. Voss. tcKik the Glenwood & Polytechnic lines as the basis of his opera-tiuiis. He leased the .Arlington Heights Electric lines, connectedthem with the Polytechnic and put the whole system under electricaloperation. Mr. Voss next move was to purchase the old Riversideline and to reconstruct the Mistletoe Heights line. When this hadl)ccn accomplished and all was in good working order Mr. Vossturned his attention to the belt line. The completion of this recent-ly gives Ft. Worth a street railway system to be proud of. J. F. Voss has been identified with street railway building andmanagement for more than 20 years. His first experience wasdriving a horse car in Nashville, Tenn., but though only a youngman. he soon became the general manager of three lines in EastNashville. From Tennessee he went to Macon. Ga., and thereconstructed a steam dummy line which he later sold out at a goodprofit. His next venture was in Atlanta, where, after five monthsas general manager of the A
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