The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13

He Will Succeed mr.. Dimmock,
Who Has Left the Passenger
and Power Co. to Go West.

Mr.. S. w HUFF, recently OF Philadel-
obia, but native Of Virginia. yesterday
ASST med control OF the street railways
of Richmond as the general manager of
the Virginia Passenger and Power Com
rary Mr.. w. S. Dimmock, who recently
resigned the position to accept a hand
some situation in California, left Rich
mond yesterday.
Mir. Huff is thirty-ive years Of age.
He is a tall, heavy-set. square shouldered
young man. who in ten years has held
Responsible positions In the management
and operation of electric railway proper
t;e: in a number of American cities. from
Philadelphia to San Francisco. He comes
to The local company with an equipment
of valuable and varied experience and the
best technical acquaintance with electrical
matters.
For ten years Mr.. Huff's soiourns in
Eirc MIA have been limited to a few hours
or days at best. He was born III Abe
nalle county. near the Miller School.
ana is the son of a. Baptist clergyman
MO was afterwards chaplain at this
school. For three years, from 1882 to
1857. he attended Richmond College. He
is a member of the Southern Kappa Alpha
Fraternity. After a year Of teaching in
Stanton and another at the Miller School
under Captain Vawtcr, Mr.. Huff decided
to, turn TO electrical engineering and at
tended Cornell University for two years,
enjoying there probably the best advan-
taces in technical and electrical lNstruc-
ton TO be found in this country.
ONCE AN EDITOR.
For a summer of three or four months.
after teaching in Stanton, Mr.. Huff edited
5;a., tic
tor who was absent on account of ill
health For three months one summer
while at Cornell he worked as an cleo
trician on the old Union or Clay Street
line in this CITY, This was about 1859.
when electric railroadng was in its in
fancy. 1t was a problem whether the
Clay Street line could be made success.
In overalls the young college man worked
ever and under the primitive cars Of
This line all one summer gaining his first
acquaintance with the practical side of
street railway operation.
After leaving Cornell about 1880 Mr..
Huff was for some two years In charge
of the line at Raleigh. \. c.. where he
r1G,lIied. He will bring his wife and three
children to Richmond in the fall. After
leaving Raleigh, Mr., Huff was for a tine
connected with the lines in Baltimore and
later in San Francisco and Philadelphia.
He comes to Richmond a thoroughly
e1. tipped and up-to-date street railway
man He is greatly pleased to get back
to Virginia. his native State. and Rich
inond. where the pleasant associations of
his college days and his first work IS a
street railway man center
OF .FIEAs;IsNr Address.
In address he is very cordial and pleas
AIT. The thorough fashion he has set
iDoct aquajating nj. SCI with the local
conditions gives assurance that he vii!
take hold With riGor ana effectiveness.
Mr.. Huff, when seen yesterday. stated
that he was especially pleased With the
spirit shown by The employees of the road
in connection with the pending Eesotia-
tons for Z ninc-hour day. He lad also
been impressed with the fact that the
owl .rs of the road desire to meet the
mon literally in this matter, and he felt
sure that Il settlement would be reached
s; lis factory TO all parties concerned.
Fer the present Mr.. HUFF is boarding at
T. :rt: and Canal Streets. His office, tenn
porarily at least, will be at Ninth and
Main Streets.