The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-02
NO CHANGE IN LOCAL COMPANY
Mr.. Beggs was not Personally a Stock
Holder in the Kenosha Company but
was the Head of the Business of the
Corporation

Announcement was made on Thurs
day evening that John [. Beggs, presl-
dent and general manager Of the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
company and in that capacity general
manager of the Kenosha Gas and Elec-
trio company had resigned his posi-
tion. The resignation will take effect
on April / and at that time Mr.. Beggs
will go to st. Louis to become the presi-
dent and general manager of the st.
Louis Car company a company employ
ing more than 5000 men. The resig-
nation of Mr.. Beggs will have no ef-
feet on the local company as it is stat
ed that Mr.. Beggs does not own sin
sonally. Some time ago he purchased
quite large block of the stock of the
Kenosha company but this stock was
ali turned over to the Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway and Light company The
The resignation of Mr.. Beggs has
been limited at for several months and
it was known that j. D. Mortimer one
of the vice presidents of the North
American company the holding COM
pany in charge of the business of the
various Wisconsin plants had been in
Wisconsin getting a line on the bus
mess done by the company in the sew
eral cities No announcement has been
made as to whom will succeed Mr..
Beggs but it is generally believed that
Vice President Mortimer will ultimate
ly be placed in this responsible posi-
ton.
President James Campbell of the
North American company paid high
tribute to Mr.. Beggs in the official an
nouncement of his retirement from the
Milwaukee office. He said:
HThe company recognizes in Mr..
Beggs one of the foremost railway and
lighting engineers in the country, and
his retirement from the active man
agement of the local properties is
great loss to us, as well as to the city,
for no one could have done more for
both than Mr.. Beggs. A man of re
markable energy and executive abil-
ity, Mr.. Beggs has accomplished mar
velous results here in the development
of the property and the expansion of
the system, and we all regret to see
him give up the work. The railway
and lighting systems have been entire
ly rebuilt under his administration and
he has looked far into the future in
developing his plans Under him the
system always has been abreast of the
times and his plans have been laid with
a comprehensive view of the future
needs of Milwaukee and other Wiscon-
sin cities. No man has done more for
the city than he, and I am sure his SER
vice will long be appreciated.
"1n relieving himself of the manage
ment Of the local lines, Mr.. Beggs does
not give up his financial interests in
the properties and still remains one of
the directors of the company. I am
certain he will always take the keen
est interest in their AFFAIRS
"Milwaukee has grown much in
fourteen years. continued Mr.. Camp
bell, "and a property that was run
down at that time needed strong man
such as Mr.. Beggs. He has devoted
his best efforts to the Wisconsin pro-
perties and has been loyal and con-
slant. He handled the properties with
consummate skill and with as much
care as though he owned them all him
self"