The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-27
New York Man President of
Of Milwaukee Co. Controll-
ing Kenosha Gas Co.
MORTIMER GENERAL MANAGER
Campbell Will Succeed John I. Beggs
but it is Expected That James
D. Mortimer Will Have the Manage
ment Of the Local Companies.

James Campbell of New York, was
elected president of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company
and the Milwaukee Light, Heat and
Traction company, at a directors
meeting in New York on Wednesday.
Both the Milwaukee properties are
controlled by the North American
company, Of which Mr.. CAMPBELL is
head and the same company controls
the Kenosha Gas and Electric COM
pany.
The new president succeeds John /.
Beggs, who resigned on April l.
James D. Mortimer, in addition to
his Offices as vice president, and secre-
tary, was made general manager of
the Milwaukee and other Wisconsin
companies, succeeding Mr.. Beggs in
that capacity.
Mr.. Campbell, who makes his head
quarters in st. Louis, has large hold
ings there. He is heavily interested
in large corporations, including the
Frisco railroad, and in that has been
the hacker of President Yoakum.
AS a civil engineer he began his
career at the head of surveying
party i'll the Ozark mountains, laying
out the route of the ST. Louis and San
Francisco road. At that time he re-
allied the possibilities of investments
as a result Of that line.
He entered the banking and broker
age business, but has been retired
from them for some time, devoting
himself to his personal interests.
Some years ago there was agitation
in st. Louis for placing upon the tax
rolls property that had been escaping
assessment. Mr.. Campbell then volun-
tarily offered for assessment about
$2,5O0,O00 of additional property which
he held.
He is about 81 years old and is one
of the men old in finance who have
kept pace with modern tendencies in
business and public affairs. He is said
to be big stakeholder in the Ameri-
can Light and Traction company and
the Boston Telephone company.
Mr.. Mortimer is 80 years of age.
He was born in Elmhurst, near Chi
cago. He attended school in his home
town in ST. Charles and Austin, later
entering the Throop Polytechnic in
stitute, Pasadena, CAL, as an electri-
cal student. Later he entered the Uni
versity of California, being graduated
with high honors in 1900. While in
college he was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa, the honorary scholastic frater-
nifty. He also a member Of AL pha
Delta Phi and Sigma Xi.
Following graduation he taught cleo
trical engineering for more than a
year, when he accepted an offer with
the Tacoma Railway and Power COM
pany. When that concern and the
Puget Sound Electric railway was pur-
chased by Stone & Webster, Boston, in
1908, he was retained as engineer.
He was engaged in investigating,
constructing and operating electric
light, gas, street railway and power
enterprises from New York to Cali
fornia, when James Campbell, st.
Louis, then president Of the Telluride
Power company, now president of the
North American company and the new
head of the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light company, decided that
his company needed a man of Mr..
Mortimer IS ability. He became vice
president of the North American COM
pany, which position brought him to
Milwaukee considerably the past year.
On April l he took temporary charge
as successor to John [. Beggs. His
home was in New York, but he will
bring Mrs. Mortimer to Milwaukee to
reside. He was married in 1908
There are no children. Mr.. Mortimer
is the designer of number of me-
chanioal and electrical devices, but has
never put them on the commercial
market