Abstract :
James A. Barkley, electrical engineer, Lincoln, Nebraska, died on April 17, 1918. Mr. Barkley graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1892 and soon after became Division Manager with the Philadelphia Traction Co. with whom he remained five years. He took charge of the building of the first electric railway in Hawaii and later became Manager of the tramways at Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, South Africa Mr. Barkley was an Associate in the A. I. E. E.