Obituary

FREDERICK H. LINCOLN, vice-president and general manager of the Pay-Within Car Company, Philadelphia, Pa., while attempting to board a moving train at the West Philadelphia station on July 11, fell beneath the wheels and was almost instantly killed. Mr. Lincoln was born in Boston, Mass., on May 28, 1867. After three years´ apprenticeship at the machinist´s trade, he began his electrical career with the Thomson Houston Company in 1886. In 1888 this company started the development of its street railway system and Mr. Lincoln was transferred to the railway department, and placed in responsible charge of electric railway installations in various cities throughout the country. In 1893 he entered the employ of the People´s Traction Company of Philadelphia, serving as assistant engineer during the construction period, and later having charge of the company´s power plants. When all the surface roads in Philadelphia were consolidated into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, in 1895, Mr. Lincoln was made superintendent of lines and cables and had charge of the redesigning and rebuilding of the company´s electrical distribution system. In August 1905 he was appointed assistant general manager of the company and was placed in charge of the operation of the Market Street elevated and subway division, as well as of the maintenance of equipment of the entire system. While the elevated and subway system was being planned Mr. Lincoln was one of the party of Philadelphia Rapid Transit officers sent on a tour of Europe t o study conditions in continental cities. He subsequently resigned his position to become vicepresident and general manager of the Pay-Within Car Company. He was one of the inventors of the pay-within car. He took an active interest in the work of the American Street and Interurban Railway Association, and at its convention in Denver last fall was made president of the organization. Mr. Lincoln was admitted to membership in the Institute as an Associate on M- y 16, 1905. He is survived by a widow.