William C. Gotshall

William Charles Gotshall (May 9, 1870 – August 20, 1935) was an American civil engineer known for his research on engineering economics in civil engineering published as ''Notes of electric railway economics and preliminary engineering'' (1903, 1904). He was also responsible for the conversion of the Second Avenue Railroad in New York from horses to conduit electrical power in 1897–1898. Provided by Wikipedia