Dutch Protective Committee Leader Addresses Rock Island Meeting
At a Chicago meeting, Amsterdam’s A F var Hall of the Dutch Protective Committee urged reform of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway’s organization. He faulted the board for neglecting management, urged a small, skilled board with compensation, and stressed accountability to shareholders. He warned that without changes efficiency would suffer across the 8,000 mile system spanning 14 states.
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Associated Press
Chicago
A Fvar, Hall
Amsterdam
Holland
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Ln Sand and Pacific Railway
Dutch Protective
Rock Island
Tne
America
Harriman
J. P. Morgan
Good Roads Legislation
Washington reports a two series of papers will review state road laws to aid legislatures in revising and drafting new legislation. The American Highway Association and Bureau of Municipal Research plan charts models on road funding traffic regulation convict labor and local road management with expert hearings and conferences to follow.
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Washington
Legislative Committee
American Highway Association
Bureau of Municipal Research of
New_York City
A. N. Johnson
Bureau of Municipal Research
U. S. Office of Public Roads
Highway Association
Charles P. Light
J. S. Pennybacker
A Cure for Sour Stomach and Public Reform Talk
Mrs. Wm. M. Thompson of Battle Creek Michigan praises Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion sour stomach and bad breath after two bottles. The excerpt shifts to a 1915 business meeting proposing board reductions bylaw amendments and director compensation to improve management and restore public and shareholder confidence.
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Wm. M. Thompson
Battle Creek, Mich
Chamberlain’s
Conference on Lumber Industry Leads Forest Service Meeting
Washington reports a nationwide study on the lumber industry conducted by the Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce. A conference in Madison, Wisconsin from April 14 to 17 will include forest service officials and seven district representatives to discuss cooperation, markets, grading, depreciation, and price data collection.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Forest Service
Madison
Wis
Forest Service Laboratory
Washington Office of Industrial Investigations
National Forest Districts
United States
The
Coinage change ends era of groats and four penny pieces
The last coins of Great Britain to use groats and four penny pieces were struck in 1856, marking the end of their circulation and a shift to newer denominations.
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Great Britain
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