Masons Frolic At Zoo In Rainy City Outing
Masons from Hamilton, Kenton and Campbell Counties thronged the Zoo for an annual gathering with women and children. Rain paused baseball and woodland performances, sparking a flurry of races and contests won by participants including W. McComas and Emma Pulliam. Two grand parades concluded the day led by the Masonic Band, with officers and organizers named for the event.
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Hamilton
Kenton
Campbell
Masonic Order
Masonic Band
Society of the Past Masters
Masonic Club
Charles E. Moore
A. E. B. Stevens
J. M.donnelly
L. T. Leavitt
W. H. Ballentine
House
W. A. Zingérle
D M. Patten
W.S. Rybalt
Max Salzer
E. E. Harcourt
C. R. Singer
H. P. Dieckmeyer
Leonard Schrieber
D. M. Bartlett
Frederick Pfiester
Painting Portrays Damon and Pythias Friendship at Lodge
The Knights of Pythias plan to unveil a 30 by 16 foot oil painting over the Fifth street entrance of the Mablevy and Carew store in Cincinnati. The work recounts the bond between Damon and Pythias with a tale of disinterested friendship during a tyrant’s scrutiny.
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Knights of Pythias
Damon
Pythias
Cincinnati
Fifth Street
Mablevy & Carew
Dionysius
Syracuse
West Side Terminal Railroad Station Approved for Chicago
Plans for Chicago’s West Side Terminal Railroad Station costing five million dollars have been approved by the Illinois Public Utilities Commission. Walter A. Shaw, a commissioner, reported the decision. The new station will replace Union Station as the hub for Pennsylvania, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, and Chicago and Alton lines.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
West Side Terminal Railroad
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Walter A. Shaw
Union Station
Pennsylvania
Chicago, Burlington & Uinecy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.aul
Chicago & Alton
New Haven Railroad Inquiry Nears End
Washington June 6 the Interstate Commerce Commission closed most hearings on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad finances. Only possible depositions or further hearings remain. Witnesses testified about the Worcester Nashua Rochester purchase and discrepancies in Morgan Co books. Rockefeller associate William Rockefeller’s physician advised against testifying in Washington.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
New Haven
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Senate
Norris
David E. Brown
New England Navigation Company
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Road
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
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Joseph W. Folk
Morgan Company
Navigation Company
Boston & Maine
John L. Billard
Billard
New England Investment and Security Company
L. 8. Miller
New York, Westchester & Boston Railway
Walker D. Hines
Westchester Road
New York
John A. Garver
William Rockefeller
Southern Railway Agent Elected to Royal Society of Arts
W. C. Olds, traveling industrial agent for the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway, has been elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts of England. The honor recognizes his ability as a commercial agent in the United States and abroad. The society promotes arts industries and commerce worldwide and was founded in 1754.
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W. C. Olds
The
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Royal Society of Arts of England
Society
United States
Royal Society of Arts
German cultural clubs join for Youngstown Nationalfest trip
Forty members of the Stadts Ver bund of Cincinnati joined a large group from the Saengerbunds of Dayton, Hamilton and Middletown to travel yesterday by train over the Pennsylvania Railroad to attend the Nationalfest in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Saengerbund
Dayton
Hamilton
Middletown
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
City traffic men discuss Goulds matters with M and P lines
Joseph A. Steltenkamp general agent at Cincinnati and Rudolph Meyer commercial agent of the M and P lines with about two hundred traffic and passenger men gathered at Salt Lake City to talk over broad system issues with the Gould families and other leaders.
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Joseph A. Steltenkamp
Cincinnati
Rudolph Meyer
Salt Lake City
Big
Little Goulds
Mote Seeks Opinion on Average Demurrage Rule
San Francisco manager E E Mote of the Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau circulates a survey to U S demurrage chiefs seeking views on the average agreement and its impact on car efficiency. Replies from eighteen major terminals show the rule harms carriers and should be abolished.
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E. E. Mote
Pacific Car Demurrage Bureau
San Francisco
United States
Mexican Lines Now Open for Traffic Between New Laredo and Monterey
Co. A. Torrence, foreign freight agent of Gould Lines, yesterday advised local freight traffic officials that the National Railways of Mexico line is now open for traffic between New Laredo and Monterey and that labor crews are actively working along the lines.
Burlington to wire game scores to all passenger trains
General Passenger Agent W H Lalor announced that after baseball games in the National and Federal Leagues the score would be wired to every passenger train along the system, ensuring real time updates for riders.
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W. H. Lalor
Burlington
Nowon
Grotto Members Visit Cincinnati From Northwestern Cities
About 150 members of the Grotto Shriner Masons visited Cincinnati as guests of local Masons. The group traveled by special train under Omar N. Spain of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and planned stops en route toward Richmond Virginia, including a visit to the Zoo.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Springfield
Till
la Crosse
Madison
Wis
Zoo
Omar N. Spain
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Richmond
Retired Pere Marquette Officials Left Big Savings
William H. Garrett longtime Queen & Crescent General Manager and Samuel A. Kamp and C. K. Anderson were retired under new retrenchment at the Pere Marquette Rail road. The move yields about 26000 dollars yearly in savings as receivers reorganize.
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William H. Garrett
Pere Marquette Railroad
Cincinnati
Wyoming
Queen & Crescent
Pere Marquette
Samuel M. Felton
Samuel A. Kamp
C. K. Anderson
Paul Dennedy Moves From Queen & Crescent to Union Pacific
Paul Dennedy formerly a clerk in the stationary department of the Queen & Crescent Route under Stationer W F Hall has been appointed to a clerical position in the local offices of the Union Pacific system under General Agent W M Connor.
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Paul Dennedy
Queen & Crescent
W. F. Hall
Union Pacific System
W. M. Connor
Promotions at Queen & Crescent Dispatch and Atlanta Office
BE. L. Hunt is promoted to Traveling Freight Agent at Louisville succeeding L. B. Barta whose resignation was announced. S. L. Byerly moves from stenographer to Chief Clerk in the Atlanta Georgia office. M. O. Dunbar also received a promotion.
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BE. L. Hunt
Queen & Crescent Dispatch
Louisville
L. B. Barta
S. L. Byerly
Atlanta, Ga
M. O. Dunbar
Railway Promotions Shuffle Leadership in Major Divisions
Trainmaster of the Charlotte Division in Southern Railway service since 1891 F S Collins promoted to Superintendent of the Mobile Division J E Fitzwilson moved from New England Freight Traffic to General Agent in New York succeeding W C Harrison transferred J A Verne moves from Pittsburgh Commercial Agent to Fitzwilson’s former post Pittsburgh commercial offices consolidated under H Kerr supervision
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Southern Railway
F. S. Collins
Mobile
J. E. Fitzwilson
New England
Freight Traffic Department
Boston
New York
W C. Harrison
J. A. Verne
Pittsburg
Mr. Fitzwilson
H. Kerr
Griffing Elected President of Freight Agents Association
Hiram H. Griffing, longtime Freight Agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, was elected president of the American Association of Freight Agents at its recent national convention in Houston Texas.
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Hiram H. Griffing
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
American Association of Freight Agents
Houston
Tex
Trainmen and conductors talks on Vanderbilts system postponed
A Terre Haute joint session of Railroad Superintendents and trainmen on the Vanderbilts system is postponed until Superintendent F W Worthington returns from the East. An agreement is expected before week’s end with no serious disagreements reported.
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Terre Haute
F. W. Worthington
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Plans Homecoming Care for Students
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad coordinates transportation for a college homecoming crowd. Officials say they will arrange special service and schedules to ease arrival and departure of students returning to campus.
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Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Return of Northern and Eastern inmates to Southern homes
A report notes that hundreds are expected to return to their homes in the South this week from northern and eastern institutions, signaling a broad movement of evacuees or detainees returning southward.
Auto stolen from Penn Railways official found near Evansville
K L Sheeler head of the law department of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Indianapolis at the Speedway contest had his large car stolen. For days no trace. Yesterday he received a telegram saying the auto had been found deserted in an out of the way roadside location near Evansold Ind.
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K. L. Sheeler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
Speedway
Shealer
Evans
Old
Ind
Railroad Personnel and Obituary Notes From Erie to Ottawa
Bb B Todd transferred from Erie Pittsburg to Cleveland as night ticket clerk. W E Waters named Newport middle division supervisor replacing J A Burchanal to New York division. Judge Sanborn approves sale of Rio Grande and Brownsville Electric by receivers. Henry W Gays of Big Four Erie and L & N and NY Ottawa Railroad dies in Ottawa leaving widow and two sons. Remains go to Louisville for interment.
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Erie
Pittsburg
Cleveland
W. E. Waters
Newport
Middle Division
Pennsylvania’ Lines
J A. Burchanal
New York
Sanborn
St. Paul
St. Louis
Freight traffic officials conclude tariff deliberations
Agents from Nickel Plate Kansas City and Star Union Line returned from Grand Rapids following a freight tariff meeting. Queen & Crescent traffic officials have completed their detailed classifications after days of argument at the Freight Traffic Manager George P. Biles offices and have gone back to their headquarters.
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Kansas City
Robert B. Bowman
Star Union Line
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Grand Rapids
Mich
Queen & Crescent
George P. Biles
Transportation Tips and Rail Disputes Network
The Nickel Plate Railroad stopped service over a Cleveland flats viaduct recently taken out of commission. E S Jouett of Louisville and Nashville opposes a bill giving the Interstate Commerce Commission access to carrier records. The ICC orders six percent interest on all damage and loss claims. Pennsylvania Railroad relief departments report 277 631 64 dollars cut in April for disability and death benefits. Wabash announces summer train schedules. New York Central placed orders with American Sundry for freight cars and with Standard Steel for all steel cars.
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Cleveland Flats
E.S. Jouett
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Wabash
Erm Omy
New York Central Railway
American Sundry Company
Standard Steel
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