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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
8
Fort Wayne Electric Works reports magnetite lamp model sent to Berlin at the request of Allgemsteine Electric of Berlin. Chief German engineer and company party praised the lamp after visits and tests, with local manager J I Blood noting plans for large orders upon demonstration and market adoption.
Schedule lists meetings for Brotherhood of Railroad Fire Enginemen EB of RF E belt, Brotherhood of Carpenters No 232 at Carpenters hall Ta Journeymen Horseshoers No 81 Saenger hall, Pattern Makers League Vérdermark hall and related groups.
Grand President Carter Fifth Vice President McNamara of Pearia and Arthur L Lowell of Logansport, grand lodge director, visit to attend KRG Porter lodge No 141 meeting. Sessions run 9 to 12 and 1 30 to 6 20 with over thirty applicants to be initiated. Banquet after and public meeting with addresses by grand lodge officers and locals.
Abbots Becker of 734 hired street, a patient at St Joseph's hospital, sustained scalds and injuries while preparing Gres for the boilers and a steam pipe enveloping him. He was removed to hospital for treatment as the plant suspended operations yesterday.
Frank D. Reed, formerly chief clerk to EF. & Crawford on the Pennsylvania lines, becomes assistant to Rock Island President H. A. Mudse and purchasing agent. A longtime Fort Wayne resident, Reed is well known among steel railroad men and has risen rapidly since leaving Fort Wayne seven years ago for Pittsburgh and then the Rock Island.
Division Freight Agent EB T Woot of the Pennsylvania reports optimism on crops due to yesterday’s heavy rains. He says Indiana and Ohio will likely have a abundant harvests, with rail traffic prospects improving along lines from Chicago to Delphos and beyond.
President W A Canniff of the Nickel Plate railroad, based in Cleveland, rode in private car No 25 en route from Chicago to Cleveland and stopped in Fort Wayne for about ten minutes. Superintendent S K Blair held a brief conference with the president and B F Horner, passenger agent, spent time in Fort Wayne handling company affairs before returning to Cleveland on train No 2.
The Fort Wayne Fort Warner section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers invites Electro-Techwig club members to a June 3 meeting in Commercial rooms. A lighting expert from General Electric will lecture on practical incumbation and related topics, with arrangements coordinated by Mr. Ryan.
A 490 wire telephone system is being installed in the new Fort Wayne Electric Works office building. J L Leach of the Western Electric Company has charge of the installation work. Interior finishings are nearing completion and the old offices will be vacated with the north wing construction starting after.
Bradtmiller, injured last Saturday after being struck by a switch engine, shows signs of improvement though remains seriously ill. He is hospitalized at St Joseph's Hospital where the attending surgeon and nurses express hope for recovery.
Local agent William Shorey announced that Wabash Railway will inaugurate semimonthly excursions from Toledo to Fort Wayne this coming Sunday and continue through the summer. The move follows a history of popular Sunday outings, while the city sees a crowd ready for travel and leisure along the line. Several Wabash workers are listed as off duty or injured, with company officials and shop staff noted in routine updates from the same period.
Metra, three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bar Trevernaugh, underwent an operation at St Joseph hospital last night for appendicitis. Surgeons found the appendix was run bred and the child is in a very serious condition.
Lafayette Ind May 3 The 13th Indiana Volunteers will hold their golden anniversary reunion in Lafayette on June 14 50 years since muster in. Highlights include display of the original regimental flags carried in a parade from General Logan post to the banquet hall and a presentation by Major Georges R Durgan of Lafayette. Surviving members Bally Thurber Maxwell Bryant and Durbin attend. flags will be escorted safely from the state house by its custodian.
Notice to investors announces a limited issue of Evans Coal Company capital stock at fifty dollars per share with a guaranteed minimum twenty percent annual return. Details available upon request from R. L. Evans secretary at 2805 Broadway Fort Wayne Indiana. phone 6929.
The executive committee of the Ely Union of the Dutner League plans the annual field day for June 45 at Bingen, fifteen miles south of Fort Wayne. The union includes young peoples societies of Joan Lutheran churches, organized last October with 928 members. Next executive meeting is tomorrow evening at St Pauls Lutheran. Public school field day at Driving Park on Friday June 2, admission 25 cents, grandstand free.
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