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...employes may be partially affected, possibly 150,000 let out. Since the average service of railway men is notably long, this would put a heavy burden on the railroads. Another possibility was expressed by President John Marcus Davis of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western: "If traffic increases as much as 10%, the railroads will be able to take care of most of their men and there will be little need for displacing them and applying to them the terms of the agreement...
Depart then the party did, in automobiles to Hoboken where on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's tracks awaited two special trains to carry the Cardinal and 250 especially invited Catholic men & women. Next day the train arrived in Cleveland where it was met by Bishop Joseph Schrembs. Auxiliary Bishop James Augustine McFadden, Ohio's Governor Martin Luther Davey. Cleveland's Mayor Harry Lyman Davis and a deputation of Papal Knights of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Escorted by police, Knights of Columbus and a band...
Left. By Edwin M. Rine, onetime vice president and general manager of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R., to Rosa Christoph, maid for the last seven years in the Rine household: the income of a $100,000 trust fund. The income of a $150,000 fund, left to Mrs. Rine, will also go to Maid Christoph, 25, if Mrs. Rine should die first. Explained the widow: "She was more than a maid...
...stranger to Lehigh, President-Elect Williams has known some of the older faculty members since he worked for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 25 years ago. A graduate of Southern Iowa Normal School, he turned to teaching before the War, quit to supervise a government explosives plant at Nitro, Va. At University of Illinois, where he was head of the Engineering department from 1922 to 1926, he built one of the best hydraulic laboratories in the U. S. During his Iowa deanship, he built a television station. Twice married, he likes to hike with his three children, teaches a Sunday...
Died, William Haynes Truesdale, 83. retired president and board chairman of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad ; of bronchial pneumonia; in Greenwich, Conn. Harddriving, he opposed legislative restrictions on railroads, wage increases and eight-hour-day laws. During his term (1899-1925) D. L. & W. paid $192,000,000 in cash dividends on a property worth...