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Elected Second Vice President of
Freight Claim Association.

freight claim agent of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York.
Second Vice President-Joseph F.
Gray, freight claim agent of the Cen
trail of Georgia, Savannah.
Secretary and Treasurer-W Warren P.
Taylor, traffic manager of the Rich
n2ond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
and the Washington Southern, Rich
mond, Va,
The Arbitration Committees.
Arbitration Committee of Three-R
L. Russell, freight claim agent of the
Philadelphia and Reading, Philadel-
phia, chairman; D. Wowat, general
freight agent of the Toledo, Peoria and
Western, PEORIA and w. H. Smith,
freight claim agent of the Atlanta and
West Point, Atlanta.
Arbitration Committee of Ffve-A. C.
Kenly, freight claim agent of the At
lantic Coast Line, wilmington, chair
man; A. L. Headburg, freight claim
agent of the Chicago and Eastern IL
lsnois, Chicago; f. V. Davis, freight
claim agent of the Pere Marquette
Railroad, Detroit; NJ Rutherford, gem
eral freight agent of the Lehigh and
Hudson River Railway, Warwick, N.
Y, and w. II. Hancock, freight claim
agent of the Union Pacific. Omaha.
Arbitration Committee of Seven-A.
f. Rosevear, freight claim agent of the
Grand Trunk Railway, Montreal, chair
man; A. b. Thompson, freight claim
agent of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, New York; G. w. Perry,
freight claim agent of the Great North
ern Railway, st. Paul; C. p. Banks,
fc1 pl i'm .f t1aa Il
Great Western, St. Paul; T. c. Down
ing, freight claim agent of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford, New
Haven; A. p. Gilbert, assistant general
freight agent of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, Richmond; and w. S.
Tayler, freight claim agent of the Bur-
lington Route, st. Louis.
Only One Reelected.
The only one of the former officers
to be reelected was Mr.. w. p. Tav-
Tor, who is the secretary and treas
urer. The name of the new president,
Mr.. NJ. l.. Becker, was presented to
the meeting by Mr.. w. S. Tayler, who.
in placing his candidate in nomination.
explained that he had been a member
of the association for a number of
years; that the rotation system of the
association demanded that a Western
man be made president this term. and
llldl MI. beCkeT many QuallncatiOng
made him the logical candidate. No
other nomination was made and Mr..
Becker was unanimously elected. He
thanked the association for the honor.
First Vice President Calkins was
placed in nomination by Mr.. John
Nichol of the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company. who also nominated Mr..
j. F. Gray as second vice president.
The election in each case was also
unanimous, as was the case in the
election of Mr.. Taylor as secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Taylor was nominated
by Mr.. Thomas Eedson, freight claim
agent of the Michigan Central
Graham Made Address.
Mr.. Joseph L. Graham, assistant
general freight agent of the Central
of Georgia, and former president of
the association. was at the meeting
yesterday for the first time. He was
to have delivered the address of well
come on behalf of the local transpor-
tation committees on the first day of
the convention, but. being detained on
a railroad case in Atlanta, was un-
able to do so. He was warmly well
coined at the meeting in the afternoon
and made an address in which he
reviewed briefly the history of the as =
ISOLATION. and told of the many ex-
cellent results that had been brought
about through it's influence
Before the meeting adjourned a vote
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