Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
9, r. MoFFATT AND c. A. WERLICH
PROMOTED N FREIGHT De.
PARTMENr OF ROAD.
McFFATT MADE ASSISTANT
FREIGHT TRAFFIC MANAGER
Werlich Advanced to Be Assistant
General Freight Asent-Other Off
GERS Of Passenger and Freight De-
partme nts Ptomoted-Miss Redei Be-
comes Chief Clerk to President.

Announcements for traffic officers of
the NJ. & ST. L., including two former
Marshalltown men, were announced by
Vice President B. F. Townsend, in
charge of traffic, at Minneapolis We'd
nesday. The former local men who are
affected are Assistant General Freight
Agent B. F. Moffatt and c. A. Werlich,
chief of the tariff bureau. Mr.. Moffatt
Is promoted to be assistant freight
traffic manager, and Mr.. Werlich is ap-
pointed assistant general freight agent
The appointments were effective We'd
nesday.
Other changes in the department
are: General Passenger Agent A. B.
Cults is made passenger traffic man
ager, the position of general passenger
agent being abolished; General Freight
Agent D. NJ. Denison Is made freight
traffic manager; Assistant General
Freight Agent W. NJ. Hardin Is ad-
vanced to be general freight agent.
The changes place Mr.. Cults in
charge of the passenger traffic de-
partment and Mr.. Denison In charge OF
the freight traffic department, with
Mr.. Moffatt as assistant manager Of
the department
old Central Men Advanced.
The advancement Of Mr.. Moffatt and
Mr.. Werlich Is Of especial asca1 inter-
est because both are former employees
of the Iowa Central who served that
road in the general offices in this city
for years before the headquarters was
moved from here.
Mr.. Moffatt has been in the employ
of the NJ. & St. L.. and before that
with the Iowa Central, for twenty-five
or thirty years. He started in a clerk
ship in the auditing department,
changed to the freight department. and
continued with it when the roads were
consolidated. For several years he was
a travelling freight agent and at one
time was local agent here. In more
recent years he has been successfully
commercial agent at Omaha and st.
Paul, and for the last two years he
has been assistant general freight
agent at the headquarters at Mime
apolis-
MT. Werlich has seen an equally long
service With the M. & Isl Il ana Iowa
Central. For years he occupied a
clerkship in the freight office Of the
latter road, and since 1905 he has been
in charge Of the publication OF tariffs
issued from the freight department Of
the M. & St L.
Mrs. Moffatt was formerly Miss
Matena Nelson. Of this city, and Mrs.
Werlich was Miss Lettie Johnson
Other Old Employees.
Mr.. CuttA, Mr.. Denison, and MI.
Hardin are likewise old employees Of the
NJ. & st. L. Mr.. Cults has been an
officer OF the passenger department
for many years. Mr.. Dendson has been
with the company since 1882, when
he began as telegraph operator. He
was advanced successfully to the Of
fees Of travelling freight agent, COM
mercial agent, assistant general freight
agent and freight traffic manager. Mr..
Hardin began work for the company
in 1898 as a telegraph operator. He
was appointed travelling freight agent
in 1903, commercial agent at Kansas
City in 1909, commercial agent at Min