. Electric railway journal . ompany in New York City. He wasemployed by that company for morethan five years. P. W. Pierson Promoted P. W. Pierson, formerly seretary toRichard E. Danforth, vice-president andgeneral manager of the Public ServiceRailway of New Jersey, has been pro-moted to the position of executiveassistant to Mr. Danforth. Mr. Piersonis a graduate of the Rider, Moore &Stewart College and the Horton-LargeBusiness Institute. He began his rail-road career in 1903 vdth the Pennsyl-vania system. New York Division, inthe operating and traffic 1905 he entered the employ
. Electric railway journal . ompany in New York City. He wasemployed by that company for morethan five years. P. W. Pierson Promoted P. W. Pierson, formerly seretary toRichard E. Danforth, vice-president andgeneral manager of the Public ServiceRailway of New Jersey, has been pro-moted to the position of executiveassistant to Mr. Danforth. Mr. Piersonis a graduate of the Rider, Moore &Stewart College and the Horton-LargeBusiness Institute. He began his rail-road career in 1903 vdth the Pennsyl-vania system. New York Division, inthe operating and traffic 1905 he entered the employ of PublicService under Albert Stanley, then gen-eral manager of the property, and now. W. Whitef ord. Manager Purchasing Agent of the Twin CityRapid Transit Company SucceedsFoster Hannaford, Resigned William Whiteford, purchasing agentof the Twin City Rapid Transit Com-pany, Minneapolis, Minn., has been pro-moted to acting general manager of thesystem to fill the vacancy caused by theresignation of Foster Hannaford. Thirty-first Street a portion of theauditors work. Mr. Whiteford at thattime became chief clerk of the shopaccounting department. In 1907 he wasappointed general storekeeper in chargeof material and accounts. When in 1908the companys shops were moved toUniversity and Snelling Avenues, , Mr. Whiteford established hisoffice there. Mr. Whitefords next promotion camein 1914, shortly after George H. Hayesresigned as purchasing agent of thecompany to become comptroller at theUniversity of Minnesota. The purchas-ing department was moved from thegeneral offices and consolidated with thestores department at the Snelling shops,Mr. Whiteford being placed in held this position until his recentappointment as acting general managerof the Twin City lines. He was amember of the board of arbitrationappointed to adjust the question ofwages of the employees of the St. PaulCity Railway. Mr. Whiteford was born in Ardrossan,Scotland, in 1880. He came to theUnited S
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