. Electric railway journal . ch place he has always lived. For thenext six years he was editor of the Providence Visitor, theofficial Catholic paper of the State. In 1916 he became ad-vertising manager for Dimonds department store, Provi-dence. Later he conducted an advertising agency in Worces-ter, doing special work for the Worcester Telegram at thesame time. He gave up that work to become assistant salesmanager of the Screw Machine Products Company, and wasoccupying that position when offered the place of executiveassistant just created by the Rhode Island- Company. was press agen
. Electric railway journal . ch place he has always lived. For thenext six years he was editor of the Providence Visitor, theofficial Catholic paper of the State. In 1916 he became ad-vertising manager for Dimonds department store, Provi-dence. Later he conducted an advertising agency in Worces-ter, doing special work for the Worcester Telegram at thesame time. He gave up that work to become assistant salesmanager of the Screw Machine Products Company, and wasoccupying that position when offered the place of executiveassistant just created by the Rhode Island- Company. was press agent for a large amusement park forfour years, handled publicity work for candidates for Gov-ernor of Rhode Island and Mayor of Providence, assisted inthe organization of the Catholic Press Association of theUnited States and was for two years president of that asso-ciation. He is one of the leading spirits in the Town Criers,a State organization of advertisers and publicity men. September 22, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 555. William Clapper, traffic manager of the Inter Urban Rail-way, Des Moines, Iowa, as noted recently in the ElectricRailway Journal, has been appointed general manager ofthe company. Mr. Clapperbecame head of the trafficdepartment on March 1,1915, succeeding C. T. Chap-man, who resigned to accepta similar position with theDan Patch Air Line, Minne-apolis and St. Paul. Hehas been engaged in rail-road service since June,1899, when he became clerkto the commercial agent ofthe Minneapolis & St. PaulRailroad at Minneapolis,Minn. In January, 1900, hereturned to Des Moines, hisnative city, to accept asimilar position with the Wabash Railroad. In 1904 william clapper Mr. Clapper was appointed contracting freight agent of that company, with head-quarters at Des Moines. Three years later, upon the resig-nation of the division freight and passenger agent, was promoted to succeed him. In that capacityhe had charge of all of the companys freight and passengerbu
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