. Electric railway journal . iation held itsannual meeting recently. F. G. Buffe,general manager of the company, waselected president, and E. E. Stigall,purchasing agent, vice-president. I. continues as secretary, and Boschert as treasurer. Twelve hun-dred of the companys employees aremembers of the association, paying inan average of $10 a month. Applica-tions for loans, chiefly for home build-ing, are increasing as members estab-lish savings sufficient to begin homeplanning. The Railways Employees Brother-hood has a membership of 2,600 out ofa possible 3,000. Dances or other e
. Electric railway journal . iation held itsannual meeting recently. F. G. Buffe,general manager of the company, waselected president, and E. E. Stigall,purchasing agent, vice-president. I. continues as secretary, and Boschert as treasurer. Twelve hun-dred of the companys employees aremembers of the association, paying inan average of $10 a month. Applica-tions for loans, chiefly for home build-ing, are increasing as members estab-lish savings sufficient to begin homeplanning. The Railways Employees Brother-hood has a membership of 2,600 out ofa possible 3,000. Dances or other en-tertainments are arranged by brother-hood committees in each division atleast once in two months. The Brother-hood Baseball League has this yeareight teams, an increase of two teamsover last year. Games are being playedat Tramway Park, provided by the com-pany. The Brotherhood operates suc-cessfully a grocery store—successfulnot only in giving service, but in mak-ing a profit. August 13, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 255. Wages Cut in Dallas.—The Dallas(Tex.) Railway has announced a 10 percent reduction in wages, effective atonce. Reduced Three Cents an Hour.—A reduction in the wages of the motor-men and conductors in the employ ofthe Beech Grove Traction Company,Indianapolis, Ind., will take effect onAug. 16. Trainmen will be reducedfrom 41 cents an hour to 38 cents,trackmen from 38 cents to 30 cents,and one-man car operators from 46 to43 cents an hour. Railway Man Flies.—Horace Lowry,president of the Twin City RapidTransit Company, Minneapolis, Minn.,has just completed an airplane tripfrom Minneapolis to Chicago. The tripwas made without event, except for astop for fuel at La Crosse. Mr. Lowry,who is interesting himself in aviation,wished to try out an experimental A. L. Drum, construction engi-neer, he reached Chicago in time forthe opening of the Progress pier cele-bration. Transportation in Shanghai.—In a speech before the Civic League ofShanghai, Don
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