. Canadian transportation & distribution management. The death took place at Ashleigh, de Bellevue, Que., somewhat suddenly,May 15, of W. E. Davis, one of the bestknown railway traffic officials on the con-tinent. He was at his office on May 13,but was taken ill on the following died as stated. He had been sufferingfor some time of cirrhosis of the funeral took place May 17, when alarge number of representatives of Cana-dian and U. S. railways attended. A spe-cial train left Bonaventure station, con-veying a large party to Ste. Anne de Bel-levue, where a portion of.
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. The death took place at Ashleigh, de Bellevue, Que., somewhat suddenly,May 15, of W. E. Davis, one of the bestknown railway traffic officials on the con-tinent. He was at his office on May 13,but was taken ill on the following died as stated. He had been sufferingfor some time of cirrhosis of the funeral took place May 17, when alarge number of representatives of Cana-dian and U. S. railways attended. A spe-cial train left Bonaventure station, con-veying a large party to Ste. Anne de Bel-levue, where a portion of. the service wasconducted. The coffin was subsequentlyplaced on the official car Muskoka, thespecial train returned to Montreal, and thefuneral service was completed at MountRoyal cemetery. While this was in pro-gress, flags on all buildings fromthe Atlantic to the Pacific were half-masted, and the city ticket offices in thelarger cities were closed for half an was a member of the Isleway Club ofSte. Anne de Bellevue, and the Canadian. 3> The Late W. E. Davis. Club of Montreal, and was also VicePresident of the Northern Navigation Co.,one of the constituent companies of theRichelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. He was born at Wilson, , Aug. 2,1850, and entered railway service in office boy on the Hannibal and Rd., now a part of the BurlingtonRd. In Aug., 1877, ;he was appointed Pas-senger Agent, Chicago and Lake HuronRd., Chicago, 111., which later included theDetroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Ry.,Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Ry., andCincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Ry., re-maining in that capacity until the con-solidation of these subsidiary com-panies under the new management, , 1896, since When he lias been, to May 1,1900, General Passenger Agent. ; May 1, 1900, to May 15, 1913,Passenger Traffic Manager, , andfrom Sept., 190®, also Passenger TrafficManager, Pacific Ry., Montreal. Hewas also a direct
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