lull iillilillli tlllllllllllllllil A e1'R_11.<§@1924 roo-vlfferilsllun y" =fiaildlllellgPfllilllfi ___..~i- e39» "bless mes i lmpolfigriiatPositionifion- tresl Hood Office o1 Big .. run, .ss Ned ' - nnouncementjras made recently Grant. Hail, vice-president of the nadian Pacifier Railway, of the ointment oi W. M. Nesl as assis~ t to the vice- resident, to succeed - late James anson. Mr. Neal rtook his new duties ss assistant e vice- reeident of the Cansdiax fic on arch 17th a significan: - for him, being oi hrish descent lthough still a comparatively ng man, Mr. Neal is regarded a: of the most capable and rom E oi the upper group oi o cial: s service of the snadian Pacific rise in theservice durin -his 22 , s of employment w h t e com- -. y has been little ess than r Illteoric succession or rapid promo tins, owing to his capacity for harr wgrk and intimate grasp of railwaj Work. ' FEW. M. Neal entered the service o tile Canadian Pacific Railway i1 Jlnuary, 1902, as a clerk in tht superintendent's office at Toronto. ImMarch of the same year he was transferred to the ofiiee of the general rintendent at Toronto. e was transferred to the Winni ofiices in September, 1904, a: sbenographer and clerk in the oflict o! the superintendent of transports tion there. In 19 8 he was made chie clerk in the ofli of the su er-inten dznt at Sourls, Man. Again n Marci o the same year he was sent to thi sneral superintendent's oflice al inni g as clerk, and in January 1,10, e was appointed chief cleri- .'. the car service department nl ' nipeg, and in May, 1915, he war fisferred to the same position in ntreal. n January, 1916, Mr. -Nenl was ‘ _ pointed car service agent of tht qstern Division, with ofllces at v treal, and in June of the same he was romoted "‘ “t super- ndento Montrealterminsls. In ‘- e was a poin‘ed enerai secre of the anadnn nliway Asso- _ on, ‘onni Defence, on Octo 28, 1917, in wh ch capacity he dié h notable work as to attract thc ntion of all having business to with that important department : 11% the latter gears of the war. n ebruary, 1 2L)‘ he was appoint- assistaut gener su erlntendent ‘ Montreal, and ‘in rii of the ~~ year he went to oronto, to undertake a similar position there. Two years later, in July, 1922, he y, . appointed general superinten- - t for the Aigoma division, with quarters at North Bay, which ‘tion he vacated to take up his es as assistant to the vioe~ ---_\ dent. Mr. Neal was born in Toronto in 6 and‘ was educated st the Public - Wesely High Schools there. He married in 1910 to Miss Ihrauels Scott of Renhew. ey sat on the porch at midnight, And 1:011’ lips were tightly press~ . 9 i ‘ r he old man gave the signal- And the bulldog did the rest. "Can you give me s good dos~ ption of your abscondlng cash~ r1" suavely asked the detective. "We-eh" answered the hotel pro~ etor, ‘fl believe he's about five t, five inches tall and about nu ‘thousand dollars short." "QUE? CFTARlZOTTETOWN- GUARDIAN " ' " ' ‘ZI“.";"."Tfi“‘?‘ PAGE ELVE ‘l Hefoulerllrapper l l ofwalvr-and-nrob/v/P - prag/para/fin Eoreglubr 61H kumfwrapper s/rouun name and tr emdrk illllllllllll Sfll The beau fir: oil < T/ze Heavy . man/‘Y/e? paper a is roun "times sesuzol ' qlllllllllllilllls“ ll to bring you the full richness and mellow sweetness of this- “Tobacco of Quality" Manufactured by IMPERIALTOBACCO VCO. OF CANADA LIMITED nnm um ll" Imlllll llli uuulmrlull CANADIAN NATIONAL year an increahe in gross revenue MAKE$ FINE SHOWING of $1,433,772 has been accompanied . by s. decrease in operating ex- Improvemsnt For First Two Months penses of $2,098,650 and these two Amoum. h, 51,532,423 months show s net profit of $262.- 376 as compared with a deficit of E $3,270,052, making an improvement EXPENSES SHOW DECREAS for the first two months of 1924 Hr“ ye" m “mo”, of combmed as compared with the same period , s in 1923 o! sasszszs. °pféiatlzzgrgggaegiggrqtah of". Due to seasonal decreases in traf- tlc and severe weather, the months Mlrch “m” ‘urpwm of January and February are ordin- arily expected, on the Canadian Na- hmtional Railways, to show deficits C1123‘fiulfiazfgxlopfintifmuyg I £0,- ,and March is usually the first February 1024 and for the ilrst twomimlh when llmms mBY be 9399"‘ months o, this year am given belo\vfezi as n result from operations. This is the first year in the history of in comparison with the same perl-l . .32: it wvlll he observed that an in- _ -» =~~= M :'.§.?::;=:v:":.a..:.""“"" "' 191 in the month of February has been accompanied by a decrease inl Gross earnings, operating expen- npm-ntlng expenses of $774,695, refses and net earnings for the month suiting in an improvement for that of February and for the two months month o; s2'5()2,880_ of January and February, compare For the first two months o! ihcns follows:- 1924 1923 Increase % February Gm" Revenue $17,734,518 816.056.2327 S 1,728,191 10.8 Opgfgfjng Expenses 17,971,559 18,746,254 Dec. 774,69.) 4.1 Ne; . D. 187,041 2,689,927 imp 2,502,886 93.0 January and February _ ' 38,113,009 $34,679,231 S 1.433.778 4-1 ghgfttliligehiienses‘ ‘$5,850.33 37,949,283 Dec. 2,098,050 5-5 Ne; 262,876 D. 3,270,052 imp. 3,532,428 imp. indicates improvement. fr Ii ll. n ‘Hmong! de c Dec. indicates decrease. MR. 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