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Show LAWFSNCE A. DOWNS I rT ' r 4 A? T "Sill I Lawrence A. Downs has just become be-come president of the Illinois Centra! Kailroad company, succeeding C. H. "arkham, who becomes chairman of the board. Sit. Downs, who Is flfty-. flfty-. 'ur years old, was born at Green-C:lstle, Green-C:lstle, Ind., and is graduate of Tur-(iue Tur-(iue university. He has been with the Illinois Central sines 1S96, and recently re-cently was president of the Central of Ceorgia railroad, an Illinois Central subsidiary, and of the Ocean Stenm-sl!lP Stenm-sl!lP company, of Savanna1.). |