Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-01-01 | Page 11 | T. J. Wyche is Promoted

TI T J WYCHE IS PROMOTED Becomes Chief Engineer of Western Pacific Today With Head Headquarters Headquarters quarters Here T J 3 Wyche division engineer for forthe forthe the Western PacifIc raIlroad who con constructed constructed the new line between Salt Lake and Winnemucca Nev making his headquarters In Salt Lake for tor nearly three years will assume the tho position of Df chief engineer for the rood road toda today In this promotion which walt waw unofficially announced yesterday Mr Wyche succeeds Virgil M Bogue who Is also well known In Salt Lake i Mr dr Wyche Is regarded as one of at the best railroad engineers ot of the west and lIe he has ha had a wide experIence Sn in railroad construction In the As construction engineer for the Union Pacific Mr Wyche rebuilt the UnIon Pacific road between Laramie and Ogden and sev eral million dollars were expended by the Harriman lines under his direction I Mr work on the tho Western Pa cUla has been a triumph or engineer I lag Ing skill according to local railroad men and he has been regarded as the logical successor to AIr Mr Bogue since his announcement that he would reo re I turn to New York when the Western Pacific was turned over to the lag Ing department departmentS S V Derrah local representative ot of the Western Pacific said yesterday that he had bad not yet r official notification of at the tho promotion ot of Mr Wyche The announcement however comes from a source of undisputed authority S 0 III