Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-05 | Page 2 | Hill to Retire

HILL TO RETIRE I Will be Succeeded as President of the i I Great Northern by His Son New ew York Dec 4 The Tribune to tomorrow tomorrow 0 I morrow will say The statement was wa made yesterday that James JaMell J 5 HID Bin wit wU I retire from the presidency dency Pre of the Great I Northern railway which fee he has hu held for many years yean and that he will wW be succeed succeeded I ed in office by bv his h oldest t son J N Hill HID who a few days ago ap was elected first tint vice ice president predent of the road coed James Jam J Hill HiU will probably continue to be a director of the Great Northern It was added bat bet be desires daI to o be relieved from the tile detail work necessarily devoir ing upon the executive head of such weh a company especially y in view of the fact that he has baa just Jat taken up the duties of president pre ld of or tb the M Northern Se Securities Securities S company copeny It was said Ald that Mr II tr Hills retirement from the Great Gt presidency ency would probably be followed by his bis re removal re removal moval moral to this sty city as his home although it was believed beU that he would continue to maintain a legal residence in IA St Paul I