Show MR general passenger agent quits the western CAUSE OF HIS retirement mr promotion created certain Embarras ments mr wadleigh of the D it G will succeed him senator elect thurston Thu rEton talks of the short line receivership when mr J T IT bennett general Ere passenger agent of the rio grando grande western railway for the last nine yen years left big daco in the board of 0 trado building friday evening he handed the keys key over to te assistant pas passenger csenger agent heintz ritz wl with ill the remark that he was through yesterday thornhill morning bradlo manager received sir air bennetts resignation nallon dated yesterday and accepted jt it making official announcement of the fact later in the day while mr bennett immediately retired tron rom active connection with tile the road JL it Is understood that his resignation technically takes takei effect upon the appointment of hl big success orand and that hla his fallry continues cont for 1 the month of march tho the announcement ot of sir mr bennetts Bennett 3 retirement wag not so great a surprise coming just lit at the present time as it would have been a month ago as it was vis ae bell believed eved that its his would follow the promotion ot of mr babcock to the position of traffic manager mr jr habcock Eab Dab cock when questioned by the tribune was not willing to discuss discus cuss the canges which led to mr dennett bennett retirement ho he wished to deny however the story that it was the of personal feeling as their relations had always been ot of the most pleasant character ile he was not prepared para to say who would succeed a accoo d to the position for the good gond rel reason ison that he did not know intimate intimating ing ithac negotiations tiati ons were now pending from mr air mariner manner it was inferred 1 that list he had shared in the general expectation of OC mr air Ben bennatts notts resignation as he be expressed no surprise ile he declined to state whether the resignation had been called tor for or whether there was any dissatisfaction with sir mr bennetts of the passenger department part ment WHY ILE RESIGNED while mr bennett himself declined to 0 o discuss tho the step he be had bad taken ills his friends expressed themselves very freely and explained just low low it came about mr babcock formerly filled a position subordinate to mr air bennett when the latter was at the head of the freight frel glit and passenger departments and his promotion to the position or of traffic manager placed mr bennett in a position of oc such embarrassment that he preferred to sever rever his hia connection with tho the road rather than become subordinate to his former employee employ ec J IT dennett bennett commenced ills ilia railway career on the london northwestern railway in england gland and after coining to the united states was wag engaged with the lake shore liff michigan elligan southern michi n central and st louls louis iron mountain southern nearly fifteen years SEO ago he be entered the service of the beaver denver rio grande as secretary to colonel louel D C dodge fiam which position he hc w was as promoted to that of auditor of th tho e denver rio grande western when the rio grande western was reorganized and taken out eat of the fiands of the receiver mr bennett was appointed general freight and passenger agent in WG 1996 and for the at baht nin nine years bas bai added mator materially tally to the revenue and prosperity ot of the company lie ile has been cis as conr no of 0 the most PO popular pular railway mon men alio bc ever came to rutih being belli respected by all classes throughout tho the entire boril toril 4 korv 0 ry mr air bennett will continue to anake salt lake ilke city his home an aa he has 1 income identified with the development of the Teril tory thero there were many afloat adolt yesterday of r further changes in rio corrando western officialdom some bom pre dichting a clean sweep in the ills passenger department general agent at san francisco la Is among those said to have been stated slated among those mentioned as I 1 mr air ben successor tire are V F A wadleigh Wad lelh assistant passenger pas senser and ticket alent agent of nf the filhe denver rio grande I 1 A benton Ien city ticket agent aud and assistant freight agent brinker there Is good reason for the belief that the position has been offered to mr air wad leh but it U is doubtful whether he will accept DIGH IS COMING denver march 2 special to tribune frank A wadleigh will leave denver or to eo take his new post position t lori with the rio grando western in ni salt luke lake march lie he lias has for a lorn long time lime been aI assistant stant general passenger agent 0 of f the ro rio grande and Is one of I 1 he most popular men in western railroad circles clr clea |