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Show A CHANGE IN THE OFFICE. Mr. Hancock of the Union Faclllo Receives a Promotion, Yesterday ono of the most radical changes whiuh has taken place in the management of the Union Pacific iu several years was mado in tho freight auditor's department. . At tho head of tho latter for some years has been Mr. Andrew S. Van Kuran, who also enjoyed the titlo of freight claim agent of the road. For somo time past it has been understood that the management contemplated dividing di-viding this responsibility aud erecting tho latter feature into a department with a titled hoad, who should rank tho principal of any of tho departments of tho road and report only to Mr. Mollon. This change was made. William II. Hancock, who has been assistant freight claim agent was promoted to tho position posi-tion of general freight claim agent with supervision also of the loss aud damago department of tho work. His jurisdic tion will extend over all the road, including in-cluding tho offices at Kansas City, St. Joe and Portland. Tho change will remove re-move sixty men from charge of Mr. Van Kuran, thirty-livo of whom are in tho Omaha office. Mr. Hancock has been in Omaha several yoars anil when ho returns from tho cast, where it is thought he is conferring with Mr. Mellcu, ho will be hailed with his new title. |