Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-06-02 | Page 6 | Death of S. H. H. Clark

H Hi CLARK Formerly President of the Union Pacific PASSED AWAY AT ASHEVILLE I Official was Well Known Here Where Ho Frequently Visited Began Railroading as Conductor on a Construction Con-struction Train Entered the Union Pacific Service in 1867 and Rapidly I Rap-idly Rose Was One of the Receivers Receiv-ers General Manager Dickinson Denies Resignation Stories SL Louis Mo June 1S H H Clark a director of the Missouri Pacific Pa-cific Hallrond company Its former vice president and general manager first vicepresident of the Texas 1aclllc and the International Great Northern North-ern and formerly general manager of the Union Pacific lied today at Ashe vlllc N C Mr Clark had been oiling for several years and iinee the reorganization uf the Union Pacific road had remained in retirement at his evidence i In thin city lie was advised to go to Ashcvlllc early ear-ly In the spring l > ut his relatives and I I friends felt that the end was near He I passed away in i ihf I present CL his uifq and son Mr Clark WAS in his OSth year Omaha June 1S II II Clark former for-mer president of the Union Pacific railway who died at Asheville N C today will be buried at Omaha Elaborate Elabo-rate preparations for the funeral will bo made Mr Clark began his service with the Union Pacific In 1SG7 and was promoted I pro-moted to the position of general freight agent In 1S7 he ws appoltuod general gen-eral manager a position hr held until 1SS4 After an Interval of six years he returned In 1S90 and was made president presi-dent a position he held until the rlos of tIme receivership In the spring uf 1S9S