Show TO DIVIDE THE AGENCY Rio Grande Western Makes t Change at San Francisco j HEAD FOR EACH DEPARTMENT F W Thompson of Rock Island fit j Los Angeles Undo General Agent Passenger Department Freight Appointed YotAu Man not nounccmeut Made by Traffic Manager Man-ager Babcock San Francisco Agency Agen-cy Most Important One of AH Railroad Notes I i The Rio Grande Western has deHded to make an Important change lit its San Francisco agency It will be ellvld j iil with a general agent In charge of j freight and one In charge of passenger t radio The announcement was made yesterday by TrllHc Manttgi S If Babcock Bab-cock wliy has already selected tin new general agent of the passenger depart mciiL In the persoaif F I W Thompson j of Los Angeles In due thin the freight otllclal will also bo named and lie latter lat-ter with Mr I Thompson will at once organize their separate forces Both j will be sltunl > d In the new oulce the llio Grande Western has secured under I tint Palace hotel F W Thompson is at present general agent of the Rock Islands passenger department In Los Angeles and being a man of vlde experience is regarded as one of the very best passenger men on the Ptei lie roast As the Rio Grande Western now has ample train service to put forth as Inducements In-ducements to travelers the need ofton good passenger otlic hal on the I coast to look after Its business bus become I a necessity This coupled with the fact thai ens I of Denver It has tin backing of the lo line and powerful systems both of which are making pas feiiger train records the Utah system becomes a decidedly Important factor Intranscontinental travel and In the I bird case the freight traffic ivill be puch as to warrant the employment of a separate official not only from the stadj y growth I In I California I I freight hti trout t-rout I hii new and everIncreasing Oriental Ori-ental millIe The San Francisco ofllcc has become the most important agency of the road ami the dhislon of Its work while being be-ing a big surprise In railroad circles will certainly be regarded as a splendid splen-did move for the Western TIme olllce llxtnres in San Francisco will be second to none |