Show fir J BOUT FOR PRESIDENT jurisdiction to Extend Over r i Southern Pacific 1 IMPORTANCE OF THE MOVE Executive Officer of the Union As Executve Ofcer te Pacific Which Owns the Southern 1 Pacific Mr Burt Will Have Entire Charge Latter Read Is to Be I 1 1 Greatly Improved and Mr Burts 1 Succ ssil Rebuilding1 the Union I I Pacific Has Much t Do With i Latest Plan Hays Has Resigned 1 I I I i The Tribune win announce that I o President Horace G Burts jurisdiction I rflll be extended over the lines of the t Southern Pacific following the resignation I i resig-nation of President Charles M Hays t The resignation of Mr Hays has not I Uon made public as yet but that he has resigned there seems to be no doubt Mr Burt it was announced r from Omaha a few days agq would take entire charge Qf all Improvement chprgc work on the Southern Tarlfic and It vas added that Mr Hurt having madu so great 0 SUCC Hon the Union Pacific I I Pa-cific not only In its management but In the vast amount of line changes t which have attracted the attention of I the engineering world that he was naturally the man to take charge of J the Southern Pacific on which line I some stupendous line changes arc to he made the cutoff at thp west end the tunnel through the Sierras and and curvature reductions general grade rechtC tions The Tribune has the news that I was planned to place this work under un-der Mr Burts direction as a capable engineer as well r the executive officer cer of the Union Pacific which owua the Southern Pacific i Local railroad men do not believe any of the sensational reports In San I Francisco papers but are Inclined to the belief that Mr Hays was made i president two months before the purl pur-l chase of the road and the Union Pacific Pa-cific owners are now anxious to have their own official at the head not with i any Idea of disparagement to the ability of Mr Hays as the San Francisco t Fran-cisco papers seem to hinting at but merely to bring the line In closer touch with the present fYft mThe Southern I South-ern Pacifics Ogden route Is a natural continuation of the Union Pacific In i this connection it Is rcainrmcd that the Sunset Route Is to be operated on amore a-more Independent basis than ever before I be-fore and to n certain extent separate I from the Central route giving the rail roads at Texas and Louisiana gateways gate-ways every encouragement to Increase l routings thai way while the Utah Missouri river gateway will be open to all road connecting with the Union and Central Pacific In this broad policy pol-icy the llrca of the wholp Southern I Pacific will be In n position to control Pacific coast traffic The Oregon Short Line extension to lower California is to end at San DIego and recent news about the control con-trol of the three ports San Diego Portland Port-land and San Francisco Is being worked out exactly as foreshadowed President Burt has recently been over the Southern Pacific and he has driven overland along tho route of the ShOt I Lno extension also He Is welt informed in-formed as to the whole Pacific coast flltuLon and It Is not at all surprising to know that he will be president of the Southern Pacific Pacifo |