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Show !1. I. 1801 Capable Sailroaicr to Go Higher, ieneral Superintendent of Colorado & Southern Railroad, erfgned as General Superintendent of the Hio Grande Western Yesterday, ilie capabilities of still another Halt J:er !iave ix.cn recognized In the ad-r.ct.T.cit ad-r.ct.T.cit Joseph II. Young to beers be-ers pmenl superintendent of the Colo-la Colo-la Jt Southern In charge of operations, -Wnancc, mechanical and claim dc-runnts dc-runnts with office at Denver. He s f-trcfure handed In ftls Testation gtncrl superintendent of the Rio iVili Wcs'Tn, tlie change effective- Dc-at-cr 1. For several ycr.r3 Mr. Young i t.(.n at the head of tho operating urtrtcnt of this road In Selt Lake and i x.iZe hlmsUf a record of which ho i ciuays f I proud, as he has cornel corn-el gjo3 management with economy, t 2nd diplomacy. It has boon known a long time that he had several of-s of-s i0 go wlih Qher roads and -when s recent offer came to him last week could not ilo other but consider It pal with that In view left Sunday for jiDfnvcr to confer with Mr. Jlorbert and Hcure his r-lraso from Mr. Sohlacks. Jmiai the m itif r wn.s finally' settled was I'ttnounccd in on Associated Press dls-jfcat'-h which cuino last evening. It fur-'.ilktr fur-'.ilktr taifd that the office to which Mr. .lisanp Is appoints has been created to 5firiltv Vlce-Prsldnt Herbert of somo of .lls invscnt responsibilities when ho takoB lUv tnr nctip management of the road 'liftfr the coming removal of Mr. Trum-oll Trum-oll to Chlrjffi Mr Young Is a So It Laker and has al-;fia-3 lived 1im-. lie entered railroad .wovjcs In V2 as messenger boy. at Sandy 'Ulalton on tho old Utah Central. Ho through Hip various grades of i;u(rtl ia lrk, ugent and operator and !ht?r became the train agent and ticket Jftork of the T idon Pacific at Ogden sta-ifticn. sta-ifticn. He was mndc traveling passenger Jjmnt of Oilcago & Northwestern In ilfy ar'J stfl' later bocamo tho general , cjtenL of tho Sn7t Lake & Eastern, then (ISolldlng. When this line was mergcd Jkrtt'i othprs ti form the now Utah Cen- jrel to Park city. Mr. Young became the pr,cral superintendent and In 1S81 ho was Jbpolnted superintendent of tho Utah dl-ij dl-ij ralon of the Union raclflc, now the Drfgon Short Line and tho Salt Lako fi Route Ho hold this position until the ? pould pcoplo tr.ok hold of the Rio Grande ybn ho was given the general auperln-? auperln-? leoJfncv of tho lini s In Utah, a position 1 if has nbly filled to date, j His friends In Utah are legion and he j sill bo heartily congratulated on his pro-j pro-j footlon, although his departure from Salt -J J-ike on Dw-Mnbrr 1 will be regretted. H I That ho will make good In Colorado Just" , ii he has in this State Is tho verdict of - f5, i a 1 |