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Show Mi HBO OF . C. & UESIM After Tweiily-Four Years of Active Ac-tive Service, Marvin Hiighitf Resigns Presidency. CHICAGO. Oct. 20. Marvin Hughltt, for nearly twenty-four years president of tho Chicago & Northwestern railway, today to-day gavo up that position to become chairman of tho board of directors. The board uf directors, after accepting his resignation at a meeting hero today, elected William A. Gardner of Chicago to succeed him. Mr. Gardner was also elected president of the Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis ' & Omaha railroad. Mi-Gardner Mi-Gardner formerly was vice president In chargrt of the operation of tho Northwestern Northwest-ern road. Mr. Hughltt is now in his seventy-third year. JIo said, after his successor had been chosen, that he does not Intend to rust out nor to retire from active service, but that In the new capacity of advisory ad-visory leader he would take an active part in the management of the road. Tho retirement of Mr. Hughitt rrom active leadership necessitated tho following follow-ing changes: Kicliurd II. Alshton, formerly general manager, now vice president in charge of operation. William 13. Cantlllon, formerly assistant assist-ant general manager, now general manager. man-ager. Samuel C. Strickland, formerly assistant assist-ant general superintendent, now general superintendent of the lines east of tho Missouri rivor. witlr the o.vcoptlon of tlio Minnesota and South Dakota divisions. Chester L. Dike Is named general bu-pcrlntendcnt bu-pcrlntendcnt of the Minnesota and South Dakota divisions. Other Resignations. ! The board also accepted the resignation of K. 12. Osborn. vice president in charge j of finances, with headquarters In New York. Mr. Osborn, who is in 111 health, j Is succeeded by Samuel A. J.yndo. for-; merly of the ioad"s legal department. ! John D. Caldwell was re-elected acrc- tary of rho company, and R. II. Williams i treasurer. Mr. Gardner was elected to fill tho unexpired term of the late II. McK. Twornbloy as a director, ro-cloctlng as directors Mr. Hughltt, Frank Work, James SiiUman, Oliver Ames and Zenas Crane. Mr. Hughltt was born in Cayuga county. coun-ty. New York. In IS37. In 1S52 he began be-gan work as a telegraph operator at Albany. Al-bany. He entered railway service In 1S(? and until 1S62 was first superintendent superin-tendent of telegraph and then trainmaster trainmas-ter of tho St. Louis. Alton J: Chicago road, located at Bloomlngton. 111. From 1S62 to I SG-1 he was superintendent of the southern division of the Illinois Central railroad and later general superintend -cut. After spending some lime with the Chicago. Chi-cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul road and retiring from railroad work to icume general manager of the Pullman Car company. com-pany. Mr. Hughltt re-entered railroading in IS72 and became general superintendent superintend-ent of the Northwestern. From this position po-sition he rose steadily to the presidency. Mr. Gardner also began his career as a telegraph operator, entering the service of the Chicago Sc. Alton. In 1S7S he entered en-tered the service of the Northwestern in the superintendent's office, and since then has occupied nearly every position in the operating service. He was born in Gardner. Gard-ner. 111. |