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Show I Inn b arm BEIIJIJfl THE CITY New Short Line General Manager to Assume His Duties Today. NO CHANGES EXPECTED Will Make Tour of Inspection Over Lines at an Early Date. Today sE. K. Cab-in becomes general manager and vico president of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Lino and W. H. Bancroft, head- of Uio road sinco its organization, lays down tho arduous duties that he has carried for so many years, tho order malting Mr. Calvin successor to Mr. Bancroft having made tho change effee-tivo effee-tivo February 1. Mr. Calvin arrived yesterday morning from tho coast and will this morning tako up his now official of-ficial duties as head ot the Oregon Short Line. "You can merely say for me that I am mighty clad to get back to Salt Lake,,"said Mr. Calvin when seen yesterday. yes-terday. " am no stranger to this country, vou know. I was with tho road until ten roars ago, when I wont to tho Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation, company, and oven tlion I hopod to some day come back. Sees Great Growth. "Salt Lake seeniB to bo one of tho most progressive cities in tho west. There is certainly evidence everywhere of growth and expansion, and while mv visits hero havo been frequent since I loft, it scorns that I see new thiugs every timo I return. 1 believe that this'city has a great future." That W. H. Scott, present general manager of tho Southern Pacific, is directly in lino for the position of vico president, in charge of operation and construction, on tho Southern Pacific, Pa-cific, made vacant ly tho appointment of Mr. Calvin to tho 'Oregon bhort Lino general managership, was stated yesterday yester-day by Mr. Calvin, although he said thorn had as yet been no intimation as to who would .receive thoappoinlment. As to other changes, cither on the Southern Pacific or Oregon Short Line, Mr. Calvin said that none was- in contemplation con-templation that ho knew of, I Optimistic as to Future. Discussing business conditions in general, gen-eral, the new Short Lino chief said ho bolioved that business would soon undergo a great chango for tho better and that all railroads will bo benefited, foelirg a corresponding increase in both freight and passenger traffic. Ho says that tho general feeling all over tno country appears to bo optimistic, Mr. 'Cafviu arrived in tho city at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and after reginteriiig at the Hotel Utah went to .Mr. Bancroft's office, where the ontiro morning was spent in holdinjr a confer-unco confer-unco ami going over affairs of tho road. The new general manager said after thn conference that ho intended1 to tako the fir&t opportunity offered of going over the entire line Vor a thorough trip of inspection. |