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Show UTAH WILL BENEFIT ! BY MILWAY GHINGE Edwin T. Jeffery cf D. & R. G. Directors Expects to Realize Dreams. i WANTS TO HELP WEST New Branch Lines and Development De-velopment of Uinta Are Among His Plans. I "With the engrefration of the Denver ii & Bio Gnindo railroad from the Mia- Bouri Pacific intorosts the- lor;-deferred . development of the linn and their con- ' tipiious torritory in Utah and Colorado ; the crowning ambition of Edwin T. Jeffory, president of the board of directors di-rectors of the Rio Grande is mado poa-: poa-: 1 Bible. For many years the development of the Denver & Rio Grande and the un-i un-i limited resources of Utah and Colorado i have been the hobby of Mr. Jeffery. , 'When he was here less than a month ago he spoke of his dream to close personal per-sonal friends, and expressed the hope that tho shackles "which bound the Rio Grande to the Missouri Pacific would soon be broken and that the development de-velopment in Utah and Colorado would then begin. . Such is the information volunteered ; by one of Mr. Jeffery's Salt Lake friends of long standing. Man of His Word. . JuBt what the development work ' might include he declined to predict, but he said: . It is of no particular interest to the people of Colorado and Utah whether Ivuhn-Loeb or any other hanking interest controls the road. 1 What they are concerned in is the development of the road and the country. As long as the Missouri Pacific and tho Rio Grande interests inter-ests were allied the Rio Grande suf- ; fered. Mr. Jeffery and almost every one else realized this and that is why he struggled so hard to bring about the segregation. Mr. Jeffery has always been a man of his word. If he says he will build shops in Rait Lake they will be built; if he promises to ' build an extension into the Uinta basin it will be constructed. He is a western man and knows the resources re-sources of Utah and Colorado, and it is his ambition to build extensions exten-sions into the rich territories yet untouched. He was particularly impressed with the wealth of the Uinta basin and spoke frequently of the great possibilities for a line built into i that section. While he made no promises, still being tied down by ' the alliance with the Missouri Pa- ' cific, he intimated that the Uinta , extension would be built just as Boon as the necessary funds could be obtained. Wants Western Pacific. ! That is the greatest item of in terest to the people of Utah just now. Another ambition of his is to some day be able to take back the Western Pacific. He realizes that for the present the Western Pacific must look out for itself, .but with the Rio Grande unhampered he hopos, in the, not far distant future, fu-ture, to be in a position to pay off the indebtedness of the Western i Pacific and reclaim it as a part of the Denver & Rio Grande system. sys-tem. With the elimination of B. F. Bush as president of the Denver & Rio Grande, the going1 of Vice President E. L. Brown was a foregone conclusion. . The next step was announced yesterday, yester-day, when Rawson F. Watkins was succeeded suc-ceeded as treasurer by T. H. Marshall, Watkins was one of the Bush regime and Marshall is one of the old-timers in the employ of the company. The next move anticipated is the removal of .lames Russell as general manager. Mr. Russell was brought to the Rio Grande by Mr. Brown. There is some speculation specu-lation as to his successor. Some are inclined in-clined to believe that the new general i manager, if a change is mado, will be one of the men now in the service. : Others hold the opinion that A- C. Ridg-way, Ridg-way, formerly general manager of the company and now with Mr. kludge on the Rock Island, is the most likely candidate. can-didate. To Reorganize Agencies. 1 Throughout the countrv at present the Missouri Paoific and Denver & Rio Grande have joint representatives. The 6egregation will unquestionably bring ) about a change in general and com- mercial agencies at all points where the j j companies are represented jointly, and ti ; result in the establishment of separate j j offices About the only local man to j ' b affected will bo J. J. Kavanaugh, i commercial agent of the Missouri Pacific, Pa-cific, who also is connected with the ; Rio Grande under the present arrangement. arrange-ment. ! The separation of the Rio Grande from the Missouri Pacific moans tlrnt ! the Denver gateway will be again thrown open and that the Rio Grande will exchange traffic with practically all eastern lines centering at Denver. i1 H. U. Mudge will be formally elected us president of the Denver So Rio i Grande to succeed Arthur Coppell some time this week, according to a tcle- ?' ram received here from Mr. Jefferv. mmedlately npon his election Mr. MudgR will" come to Denver and estab-j! estab-j! lish permanent headquarters. In this i' way ne will be in close and constant touch with the needs and the possibilities possi-bilities of the country the Rio Grande serves and will be in a position to handle the development work with intelligence. in-telligence. Practically all his experience experi-ence has been on western railroads, and !j he is, therefore, more in tmieh with the I I renditions here than an executive from i another part of the country who main-It main-It tains headquarters in the east. On ac- I count of this wide experience in the -j west Mr. Mudge was selected to direct ; ' the destinies of the Denver & Rio Grande. i Experience in West. j Mr. Jeffery nl?o has had n wide cx- ; perience in the west, and was t'nr i manv years a resident of Denver. Mr. ! Ridgwny, also a westerner and a former : Denver & Rio Grande man, therefore I' seems the likely choice for general man- K ager. Furthermore, Mr. Ridgway was about the only man taken to the Rock island by Mr. Mudge when he assumed the presidency of that road. The rumor that Mr. Mudge is a ''clean-up" man is not borne out by his record. For thirty-seven years he was connected with the Santa Fe railroad, rail-road, and his record there was that of anything but a "clean-up" man. Before Be-fore coming to the Rio Grande the only change he made in his career was when he went to the Rock Island as president presi-dent in 1909. The fact that the only change of consequence was the bringing bring-ing of Mr. Ridgway indicates that he is a sort of ' stand-patter" and inclined in-clined to make changes in the heads of departments only when changes are necessary to insure efficiency. The story of Mr. Mudgo's career reads more like fiction than fact. He was born in Mindcn. Mich., June 9, 1S-1G. His first railroad service was with the Santa Fe as water boy in 1872. While carrying water to the workmen on construction gangs he learned telegraphy, and soon was given a position as telegraph operator. Worked Himself Up. From there he advanced steadily, and saw service in almost every branch of the operation department. lie served as a brakeman and baggageman, a conductor con-ductor on work, freight and passenger trains, train dispatcher, roadmaster, trainmaster, assistant superintendent, superintendent, general superintendent, general manager, vico president and president of he Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. After thirty-seven years of service with the Santa Fe he'resicmod in 1909 to become president of the Rock Island. Is-land. When the Rock Island went into . the hands of a receiver he was ap- ; pointed joint recoiver with Judge .1. M. i Dickinson, but resigned from that position po-sition about a month ago, and was appointed ap-pointed chief operating official for the receiver. Having had a wide experience in the development of the territory adjacent ro the fines of the Santa Fe and the Knck Island throughout the western country, Mr. Jeff pry favored Mr. Mudije ns the man to beain the l-ecnn-! st ruction of the Rio Grande and take I I charge of the development of the ter- ritory it serves. j |