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Show OOBLEY WILL BET10E IS PASSENGER CHIEF D. S. Spencer Is Promoted by Oregon Short Line to Succeed Him. NAME NEW ASSISTANT J. B. Durham Will Fl Posi-tion Posi-tion Held by New General Gen-eral Agent. D. E. Burley, one of the mont popular and widely known passenger traffic of -fiHal west of the Missouri river, will retire tomorrow from active service as Kent-nil passenger ncnt of tho Oregon (Short lYme. Daniul 3. Spencer, assistant general )awsong:r ugunt, equally as popular and almost as widely known, frill bo elevated to tho position made vacant by tho retirement of Mr. Burley. Mr. Hpeueur will be succeeded as us-sUtant us-sUtant yent'rnl passenger agent by J. B. Iurli;iin, now finer chirk in the passenger passen-ger ilpiutnient ot the company. Mr. Imrhain 'h Hiwcessur probaljiy will be luimed within. Iho next day or two. All cIihti'H tidtu i! fleet May 1. Kur Ht-vertil " months past there has been a rumor to tho effect that Mr. Burley Bur-ley expected to retire from active service serv-ice tins summer, but the official announcement an-nouncement of hin retirement came as a rturpi'itio when made yesterday by E. E. rulvin, vice president and general manager man-ager of the company. In fact, Mr. Cal- in expressed almost as much nurprise ns any one, iuasmuch aa Mr. Burley 's request that his retirement become effective ef-fective May 1 was made during the past Jew days. Gratifying to Many. In all tho talk of Air. Barley's retirement retire-ment there has been but one man mentioned men-tioned as his successor. The promotion or' Mr. Spencer was taken as a foregone conclusion in the event of Mr. Burley 's retirement. His elevation to the responsible re-sponsible position at the head of the passenger traffic department of the big railroad does not come aB a surprise, other than of its suddenness, but is none tho less gratifying to his hosts .of friends iu all walks of life throughout the inter mountain country. Thero was considerable speculation as to who might succeed Mr. Spencer as assistant general passenger agent. There were so many men connected with the department who were in every way qualified for the position that it seemed impossible to, select the most likely candidate can-didate Mr. Durham is old in point of Hervice with the company and has made his mark while at the head of the rates und division bureau. As a rate export be has gained far more than a local reputation and the ranking officials deemed it only fit that his ability, loyalty and length of service be given recognition through tho medium of a promotion. j Tho fact that the company saw fit to recognize men who have served it long and faithfully, local men, as it were, is 8 source of "gratification, not only to the men themselves, but to their friends j throughout the west and to the other! employees of the road. However, this policy is not exactly new to the Oregon' Short Line; It has been followed to a great extent during recent years. Veterans in Service. All three of the officials concerned in the change are veterans in the railroad traffic service of tho west. Mr. Burley has been with the Union Pacific system thLrty-seven years and four months; Mr. Spencer has been connected with the Oregon Short Line, formerly the Utah Central, since 1874, and Mr. Durham has been in the employ of the Union Pacific Pa-cific system lines since 1S33. Mr. Burley is a native of Ohio. He came west when a young man and incidental inci-dental to other occupations served four years as deputy sheriff of Douglas county, Neb. He began his railroad career when he took service with the Union Pacific in 1S79 as traveling passenger pas-senger agent with headquarters in Baltimore. Bal-timore. Ton vcars later he was trana-- trana-- ferred to Philadelphia in the same capacity. ca-pacity. When the Union Pacific acquired ac-quired the Utah Central and allied lines, in 189T, Mr. Burley was sent to Salt Lake as general agent for the Mountain division, which included all the territory .i weBt of Cheyenne. Under the reorganization, reorgan-ization, when the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Lino wore segregated, in S97, Mr. Burley was appointed general gen-eral passenger agent for the latter company, com-pany, the position he gives up tomorrow. tomor-row. Mr. Burley 's retirement does not mean his resignation. Under the pension pen-sion rules of the company he is entitled to voluntary retirement from active service, but will retain connection in an advisory capacitv. He said yesterday that he' had made no plans for the future fu-ture other than to rest and make his home in Salt Lake, the city he has recognized rec-ognized as home for more than a quarter quar-ter of a century. Held Many Posts. Mr. Spencer started his railroad career ca-reer at the very foot of the ladder. When scarcely more than a schoolbov he became a messenger in the telegraph department of the old Utah Central. That was back in 1874. He was steadily and rapidly advanced to more important positions, serving as telegrapher, ticket agent, train dispatcher, trainmaster and other posts in the operating department. Then he became identified with the traffic department and attained the position po-sition of chief clerk to the general pas-eenger pas-eenger and ticket agent, the position he occupied when Mr. Burley became the ! head of the passenger traffic depart-1 ment. In recognition of his services and to fill a long t'eit want Mr. Spencer was elevated to the position of assistant general gen-eral passenger agent March 4, 1901. He is a native cf Salt Lake. Mr. Durham hails from Illinois, but fo long ago that he has almost forgotten : it. He was born at La Salle, ill., but j when fifteen years of age entered the j service of the Union Pacific at Omaha, in the capacity of messenger bov. That ! was in 1"S3. He was promoted to various va-rious positions in the department and i came to Salt Lake ns clerk in the pas-! finger department of the Oregon Short j Line when that enmpany was segregated ! from the Union Pacific in ?7 About! J'dur years aso he was made chief clerk j ;f the passenger traffic department, the position he holds until his appointment ns nsi?tsnt eeneral passenger agent becomes be-comes effective, tomorrow. OREGON SHOUT LINE passenger men affected by changes tomorrow. Top (left) D. E. Burley, for many years general passenger agent, who retires; top, right, D. S. Spencer, his assistant, who succeeds him. Below J. B. Durham, chief j clerk, who succeeds Mr. Spencer. ' V , 7yf' . Vv -.. 1 s v, ' . K was"", 1 'tins nV r . Vt ; . r-f j 7J na 7 ' ' ... . . J |