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Show Union Pacific Traffic Officers 4 '4 ' ( ' I I , 1 B. W. Hanson, (right) new traffic manager with supervision of Union Pacific traffic service in Idaho, Utah,, Montana, eastern Oregon and western Wyoming, and Donald H. Voltz, (left) promoted pro-moted to general agent of the freight department. Supervising the origination and solicitation of traffic for the Union Pacific railroad in Utah, Idaho, eastern Oregon, western Wyoming and Montana is B. W. Hanson, recently promoted to traffic manager with headquar- ing Union Pacific service. Advancing Ad-vancing from statistician to chief clerk, he became general agent of the freight department in 1929. As traffic manager he succeeds Harry L. Lauby, promoted pro-moted to eastern traffic manager ters in Salt Lake City. Mr. Hanson Han-son brings to the post of traffic manager a thorough personal knowledge of the intermountain west and a wide acquaintance with shippers. Mr. Hanson, who started his railroad career as a traveling agent in Utah and Idaho, served 22 months during the first World war in the division of purchase, storage and traffic before enter- at New York City. Mr. Voltz, who succeeds Mr. Hanson as general agent of the freight department, has been in Union Pacific service 23 years, starting as a station helper. He has had 20 years of traffic experience exper-ience in serving shippers in a variety of positions. For the past year Mr. Voltz has been general agent of the Union Pacific Pa-cific at Cincinnati. |