| Show Known That Retiring 0 O. S. S L. L He Head d I Asked for Change Some Time Ago I Announcement of tho the retirement of S William H. H Bancroft as general man man- r f ager of the Oregon Short Lino Line does no not in Salt conic come as a complete surprise Lake City it to many of the tho close friends of or the tho dean dealt of western railroad men It S bas has been known for sonic some time that Mr Bancroft asked to be jc e relieved of some of the mall many duties en given gi en to him r At the tho time that the late E. E II 11 Harriman Harri- Harri milan man W was as g at his lila zenith he asked Mr Ir Bancroft to f c accept ept a in iu the tho I Eat East at which would have havo paid laid more than Mr Bancroft was receiving as vice ice pre re id dent t l and general manager of the tho Oregon Oon r gon Short Line tine Mr Bancroft asked tiit-hc tiit he jc bo cc left where he be as as s ho be did not aro to move l It H was as reported that at that time timo Mr rr Bancroft t told hl the wizard of t the he rail railroad world I I l JIa 0 li lived lid d a good many years ears in Utah r 1 and the he West It is my home and I t dont don't care to leave lea it for an- an any length of time I would prefer to remain out here bere t Mr Harriman did not press his point I Qt was noted that up to tI tho e time of or his bis death there was no man that he con con- i suited more carefully during an any of his big western trips than he did W. W H. H Ban Ban- croft Perhaps the greatest shock that Mr Ban Bancroft ever er received was Vas the death of S his wife a little more than a 3 year car ago Preferred to Work Railroad officers officer say that Mr r Bancroft Ban Dan r crof croft was entitled to retire from railroad railroad rail rail- road life more moth than two years ears ago on a pension that a pension was offered to him but that he declined saying I have worked in the harness a good many years years' and I r prefer to work on S William H H. Bancroft is a little more than 70 years of age Ho ha hag bas pa ed more than seven fifty years of Jf f his bis life I t as a railroad man Ho lie commenced as a af f F ticket ic ot cIe clerk on tho the Michigan Southern Later Leter b fie became an operator and a dis dis- dis Ju Iu 1878 1818 ho lie was appointed superintendent su of tho the Denver Den Rio Bio Grande and was appointed receiver of that road in August 1884 Later the 1 finances nanc a of ot the tho road were adjusted and Mr lr Bancroft entered tho employ of the Union Pacific in 1890 Four ye years later ho was wag appointed vice president and general manager for the tho Oregon Short 5 Line When the Salt Lake Route was WIlS read ready for tor operation Mr Bancroft was wall nani named j It Its IUs first t vice president a position he still retains When Harriman secured control of or th the local Mr Mt h Bancroft was 35 named president of the Utah Light awl arid Railway Raw company a position which lie he will retain according to tile the dispatch from Omaha Relieving Mr Bancroft of some of or his duties Is In no way a retirement from the railroad for the dean It simply means It is announced that he has hall been promoted For the thc lost last two or yea years cara it has hils been known that Mr r Bancroft Bancroft Ban Ban- croft has baa sought nought to be relieved cd from real some of the many duties which he had harl to perform per per- form for but the high officers of or the compan company com corn pan pany have havo been heen loth to make mako any h n. n C Calvin lvin Formerly Here F Ti E. E Calvin who will su succeed Mr tr Bancroft as vice co president and general manager I Is no ilo stranger In hi Utah For Fora forR a R. number of y yara ars he be was general Jen super for the Or Oregon go Line und uno un- un dr o d r Mr Bancroft He lie retired from that position to accept a a. position with the Southern lc and at the pr ont time timea IB a Ic vice president and general manager for that part of the Southern Pacific system from Ogden to tn Oakland with headquarters at San Francisco That the chan change e In the general ral n management manage manas' ment merit of or th the Oregon Short Line Lino will mean no change chango Jn n mi the local forces of or the road Toad is the assertion made at the JOC local 1 offices of at the thic company today F P. H. H Knickerbocker assistant general manager for the Oregon Short Line left today for a business trip to New York |
