Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-04-26 | Page 1 | Santa Fe Will Get New Head

I Win Trill Retire r I S SsT W. W sT B. B Storey L- L d J A ASANTA SANTA SANT A FE WILL GET NEW HEAD President Storey Slated to Resign May 2 Bledsoe to Be Promoted By my fl Associated run Press KANSAS CITY April 26 Reports 26 Reports published today said W. W B. B Storey president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad would resign and that hat Samuel T T. Bledsoe Bledsoc would succeed succeed suc suc- him The Kansas City Star sa says s 's information information tion from New York Chicago and Topeka To To- peka seka home of the general offices of ho tho system is that Storey will resign at a meeting of ot the board of directors in hi New NewYork York May 2 The Chicago Tribune quoted President President dent Storey as saying he was not riot in ina ina ina a position either to confirm or deny the report Bledsoc Bledsoe in fri New York declined de de- de dined to comment Mr Storey has considered retirement retirement retire retire- ment from a active tive direction of Santa SantaFe SantaFe SantaFe Fe affairs for several years cars because of his age Born in San Francisco November 17 1857 he began his railroad career at the age of or 24 2 as an assistant engineer engi engi- neer for the Southern Pacific In 1895 he was was made chief engineer of the San Francisco Jan Joaquin railroad now a part of the Santa Fe system F Following his appointment as chief engin engineer er of the Santa Fe five years l later ter he was vice president In charge of operations federal manager during dun dur ing the World war and elected president prest- prest dent January 1 1 1920 Bledsoe Biedsoe a native o of Kentucky entered en en- the j field of railroad law in 1895 as is loc local counsel l for the Gulf Col Colorado rado Santa Fe Fc at Okla He He became counsel for th the Santa SantaFe Fe Fein in Oklahoma and in 1912 was named assistant general counsel for forthe forthe forthe the lines at Chicago He was made general counsel of ot the road in 1918 and was elevated to his present position post post- tion in 1930