Show STOREY RESINS RESIGNS PRESIDENCY OF SANTA SANTAFE FE ROAD S. S T. T Bledsoe General Counsel Counsel Counsel Coun Coun- sel of Line Lne Chosen as Successor Br fly Pr Freit NEW YORK YORK May 2 William 2 B. B Store Storey today resigned as 8 president of the Atchison Athion Topeka it Santa Sata Fe railway Samuel T T. Bledsoe general counsel and chairman of the executive executive successor tive committee was wa named name as M his h I Storey a railroader more than 50 years year affiliated with the Santa Sant Fe since 1900 and president for or the past 13 years year submitted his resignation at the regular meeting of directors held here today He made no an announcement announcement a. a as ny to his hi future plans pla Bledsoe his successor has ha been a aSanta aSanta Santa Sant Fe man 38 years yeas At the age of ot 76 Storey cast can ca look back over a lifetime alletie of railroad service service ser ser- vice vie at the time tie the carriers carries had bad their growth The half ha century of his h career caer saw nw theO the rails rai pushed into it pioneer pio pie pioneer neer acer with wit the aid ad of government government govern govern- ment land grants gats The passage of the te interstate commerce com corn merce act in 1887 which formally formy inaugurated the te policy of government regulation milestone milestone mile mile- was wa an a important stone of this thi period and in i the past pat decade Storey was va regarded as on one of the leaders in promoting operating practices which contributed contribute to Increased Increased In In- I. I creased efficiency and ad economy of steam stam transportation BORN IN FRISCO Born in San Sa Francisco in i 1887 Storey Storer began bega his hi railroad service serice as asan asan a an assistant aitt engineer for the te Southern Souter Pacific in 1881 He was wa appointed chief chef engineer for the Southern Pacific Pac Paci Paci- tic fic fc in i 1900 subsequently served serve as S vice president in charge of ot operations and was wa made president in 1920 During the federal control period he acted as a federal manager With Wih the election of Bledsoe the Santa Sat Fes Fe's destinies destie will wi be guided by a lawyer rather th thin than an engineer Bledsoe Bledo was wa born bor on a farm in i Clinton Clinton Clin Clin- ton county Kentucky ky in i 1868 Educated Euc Eu- Eu Edu Edu- c ted td at atthe the Southern Souther Normal Noral school and business college of Bowling Green Ky and the University of Texas he entered railroading in i 1895 as a local counsel for the Gulf Gul Colorado Santa Sant Fe a subsidiary of the Santa SantaFe SantaFe SantaFe Fe system with offices in i Ardmore Okla He subsequently served sered as a soU solicitor general attorney and assistant general solicitor of the Santa Sant Fe and since 1918 has ha been general counsel and anda a director of the road He was wa elected chairman of the executive committee in I 1930 TOOK ACTIVE ACTIE PART PARTI PARTIn In I recent years Bledsoe has been taking an active part in railroad affairs af at- a- a fairs affecting the industry as a a whole He was wa a member of ot the railroad committee chosen In May 1931 to t confer with wih oil oi company executives on plans plan to reconcile views as to t regulation of pipe lines le He worked actively with wih the group of officials named to handle the railroads railroads' case cae In i the emergency freight eIght harges charges that took effect January 4 1932 He has testified frequently before the Interstate Interstate Inter inter- state commerce commission in behalf behal of the railroads covering rate rat matters matters mat mat- in particular I |