Show STENGER TO LI LIVE LII HERE ANYWAY I I r I S. S Rio will ill leave c the Denver Grande Orande ns as it its superintendent of or the Utah i di division ion February 1 with thc the best I of wishes for fr the tho success UCC of or that com corn pany I have been railroading for over oer twenty years ars with scarcely n a holiday I I felt that I was W entitled to a n rest for a short time I have ve somo some business interests in in t in in the east that need Md m my p personal personal per per- r. r MI al attention for a short hort time at nt leapt Statement of oe Ernest Stenger to THE TIlE TELEGRAM L Tho Tho resignation pf Superintendent Stenger Stenser w was s accepted with ith regret by br bythe bytho tho the officials of ot the Denver Rio Grande Grando Mr Sten Stenger er has been a n. capable man one who baa hu done dono ranch much for or the road In Utah since he ho has been It is with regret th that t tho the other local officials of ot the road will win part with Mr Stenger and we all wish him the b best lt of ot success s in any fold field that he ho may enter S. S. S V. V Derrah assistant nt general gen In- eral freight 8 agent ent of or the tho Denver Den Rio Grando These are lr the first two statements made in this city at as to the resignation of ot Mr Ir rr Sten Stenger r as superintendent of f the Utah division of ot tho the Denver Rio Grande The resignation of Mr was sent to tho the head office of the road in Denver under date of January 6 but the fad tho-fad fact that he be had tendered hi his resignation resignation resign resign- sUon did not leak out in this city until untilla la lat tl Saturday Mr ML Stenger was out of town that day and could not be seen The Tho matter had been held up in in Denver Denvor Den Den- vor ver by the officials of ot the tho road with the hope that Mr Sten Stenger or would reconsider reconsider recon recon- sider aider his resignation Ho was called to Denver a little over overa a week ago ogo and held a lon long conference with the hi nigh high h officers of the tho road Ho He was waB asked to withdraw his resi resignation nat ont but declined to do so 60 and it was with reluctance that it was finally accepted We of the tho ablest are losing ono men that tho the road ever had in the west was the tho statement made by ono one officer of the road this mornin morning That Mr Mi rr Stenger has ma made e a host of friends both for his road and himself durin during tho the twenty tw-enty months month that he has hu been he the superintendent of the Utah division division di di- vision is is a well w-oll known fact When asked this morning about his future futuro- plans Mr Ir SteD Stenger er said 1 havo o I I not fully decided what will do I have hR a number of oe offers under consideration one of which I may ac AC- ac- ac Durin During the nearly two years years that I have ha been a R. resident of ot Salt Lake City I have havo learned to love the city cit and ana its people and if it possible I want ant to tomake tomake tomake make my homo here hore I liko like tho the city and it its people and if it should be that I have hac to leave lea for another part rt of the COWl country tn it will wilt bo be with regret and the thA kindest t of feelings to the people of thi this city eit- Howe Howes However r I will make this city my homo borne for far some somo time at least despite the fact that I will havo have to go 0 east cast the early part of ot next month to attend to some IOme private ate business in which I am interested All attempts attempt to learn who would bethe bo be botho botho tho the successor of Mr Sten Stenger er were futile today The local officers of ot the tho comPany company com corn pany pany- have no information on the tho sub subject J t according to the statement made this mornin morning |