Show JEFFERS JEfE TAK TAKES OV OVER OlVI DIVISION ION IONN ON N HAMMill RESIGNATION Vice President and ana General Manager of U. U P P. to Assume Charge Charge T Temporarily Temporarily Tempo Tempo- Is Information WILLIAM JEFFERS vice vice I VY president and general manager of the tile Union Pacific railroad ad will assume temporarily ly lythe the the- duties s performed by F. F H. H Hamm Hammill II I general superintendent of ot the theno no northern hern division division of ot the railroad who has resigned to return to Chicago as assistant general manager of ot the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Northwestern railroad The headquarters rs of the northern division of ot the Union Pacific are In Ogden Mr Jeffers will reach Ogden In a few days on a final trip of ot Inspection Inspection in inspection In- In of ot the line before the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads are turned back to the the private te owners by the go ern government go ent WAS CHIEF CAlEF AIDE Several years ago Mr Jeffers Jetters was wa's the assistant superintendent of ot the Utah division of t the te e Union Pacific with headquarters at Ogden The su superintendent superintendent su- su was W. W A A. Whitney y present present present pres pres- ent general manager of ot the U Utah Idaho h- h Central and the Utah Rapid Transit railroads Later Mr Jeffers became superintendent superintendent superintendent of the Utah division Then he went to the Wyoming and later Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska divisions of ot the road Next he stepped into the position of general su superintendent superintendent su- su From that he went to the position of ot vice president and general gen gen- eral mana manager er SYSTEMS TO JOIN gen I Alrea Already y steps have been taken by bythe bythe bythe the directors for tor the unification of the system the the Union Pacific the Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Short Line and the Oregon Oregon- Wash Oregon WashIngton Wash Wash- ington Railway and Navigation 1 c com company cam cam- mI m- m pan pany under pany-under under one board of officers with witha I a general manager for each of ot the units Before the the government took took- over c control nt ol of the property each of these lines had a president and a full fun complement complement com corn of officers The change will make for economy and for a closer union between the three units |