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Show W. J. MORRISON RETIRES AS UP SUPERINTENDENT William J. Morrison, superintendent superin-tendent of the Utah division of the Union Pacific Railroad Co., retired from service Sunday, upon reaching the age of 65. Mr. Morrison's retirement was announced an-nounced by F. C. Paulson, general gen-eral manager of the South-Central district of the company. Mr. Morrison entered railroad service in 1899 as a telegrapher for the Denver & Rio Grande Western, in Colorado. He worked in this capacity for four years before entering the service of the Chicago Board of Trade, where he remained until 1905, at which time he entered service of the Union Pacific as a dispatcher. In 1906 Mr. Morrison re-! turned to work for Denver & Rio j Grande Western as chief dis- i patcher, a position he held until i 1910, when he entered the serv- j ices of the Southern Pacific at I Oakland. Mr. Morrison went to Salt Lake City in 1915 as a dispatcher for the Union Pacific and remained re-mained in that position until 1930, when he was promoted to chief dispatcher. Six years later he became trainmaster and in 1941 was advanced to assistant superintendent of the Utah division, divi-sion, with headquarters in Salt Lake City. In 1942 he became superintendent superinten-dent of the Utah division, a position po-sition he has held until the present, pres-ent, except for a period in 1945 and 1946 when he served as general gen-eral superintendent of the eastern east-ern district of the Union Pacific. Mr. Morrison plans to spend the next few months traveling extensively, after which he will return to Salt Lake to make his home. |
