| Show t CHOSEN TO H M MANAGE G Gm THE m UNION m P PACIFIC W R II Il Position to Which Splendid S P Bancroft B Has H s Been Elected 1 Effective Today fo d a PRESIDENT PR BURT DUO T HAS RETIRED Mr Ir Bancroft Says Ills His III l Ir as an Appointment nt Will miffed Affect No 0 Other Official HIS NIS RESIDENCE TO BE SALT T LAKE LAKEi i I i i To be b Special Western Representative Of Sir have Ihm haved d 1 Voice oice In San Pedro H H H r A sr Nr t I r X H Omaha Neb Jan Jail 15 l Thc fol d owIng joking bulletin was seas posted today fr J x at Union talon Pacific ovine headquarters h H New lork York Jan Tan IG 15 Mr Ir W WT R Rt f T t II H Bancroft Dancroft Is appointed general t of the Union nine X 1 with head hend headquarters i j I j I quarters at nt Omaha Neb eb 1 lire he this date r Signed SI td E II It 3 JT j President I H H HII H H H The Tn announcement that W IL II 11 nan sane croft molt h hie s been appointed effective efY to todar today du day rice ce president and general man HIt tr of ot the Union Pacific Is 15 taken to toman mean man more than the title would Infer Inter r porn to the contrary he will III make fill fat Lake his t residence resilience headquarters ml nl from here he lie will take Inko frequent trips over oler the systems With Salt Lake 11 his headquarters he will bo be the Har liar Haritun than representative In the tha Ua tin re ton with Jurisdiction jurl over oer the theRion Rion LaI n Pacific and Oregon Short Line lane i o representative of or the Harriman In the San Pedro P Lou Lon Angeles t k alt Lake kf AN X OPEN It II has bas been nn an open Or n secret In Utah Ital Ilat the Salt Lake Inke haute Houte lave have b ben en for tome some time In the I hands HI mis of or a n I committee commit lee of or four composed of or Vice J Roes Hoes Clark and find Chief En Knit it ne good of or the Salt Snit Lake Route Houte f for far r the lark Clark interests and ami Vice ireAl cant Beet and nl General J Manager W IV II 11 lion Han croft of ot the Oregon Short Line and andI I Chief Engineer William Hood of or tho the Southern Pacific for E II hi With appal a In rase ruc of or disagreement dl up t to h W V A Clark cod and K E 1 II H Hf f IN SAN fAN PEDRO i t For Tor the first time the long patent fact That hit IB IH heavily Interested In inPan t tan Pan Pedro affairs Is i made mada public pUblio through h the medium of tIll the Associated In the tho follow following Ing dispatch which lia I Ir a portion of or the story of ot the banquet lilt lat yo V in honor of or Horace Hornce 0 O Hurt Burt the resident nt and general manager of or orthe the Union Pacific who retires today A NCE I The says angel The rhe selection lon of at Mr hir fiani na n r colt comes IH nH n a natural go Ee pee quence of ot the changes h have heen been I nude on the Oregon Oreon Short Lino In tho the thol l loot lut t fight eight months That hn t portion of ot tho the thet Oregon Oreton Short Line Idne south Bouth of or Salt Snit Lake Lallo t City MS v turned turnell over oer to 10 Senator parks dirks road rond known as the San Ban Pedro line hue whIch Is it to extend from Snit Salt Lake City Oty to the tho const of or Southern Califor Call tor Ala i The portion of ot the Short Line Lino bleh remained under time the management of N l Mr lb Ir lI van as of or Inconsiderable lemble extent tent and it has hUR now sov been practically with the Union Un 1011 f F i plan by h Mr for nomo time MYSTERY UP Ul The Tho controlling power In the tho San Pedro wo lino was waa for tor a 11 long lonEr loo g time limo some Rome n t of ot i a 1 and It Il was soon td ed that Senator Benator Cleric Clark was WM another In ht the tho railroad world It has hils t J become w known recently that Senator i Clark And Mr dr Ir Harriman were working tn In Hire entire harmony harmon and the tho presumption now 1101 Is in lint hit the tho same sumo financial Interests Which i control the th linen now nosy control the San Pedro fl A AT ONCE Nr i r Bancroft oft has been In tho the city illy for tor several Iera r days day In n conference with Vice Cornish of or Now York The MW now appointment It R Is stated staled sin tOil w Will Mil make no change chango In Mr hir Ir with th the Oregon Short line I I n c tho the I ae Its or of f which road he ho will continuo to direct t resident President hurts resignation I tb the taking effect today the Iho Incumbency of or Sew Dew K nl m manager will begin at ati on once t i nother cr of oC Mr Ilan crofts trott Is ls tho the to bringing In InI Into do closer I Line r relations of u f tho Oregon Oreon n Short Shorten ort ot of and Union Und en railway II WilY bot hath both Which Will bo practically under tinder oho olto management which will direct them fI a Rs as system mesa Mr t stated lU In lima tho Associated that no other othor would bo 1 o oIA M t III ea Mart a 11 suit of or h hH bill IA appointment r It WITH SHOUT LINE i ant Ur Mr L I tr I vice VM pr r l anI and sell rl Jn of ot mho tho thor a t i r 1 Union Pacific with Ith Jurisdiction over oer the I Oregon Short Line the same came as here heretofore heretofore I Ho Ile enters upon his new nev du due duties ties at once mice Everett Buckingham superintendent nt of ot transportation on the tile Union Pacific It is 18 said will remain the highest operating op officIal In Omaha Om h while K 11 J H E 1 Calvin Colvin will look after oper Oller sting affairs at this end of ot the tho system tem Just what the titles 11 of the tho officials named will be bo Is not at time forth forthcoming corning coming It li is believed that they will not be changed DISPOSES DISPOSE OF I MOVE The Tha Th resignation of oC Mr Hurt Ih rt which Is IR effected today Is responsible for tho tha change and an the thc program mapped out of or atlon that part or of tho the Union Pacific P west of or Green Oreen river and making It II Port part lIrt ot of the tho Oregon Short Lino HM ns outlined In last nights News N s lire has been succeeded uce by a II moro more sweeping cue the practical I merger of or orthe the Union Pacific and the Short Line under one operating oP head hend For some nome sometime time lime past t the tho two systems have hae been under one traffic head With the tile promotion of or Mr lr Ir Bancroft the tho con Is practically complete GOOD STEP The Thc move mOe made Is la a n good one for the shippers or of this and other states stales t to tho the north and west est for tor It wilt will mean meana a n speedy delivery of or consignments consignment which heretofore In a number ot or cases have htwe been delayed from Crom one to t tl two vo days dayn during the transfer trans reI at Ogden This feature ins hns long been a n of an nil annoyance and could only be bu obviated by hy bythe bythe the tho segregation noted or a a I merger mergel which tempted the necessity of ot a B transfer and delay of or freight cars LOCAL OFFICIALS ICI IS WONT WO T TALK T the official announcement at atthe atthe atthe the In Omaha last night nothing noth nothIng nothIng Ing further Is forthcoming at this time Beyond the fact that the appointment load had been nude made the time local do donot donot not care to discuss fl the situation The general Is one of or congratulation lation lallon that the general manager Of or the Oregon Short lane Lino should have been chosen for tor so o Important position and the wires from Salt Bait Lake to Omaha have been heen kept hot lint today sending sen con comm congratulations from and citizens alike It Ills Is felt rell that the right nuns man has horn been he en selected elected for the place pi nee and that under his Jurisdiction the time bicker In Inge s and lack of or harmony between tho the departments that have ha 0 marked the time operation opera lion of or the tho Union Pacific Pacino for Cor eighteen months pant t will disappear ARE ARU lUFf there thele Is I a wilder aggregation of or rumors than marked yesterdays yesterday ul dl In III h railroad cir circles cles clea In Salt Lake Everywhere l It Is conceded that the appointment of ot Mr marks the opening gun In the time new campaign of consolidation that has long ong been outlined by Mr Ir and his advisors CHANGES As All a n sample of or what Is bring being Ills dis discussed cussed awed Is la the assertion that there thero will be he a II decided Melded segregation In n the near future whereby the he tho Chicago Alton will be lie given the Union Pacific acme lon from train Kansas City to Denver thereby giving that link ln 11 tim the transcontinental chain Identically the tame saute proposition ni as I now no now held by Ii the Burlington which enters the Ides allies of or Chicago St Louis Louie Kansas Ian as asIt City It and amI Denver Denver Demel Other changes along lines will still be inaugurated d at nt the tho western end cud of ot the Union Pacific and nil all along the Ole will the time territory be strengthened up 1111 and anti fortified competition tIlon that W V H IL ns general manger and rep rell In tho the region will 1111 look after the operation or ot the time big Interests on Oil a n salary of at a year yearA I A 1 m COnD William II U Bancroft was as 63 years rata old oldon oldon I Ion on Oct 20 0 last laRt lie Be entered tho the railroad service an as fI a I telegraph operator and ticket clerk on the time Michigan Southern April mo 1556 since which he lie has hns been consecutively bra May 1 ln ISM mt to 1569 filon alot operator clerk and dispatcher on time the Kilo Erie I to 1872 dispatcher clerk and train dispatcher Pacific road load Oct 20 0 1872 1512 to April ISiS At Santa Fo Fe railroad May Mn ISIS to 1870 superintendent St Louts Lawrence Western road Jan Jon 1 to 10 April ms 1619 chief dispatcher Mis F Kansas ft April 1578 to July Jul S superintendent or of the tho ail RII Otis nus of or Denver 01 Hlo Ulo Auff Aug 15 to 10 July Jul 29 1850 1886 receiver Denver Dearer Hlo Rio Western July 2 to 10 July Jul I 1 1590 general superintendent mountain division Union Pad Paci tic March 1897 to Jan Jun IB 16 1041 1001 sica vi co president and amid aliI general manager Oregon Orgon Short Line 1904 1901 general men man tiger or of Union and Oregon Short Line lane I I i r c r fr 1 t a l i 1 r I L Lt a n 11 4 pr w a t b bi f i y ay I I h I t dd r M My y h d h Dl N Na Nna a i i na r 7 q 6 P N I w k r r a ai at I i I IN If Ir t I IW r Ir N f r id s W It n lit Kno Zeno n Sill Sall Laic Lako l ld Man I ln Who lias Ilan Hoon Unon l Vlen and Of tho Iho Union Pacific |
