Show U. U P. P SYSTEM 1 LEASES LEASES I BRANCH ROADS TO UNION PACIFIC CO j I Official announcement of the I leasing of or the several e unite unit of the union Pacific System to the Union Pacific Railroad Company effective on January I 1 1036 1938 has been Is Issued issued is- is sued by Carl earl R. R Gray Oray president The Ibe several railroads affected are the Oregon Short Chert Line Railroad I Company the Washington Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company The Ibe 1 Los s Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad company and the St. St Joseph and aM Grand Island Railway Company All AU of these properties on an January 1 will wall lose their individual and on that date all of the I railroad properties of or the tibe Union I Pacific will come under the corporate corporate corporate corpor corpor- ate name of or Union Pacific Railroad Coo Company pat y headquarters of which will be in Omaha At the same time W. W M. M Jeffers executive vice president announced that the consolidated properties January 1 I will wUl be operated operate ed cd with district organizations under under un der the direction of general managers managers man mane agers as follows The lines linos east cash of Ogden Utah will be known as the Eastern District Dis Db- Met with N. N A. A Williams as general general genera gener gener- a al manager with rib headquarters at Omaha Neb Nob Lines Unes north of Salt Lake City including the Salt Lake and lines Unes north of Gran Granger Granger ger gee Wyo and east of Huntington Huntingdon Ore will wUl be known as aa the Central District with H. H J. J Plumhof as general gen general eral enl manager with h headquarters at Salt Lake City CU Lines north and west of Huntington Ore including the Huntington terminal will be known as the Northwestern District Die Dis let ti-let with F. F N. N Finch as aa general manager with headquarters at Portland Ore Lines south of or Salt Lake City will be known as the Southwestern District with F. F H. H Knickerbocker as general manager with headquarters at Los Angeles |