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Show 11, 6. BURT IS MANAGER President of Union Pacific Adds to His Duties. WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE Other oads Are Kow Under a President Presi-dent and General Manager Mr. Burt Is a Man of Wide Experience and Great Ability and Will Make a Success of the Management of the Overland Route Too Good Accommodation Accom-modation by the Pullman Company Causes Trouble. Chicago, Nov. 1 Commencing today Horace O Hurt will assume the duties of general manager of the Union I'l-clflo I'l-clflo in addition to those of president Ihla announcement Is mado In a notice no-tice posted at headquarters, save n. special to the Chronicle from Omaha The appointment of Mr Hurt will oc-.avion oc-.avion no xurprlte ns several railroad men said during the week that the office of-fice would be abolished nnd Mr Hurt would nxsumc tho office of general malinger mali-nger lilmtclf He la an operating official of-ficial hs well as an engineer of nst experience ex-perience and to Mm Is I irgels due the credit for the wonderful Impiovcments made In Iho line of the t'nlon ruclflo through Wyoming, rut offs which Inaugurated In-augurated tho present era of rnllroad reconstruction work which will nlwavs rttind as u monument to the iiblllt of President Hurt who personally took charge of tho ihangev While In Omaha he has the reputation reputa-tion of being u hard man lo nppronh, It cun be said Hint he la Just th. opposite oppo-site and la genial In the extreme with Ihnpc he is acquainted with nnd alwn teady to explain facts relating to tho Bleat sjstem under hit control |