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Show ffiureciin Tfl fill GILD iAD New York, Fob. 21. Howard Elliott, Elli-ott, president of tho Northern Pacific railroad, has declined the presidency of tho Missouri Pnclflc, according to an authentic report In Wall street. '1 uo same rumor says that Julius Kruttschnitt of Chicago, director of maintenance aud operation of all tho Ilarrlman lines, will succeed George J. Gould as head of the Missouri Pacific Pa-cific and move to St Louis, so as "to sleep and eat on the Job." Kruttschnit has built up an emi-able emi-able reputation by his work as head of operation on the Union Pacific, Southern Pnclflc, Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroud &. Navigation company. Ho Is familiar with the conditions which must be met in building build-ing up the Missouri Pacific. He has had n wide experience in engineering and construction, which is needed on the Missouri Pacific. Kruttschnitt also Is president of the Union Pacific Coal compnny. He has been in charge of operation of the Ilarrlman linos, with headquarters '. In Chicago, since 1901. According to another rumor, the contest of the Rockefeller and Kuhn-Loeb Kuhn-Loeb Interests for control of the Missouri Mis-souri Pacific, will result In a new transcontinental road, with through train service from Now York to San Francisco. Through the acquisition of the Missouri Mis-souri Pacific, tho Rockefeller Kuhu-Loeb Kuhu-Loeb and allied Interests, It is said, will be able to dictate tho policies of the Denver & Rio Grande, the Western West-ern Pacific npd probably also thosp or the WabaBh and Texas Pacific. This leaves only the Erie to complete the coast-tocoaat route, and Kuhu. Loeh &. Co. already have a substantial substan-tial line into the Erie througu the Ilarrlman holders of the Erie bonds. The Moipiui interests are intrenched In the Eur aud ii Is believed that lhc"lHinirig firm wffl be given "a" "fin-" gor-in "the iiiev thus -adding to tho Morgan millions without any unncces-sab- exertion by the bead of tho VIW ; is ( 'rhg jupw traiyjcontiivental road, It is thought, would be routed from New ,Yoj-k to Huntington, Ind., Ia the Erie; from Huntington to Kansas Olty via the Wabash; from Kansas City to Pueblo, Colo., via the Missouri Pacific; Pa-cific; from Pueblo to Ogden via the Denver & Rio Qrandc, and from Ogden Og-den 'to San Francisco via the Western West-ern Pacific. With the connections made possible by this arrangement, the new road would have an outlet Into every really big city in the country coun-try and the Inilffc possibilities would bo enormous. |