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Show RAILROAD U M PROMOTED! (!& Five operating officials of tho Ore- 5y gon Short Line were yesterday pro- is moted to the positions of assistant Jc? general managers of the company. 4il They arc E C Manson, general su- , S; perlntendent; Fred H. Knickerbocker, . ft assistant to tho general manager; J I 5 F. Dunn, superintendent of motive , g power; Carl Stradley, chief onslneer, "" lj?j and A F. Hutchinson, general pur- & chasing agent. x BB Undent the new system each of .. lad these officials will, as herotofore. be 1 ffta directly answerable to tho general , tl manager, and aside from their present f ell duties will be vested with such au- 1 K thority or evecutlvc power as may j wL at any time be necessary " PL Their old titles will be dropped Sf except where It Is necessary to refer J p to them In compliance with laws or ' Wjj existing contracts. ' 7 It means a broadening of each jTr man's field of supervision and Is de- Wr cidedly in the naturo of a promotion for each, according to W. H. Bancroft, ' 15? general manager of the company, 1t fioro whose office tho announcement ,' Issued yesterday. Bj Over a year ago the unit system , pi was Inaugurated In the offices of the Jt division superintendents. Having ' W proven successful there It has been ,'. ji extended to the highest offices of the : jfi operating department on that road - J and several others In the Harrlman j jjf system The ultimate aim is to Install fa the system throughout the entire Har- ' j r.'man properties. J? The promotions made yesterdar fol- ;; 2, low directly on tho heels of the visit "? of Charles Hlnes, special ropresenta- t S tlve of Julius Kruttschnltt In the Chi-" I; ?j cago offices of the Harrlman sy3tem. 5 V Mr. Hlnes Is said to bo now engaged 1, f! In extending the same system to oth- t? er Harrlman roads. I. ?r on f W |