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Show uu YOUNG II; BECOME HEAD UF MILL ROAD New York, May 9. James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern railroad, rail-road, arrived in this cltv yeBterday and said that when Carl R. Gray re-slgned re-slgned as head of the "North Bank" road he would become president of the Great Northern. Regarding what position Louis W. Hill will hojd upon Mr. Gray's election and what he himself him-self will do, Mr. Hill said: "I am not ready to state the details of tho changes in the Great Northern, hut both myself and Hon will remain on deck subject to call. "We will both bo members of the executive committee." commit-tee." Mr. Hill would not say whether or not he would retire as chairman of the board of directors, to be succeeded succeed-ed by his son, Louis W. Hill. Portland, Ore., May 9. When shown the Associated Preea dispatch from New York containing James J. Hill's-announcement Hill's-announcement that ho was to become head of tho Groat Northern, Carl R. Gray, head of the "North Bank" rond, said he expected to leave for the east In the near futuro to enter' his new duties, but he was unable to say how soon. Mr. Gray would sav nothing regarding tho identity of his successor, succes-sor, and declined to discuss tho future fu-ture rolations of JameB J. Hill and his Bon, Louis W. Hill, to tho Great Northern. It Is learned from an unquestionable un-questionable authority, however, that Joseph H. Young, president of the Northwest Commercial company, will succeed Mr. Gray as the head of the "North Bank." oo |
