Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-01-17 | Page 4 | When Bancroft Was General Manager

WHEN BANCROFT WAS GENERAL MANAGER Twenty ears ago W H Ban Ban- Bancroft Bancroft croft was elected vice presIdent and manager of o the tiso Union PacIfic Mith Ith headquarters at Oma Omaha Oma-ha Oma ha That was in the days dars of E U H Harriman Bancroft was waa a II railroad man or ability but he was affronted In Ogden Og Ogden Ogden den in a II social wa way when climb cUmbo ins climb in lag the ladder of fame tame and he deI deS de I eloped S a bias blag from which he hc could i inot not divorce himself He became a I powerful factor in preventing the growth of Ogden as a railroad ter terminal ter- ter terminal minal He moved to alt Salt Lake the Oregon Short Line Liue head headquarters quarters with 5 Ith him and he failed to see the advantages of ot Ogden as an operating center After Atter his death Ogden n was given more consideration tion by the Union Pacific and to- to toda to today day da that road is planning many un im pro in the Ogden terminal Ogden geographically is the gate n gate gate- gatea a to the he far west It Is so BO sItu at the mouth of ol a great gap gapIn to In the Wasatch range as to hold bold a strategIc position By fly receiving all that can be c gh gl en en by br virtue ot of Its ph sIca advantage Ogden can be made tar more Important as a rail rail- railroad railroad road point than it is la is The day seems to be approach approach- approaching lag ing In when this due consideration will bo be given in fact today the railroads have a 11 most extensive 1 program of Improvements to be made In the Ogden terminal 1 On