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Show SON ENTERS DIRECTORATE Young Harriman Elected to Union Pacific Board Today XevV York, Feb 6. William Av-erill Av-erill Harriman today made bis entrance en-trance into the directorates ot the vast system of railroads built up by his father. E. H Harriman, Foung Harriman, who Is a senior at Yale, was elected a director of fae I nlon Pacific at the meeting called to con- i slder plans for the divorce of that i road and the Southern Pacifil demanded de-manded bv the supreme court. Mr Harriman succeeds H. W. De-Forst De-Forst Frank Trumbull, chairman of the board of directors of the Chesa- i peake and Ohio was chosen a director di-rector in place of Julius Krwtts-chnitt Krwtts-chnitt The directors of the Fnion Pacific and the Southern Pacific met simultaneously, simul-taneously, and officers of both roads held out promises of an early adjustment ad-justment of the proposed dissolution. Both boards received the report of the special committee appointed by the Cnion Pacific directors to dissolve dis-solve the Harriman system The plan was approved by the Union Pacific Pa-cific board and held by the dlrec- j tors of the other road for further; consideration. Both boards hold separate sep-arate meetings n'-ain this afternoon. The presence at the Union Pacific i meeting of representatives of somej of the southwestern roads gave the impression that persons connected with these systems also might become be-come identified with the divorced Harriman lines William Mahl resigned as vice president and comptroller of Dillon Pacific and is succeeded by C. B. Soger losepfa Mellen resigned as assistant secretary and is succeeded by Thomas Price Maxwell Evartfl resigned as general gen-eral counsel and Lewis H. Spent e B8 director of traffic. Their BU essors were not named today |