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Show PRESIDENT OF ROAD RESIGNS Pioneer of New York Central Lines Quits After Over 44 Years Service. New York. Nov 18. William C Brown, who rose from section hand to the presidency of the New York 1 Central lines, resigned today. The directorates of the four railroad companies com-panies comprising the New York ' ! Central system accepted his reslgna j 1 tlon It will become effective New Year's day. A H Smith, senior vice I president of the lines, It is reported. I will succeed him Mr Brown is 80 years old and has i been in railway service for more j than forty-four years He has been I president of the New York Central for the last five years. Prior to that he vos for two years senior vice president of the system and for fie years in charge of operation and maintenance As president of the i lines, he was commander-ln-cbief of j an army of 160.000 employes. His le-tter of resignation was ad- I diessed to the directors of the four companies, viz: the New York Central Cen-tral and Hudson River Railroad company com-pany the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway company; the Michigan Central Railway company i and the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chlca- go and St. Louis Railway company. After retirement Mr Brown probably prob-ably will demote his attention to his financial Interests In Iowa and neighboring neigh-boring states to the welfare of the communities In which those Interests ure situated and to the improvement of agricultural conditions generally I In so announcing, a statement Issued in his behalf asserts that these interests in-terests consist largely of ln-t ments in real estate, banks and man- j ufacturlng enterprises. |