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Show NEW MAN ON THE O.S.L. RAILROAD Lvidonce of increased husiness of the Oregon Short Line is seen in the iiugmntation of the operating force oi" the Idaho division of the company. Effective last Monday, the Idaho division, di-vision, considered one of the largest railroad divisions in the country, will be handled under the direction of three men A. B. Stevenson, superintendent of tho division, will continue in office with his headquarters in I'ocatello as at present. He will exercise general gen-eral control over the division, but the active detail work will be supervised by two assistants Instead of one as heretofore The division, which ex tends from Granger, Wyo. to Hunt ington, Ore, and includes 1213 miles of track, has been divided into four districts. Districts 1 and 2. which lie between be-tween Granger and Pocatello and include in-clude the yards at each city, are under un-der the direction of W. A McGov-ern, McGov-ern, assistant superintendent, whose appointment went into effect Monday, Mon-day, and districts 3 and 4, from Pocatello Po-catello to Huntington, are controlled by J F Barnes, assistant superintendent, superintend-ent, with headquarters in Xampa. Mr McGovern, who is the only new man appointed In making the change in the management of the division, di-vision, came from ihe Southern Pacific, Pa-cific, where he was in the construction construc-tion department for years. He has also had experience in the operating department, naving been superintendent su-perintendent of a division on the Southern Pacific for a short time before be-fore entering the construction department depart-ment The division of duties cm the road was deemed advisable on account of the heavy Increase of traffic. |