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Show $1,150 from the Oregon Short Lino and a check for $250 from the San Pedro or Clark road. The jay of Southern Pacific superintendents superin-tendents runs from $foo up; Union Pacific superintendents draw from $350 up. and Oregon Short Lino superintendents su-perintendents draw from $250 up. With the retirement of this class of officials, at a pension of one-third of the salaries referred to. it will bc ob-forved ob-forved that any or all of them ran get along nicely without any danger of the grim wolf passing them during their lifetime. IMPORTANT CHANGES ON U. P. WHITNEY HAS BEEN OFFERED A HIGHER POSITION. Salaries Paid the Big Officials and Division Superintendents Promotions Pro-motions for a Number of Men. The recent rumors that have been afloat regarding contempliCJed changes on tho Harrlman system in tho west are stimulate! by the announcement that J. O. BrlnkerhofY, superintendent of tho Kansas division, has been retired re-tired from active service, and will bo succeed! on that Important division of the Union Pacific by A. F. Vickroy of the Colorado division of the system. It Is also rumored that W. A. Whitney of the Utah division has been proffered prof-fered the position vacated by Superintendent Superin-tendent Vickroy, with headquarters at Denver, but the Impression obtains pretty generally that Mr. Whitney Is slated for a still-more Important position, posi-tion, and will remain where ho Is, with headquarters at Ogden, until the changes expected during the next few months locate hlra In a different sphero of usefulness to the . Harrlman management. man-agement. Superintendent Brlnkorhoff, who Is retiring from the Kansas division, is a veteran employe of the Union Pacific Pa-cific company, and is laid on tho shelf owiug to the age limit. It is believed that this method of retiring re-tiring faithful officials of the Harrlman Harrl-man lines, when they reach the age of 70 jears. will be extended over the western system within the next few months and will Include several high officials now la harness who are known to have exceeded tho scriptural age of three score and ten years. When employes of the Harriman system are honorably retired after faithful service they "are Usually kept on Ihe payroll at one third of the sal ary drawn while in active service, and this Is amply sufficient to maintain them during lifetime. j In this connection, it will be of Interest In-terest to learn that General Manager Mohler, of the Union Pacific road, draws a monthly salarv of about $1,-400; $1,-400; E. E. Calvin is said to receive a check each month for something over $1,000; W. H. Bancroft is ' credited with receiving a monthly check of |