Show 11 THE UNION PACIFIC that which has been foreshadowed foreshadower fore shadowed for a month past a change in the presidency of the union pacific has bee at last come mr adams steps out after firing off a little valedictory j message and mr dillon stepa steps in with the usual amount of surprise at the unexpected honor etc the rumors have grown into bard facts 1 I and mr goulde goulds bold hold on the union pacific can no longer ba be questioned exactly how tha the placing of mr dillon again at the head ol 01 the road is going to be a vindication ol 01 hie his old methods dees not appear 1 bet but we are not aware that eo f very much of his past record needs vindication it is true that the administration adi ridi I 1 of charles francis adams came in at a time when a chance change was needed but it has certainly continued till a change is needed ain again THE tiar STANDARD DAnD looks look for the sweeping away of many of the incongruities that have been fostered under the late regime and for marked improvements in several important branches of the service the retiring president has had his hobbies and has cantered them over the road to tho the dismay and destruction of many a fondly nurtured and highly proper hope as to the policy which the great railroad system would I 1 pursue his ilia influence has been of a rather negative character and has las been not at all courageously exerted his talk has been curiously contradictory dic tory and his promises promie cs magnificently ill kept without the quick and bunt decision that must belong to all men who successfully manage large enterprises he has specially steered around and around the most important issues until from cheer sheer dizziness the onlookers have prayed him to stop somewhere anywhere long enough et at least to take be bearings if there ari arc reasons why the union pacific is hampered more than some other roads there are also reasons why it has an incalculable advin advantage taie of any others the obstacles mr adami adams has been seen and he has honestly tried to remove them but the advantages have not been exercised to their fullest extent and therein haboc has occurred the diminished income which is so freely talked of by tho the new potentates ten tates we ahall aeo in bow far the gould and dillon administration will score an improvement and shall ba be pleased to record every success in bettering the service without doing EO be at tho the expense of the patron |