Show The Southern Pacific Reducing ix pcnscs SAX FJUNCISCO June lSThe Southern Pacific Company has found it necessary to further reduce operating expenses It is sated that since the beginning of the present year 2r 00 employes have been asked to resign re-sign The company has now decided to abolish several departments and dispense with a numbers of prominent officials who have been connected with the road since its first days Among those who will resign on July 1st are W H Porter general auditor Edwin M Uniltou master of transportation O C Wheeler general baggage agent Win Hood chief engineer on the Central Pacific George E Gray chief engineer on the Southern South-ern Pacific and others less prominent The explanation of it is that business all kinds has fallen off The actual traffice of the five months this year is far below estimates and it is aflimied that the operating expanses have been in excess of receipts |