St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-15

circular, dated Aug. l. the extension OF
General Passenger Agent Whitney's
jurisdiction over that line. On Aug. 10
General Manager Warren issued a cir
cular announcing that lie had appointed
ID. Mclean as general superintendent
of the Montana Central and operated
lines.
Today there will appear circular
| from General Manager Warren's office.
effective at once. which verities the
view taken by this paper several weeks
ago. 1t divides the Great Northern
system into three grand districts,
with general superintendent over
each. This retires General Superlnten-
| dent Bryan. who cannot. under the new
management, be really said to have any
successor. These districts are as fol-
lows: The Disseminating in all lines
east of Hayre, Mont; the Western
including the Pacific extension from
Havre TO Everett. and the Pacific coast
lines. The third district covers the
Montana Central, and includes the
Montana Central proper and the lines
operated by it.
There Will also appear today another
circular. reading as follows:
st. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 1.-THE fol-
lowing appointments are made, in effect
Aug. 10, 1891: E. w. McKenna. gsu-
eral superintendent Eastern district;
}. ID. Farrell, general SUPERINTENDENT
Western district. c. Il. WARREN.
General Manager"
From another department will come
the following:
"Great Northern Railway Line, East
ern Railway Company OF Minnesota
q. .. Soners is hereby appointed as
SIstant general freight agent. effective
this date, vice p. A. Rockwell, resigned.
wv. w. FINLEY,
General Traffic Manager"
''St. Paul, Aug. Is, 1851"
BY the extension OF General Passe1-
ger Agent Whitpey'S jurisdiction over
the Eastern Railway OF Minnesota, and
also that of MIR. SomerS as assistant
general freight agent over the same
line, Mr.. Rockwell is totally relieved, las
he held both offices under Mr.. AleXall-
der. By the dividing OF the line into
three districts, not only is MIR. Bryan
renewed of the general Superintend-
ency, but large number of division
Superintendents, like Othello, will prob
ably lind their occupations gone.
Brief Biographies.
r. w. Bryan, the retiring general
superintendent of the Great Northern,
was born at Fostoria, o., Sept. 10, 1913.
He served with the Chicago, Burlington
d Quincy in Iowa from 1870 to 1882, i'll
the various capacities of train dispatch
er. station agent. conductor, etc. In
January, 1882. he entered the service OF
the Great Northern, which company lie
has served as train dispatcher, assistant
uperlntendent, division superintend-
ent. assistant general superintendent,
and finally as general superintendent,
to which office he was promoted on Dec.
l, 1898, succeeding MIR. Case. He states
that lie has no plans for the future, bui
will take good rest-the first in twenty.
four years. This fall he will go with
his family TO Southern California and
there spend the winter.
p. A. Rockwell, from 1878 to August,
1875, was clerk and operator Tor the
Milwaukee road at Lake City, Mimi.
From August. 1873, to May, 1882, he
served as station agent for the same
road at Lake City. In May, 1882, he
was made chief clerk in the general
freight aud ticket office of the St. Paul
d Duluth, in this city, which position
he occupied until June. 1888. He was
then promoted to the position of assist
ant general freight agent Of the Duluth
road. Here he remained until Sep
TENDER, 1888, when he entered into the
service of the Eastern Railway of Min
| nesuta as assistant general freight anc
passenger agent, remaining until the
present time.
Sketch of McKenna
AS Mr.. McKenna, superintendent O
| the Eastern district, in which st. Pau
| is included, will have his headquarters
| here. the following from tile Milwaukee
Sentinel is of interest:
| E. W. McKenHa is not quite forty
| four yeats old. He was born in Pitts
| burg, Pa. and was educated at st. Vim
| cents college, In Western Pennsylvania
| He entered the service of the Pennsyl
! yanla railroad company at an early ag,
| and became telegraph operator Afte
a short service with the Pennsylvania
company he went, in 1864, at the age o
| fourteen. into the army aS United
States military telegrapher. He wa
stationed during the war at differen
points along the military railroads il
| Eastern Virginia and at various arm,
| headquarters. He did a telegrapher'
duty in front of Petersburg, at the
headquarters of the Twenty fiftl
! corps, and also at the head
quarters Of the army of the James river
After the war he re-entered the service
of the Pennsylvania company as tele,
| graph operator, and was shortly after.
wards promoted to the position of trair
! dispatcher at Pittsburg. Then he be
| came secretary to the general manage
| OF the pennsylvania company and wa
located at Columbus, D.
Feb. l, 1872. Mr.. McKenna was ap
pointed superintendent of the Indianap
oils IL VincenneS railroad, line ownet
by The Pennsylvania company, and tool
I up his residence at indianapolis. Ii
this position he remained until May |
1880. when he was promoted to tn
uperintendency of the Jeffersonville
Madison & indianapolis railroad, witt
headquarters at Louisville, KY. In thi
position he remained until shortly be
fore entering the service of the st. Pau
| road.
Mr.. KcKenna went to the st. Pau
road and to Milwaukee June l, 1887
having been appointed superintendent
of the Prairie du Chieu u Minera
Point division. At the end of min,
months, March l, 1888, he was promoted
| to the Superlntendency of the l..
Crosse q Wisconsin Valley division
the most important division of the st
Paul system, now separated into TIVE
| divisions. AS such he continued unit
Oct. /, 1890, when the st. Paul roat
bought and absorbed the Milwaukee 4
| Northern. Mr.. McKenna was thel
appointed assistant general superin
tendent. and placed in charge of the so
called middle district, which embrace:
the La Crosse, Prairie du Chen, Min
| eral Point, Northern Wisconsin anC
Lake Superior divisions.