The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-21
SKETCH OF LEROY TRlCE.

| Tho following is brief sketch OF tho
| proposed successor to T. Nj. Campbell of the
| International ard Great Northern:
Leroy Tricc, tho new general superin-
| tendent, who takes charge May 70, was
| born December 6, 1858, near Port Royal
| Caroline county. Virginia He was edu-
Gated in the Rappahannock academy in
Virginia and entered the .ailway service
| In 1869 as gang foreman on the construc-
| ton of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
between White sulphur Springs ard Hunt
ington. W. Va. Sincc that time he has
been employed consecutively 10 1873 as SUI
perintondent OF construction for contrac-
tors of the Chesapeake and Ohio. and from
1873 TO 1890 with the Texas and Pacific
as brakeman, section foreman, construction
train foreman, supervisor, district road
master and conductor TO 1890, when he was
appointed division superintendent OF the
eastern division of the Texas end Pacific.
with headquarters at Marshall. He is said
to be a thorough operating man, who
knows his business from the ground up.
Dallas. Texas, May 20.-The report that
General Manager l.. S. Thorne of the
Texas and Pacific Is TO be made general
manager OF the Gould lines in Texas, in
Guiding the Texas and Pacific. the Inter
national and Great Northern and the St,
Louis and Southwestern tor Cotton Belt
railways, with headquarters in Dallas, Is
generally believed In this city. The people
of Dallas have been taking steps today
to use their influence with George Gould
toward bringing it about. Whether such an
office is created in the near future or not.
matters little with the situation. Mr..
Thorne is looking after all the Gould in
terests and the new officials going to the
international and Great Northern because
OF General Manager T. Nj. Camp/ll's
resignation are men whom he has ap-
pointed. He is practically supreme in au-
thori'y over International and Great North
ern affairs already.
The fact that Leroy G.. Tricc. superin-
tendent Of the eastern division OF the
Texas and Pacific. with headquarters at
Marshall Texas. Is to succeed General
Manager Campbell. but that his title Is
TO be general superintendent adds strength
to tho belief that Mr.. Thorne is 10 be put
at the head OF the entire Gould system In
Texas.
Other changes in the management of the
roads can be announced "a follows:
George l.. Noble. chief clerk in Thorne's
Dallas office, to be assistant general SUI
Of the International and Great
Northern. with headquarters at Palestine;
j. n. Paul superintendent of the western
division of the Texas and Pacific, head
at Big Springs. 10 be superin-
tendent OF the eastern division OF the same
line. headquarters at Marshall; Elijah
Campbell train master OF the eastern d.
vision of the Texas and Pacific. to be SUI
of the western division.
If Mr. Thorne assumes concentrated con-
troll of the affairs OF The Gould system, of |
which there is scarcely doubt General
Passenger and Ticket Agent l.. p. Turner !
Of the Texas and Pacific will 20 to the |
head of the passenger department of the 4.
consolidated system. 'she above changes
md others that are looked for in rapid |
succession have caused the greatest ex-
,iterrcnt in Texas railroad circles.