The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-28

NEW YORK. Dec. -.-Tt Is officially ar
roGrcsd that Horace G. Burt. thira vice
president oe the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, has heen selected for tae prsss-
ee2cy CT tfae Uai0n Paslac. Burt's esac-
tioa as president = expected % carry into
effect the policy determined upon BY me
reorganization committee. when II WAS
supposed that Clark ~oga6 D. able 10 coa-
iinae II ire management ot me property.
but VICE Is impossible ow4ns 70 Clark :
in-Acal1h-
More fAan fortnight ago. waea It was
announced thai Mr. Burt would De chosen
70 tne presidency of the UnIea Pacific as
reors2nlzsd. strenuous denials came from
many quarters
Il was alleged that Mr.. Burt was 20
closely allied With waat are called Van
derbllt inreresss' thar 20 make him presi-
dent of the CElon Paeide wogid be 70 place
thAE lRa practically under tAe same man
agenent SIS the New York Central. the
Lake Shore and the Caica 30 s. Northwest
era. Il was further asserted that this
woaid oe mistaken Eolicy. as l. would
tend % divert from I7e Cnioa Pacific sup
port which II .as hitherto received from
ihs Rock Island, the Burlington. tie s..
Paul and Other great roads that center II
Co4Gc4l Blu1s as the principal Missouri
river ro.nt- I; Was pointed cut ta2t all
these roads had terminals AZ Kansas City
and could taro1 a large volume of Pac4ac
Goa - ksogxrs tsgzzneSz fhat vay
The board o. directors i 10 lnclu ie
Wlnslow :. Pierce, chairman, James Sui
UaG- Marvin H4zhitt, Roswell Miller, e
II Hartman, Loals Fitzgerald, Henry E
Hyde, JOAN ". Loare. Otgo II. kuhr. :.
jefferson Coolidge. 5r-s George J. Gould.
Oliver Arnes. George =. Cannon and jacob
II Shift. Oliver ". Mink IS 20 - vies
president, 81 charge of the New York CT
ice.
TIE opinlcr ia New York today. 50 far
as can bs gathered thus Early. 5 th2t the
directory has been carefully made Up 50
&s % discount any other objections 10
Mr.. B@rt as president. WiI=zcw :. Pierce
IS Nel known lawyer. ard has = great
deal 20 CO with the Gould interests n he
Missouri Pacl1c interests James sill
1a&n q he 6rEa of StillweII & Hubbard
las iarEe holdings q Southern Pacific sa-
cu<.gfes, Marvin EugnitI Is president os
the Chicago ~ S0rthwasS err. and Ross " L
MILF of tAe Chiesgo Milwaukee & S.
Paul n 4htle (. H Hartman = ora oe he
managing directors of The Illinois Central.
louis Fitzgerald .s president of ths Ner-
cassI3e Trast Company. q thls ciyy. and
Henry =. Hyde president of the Equitable
Life Assurance Company. John W. Doana
= \ Tea kaow1 cap31a3tst 0f Chicago and
"a T-isway organizer osto Z. Kuhn Is ot
:Ae financial Arm oE KHAN. Loeb & Co
While =. Jefferson Coolidge represents :
wiga Oliver Ans thA Am=s interest a13
ua@Uy r. the NJ EnE.Ac2 Aoid.nSS
GEORGE Gould = president % ts- Missouri
FSci&r GecrEe =, Cannoa. of Utah. 3
cre5t,e3 wa-h r2t1eh WORK = the reo-Sa nj
Eat,or plan jacob X SchlrS. ore g the
veo-ga -z8t n committee. IS IL close ouch
v3sA J =. Morgan & -. Oliver " MAX
was ere 81 the receivers bef2ge he reor-
een zat,oc ard subsequent - the selling
Of tha road 20 c1e syndicate
I; VII ce sean that tae rev hoa-i en-
braces - many whose Interests ara o.
posed 20 any siaEie or dominant coutro.
- tne Tnlcr Pzctac thai &C call it a par;
et rsa Tzreects't system woGld 10. oe
1v,s Ia G2cs o. theory.