Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-26
OREGON SHORT LINE.
Announcement Of officials for the New
Road.
EFFICIENT MEN ARE SELECTED,
Including L. l.. Calvin, 5. w. Rcclcs,
ID. L. Burnley and Oihtr Wen
Known BalrOaders.

Tho announcement OF the general
officers Of the now Oregon Short Liue
systgm has been awaited with interest,
and there appears to be general feel
ing Of satisfaction with the new
officers 30 far az they are made pubic.
At the meeting OF the Reorganization
committee held in Boston on Wednee.
day, General Manager Bancroft was
elected vice president Of the company,
and some other 1floers were decided
upon.
Mr. Bancroft has now made public
tho Ulcers selected, all OF whom are
RAILROAD men Of recognized ability, gs
follows:
For general superintendent and
superintendent of Telegraph, E. Il.
Calvin, at present general supervision.
tendent of the international & Great
Northern railway, with hea1quarters
ut Palestine, Texas, and formerly
superintendent Of the Idaho division
OF the Union Pacific. For long
time he was divsIon uperiatendent
| ON the Missouri Pacific.
s. w. Eocles, wnO hes held many
| important positions in leading western
rallwaye, will be general traffic man
ager. He now holds the position OIL
asaistant general freight agent OF the
| Union Pacific, with heauqunrtgie al
Salt Lake.
David e hurley, general passenger
| L. N
Lake, Is the choice Tor gener vi pRssen-
| ger and ticket acent. He has been
connected with the Union Pacific for
| nineteen year, and mas been IN Salt
Lake since 1881.
For chief eaginser, J. G. O'Mel-
veny, now aasistBnt engineer of the
| mc untAin division, with headquarters
| Of Ogdsu. He mas had much expert
! ence with various roads, In the loca-
| ton OF new lines aud general con.
| struGtiOn WORK.
j. Il. Dunn, ussistsnt superintendent
| o. I.O,lve power on the mountain
division VI the Union Pacific, will be
| superintendent OF motive power Tor the
new -mpany.
For general claim agent, l.. j.
Fisher, now local claim agent on the
Union Pacific mountain division, al
POcaieilo, Idaho.
For general purchasing agent, Ira U.
| Rhodes, who is assistant purchasing
agent for the Union Pacific tt
Omahn.
For general car accountant, W. d.
Lincolo, now doing this class Of work
Ut Omabu.
Fox general tax agent, J. L. Evans,
| also in the Omaha Office.
For experimentation OF buildings anu
BRIDGE, j. M. j. nuett, now holding
| that posu1n at Pocalello,
For general baggage agent, Il. @.
| Sworlwocd, who is at present baggage
master a. salt Lake.
These appointments were made pub.
| lie after Off e hours last evening, anu
the new Uilicers in this city uld no.
receive official noiice OF 1t until they
reached tneir offices this mQrning.
The offices OF auditor, local treasurer
anu attorney have not yet been filed,
or at least the general manager has
| not been authorized to make the an
| nOunoemelI, but he expects TO receive
word within lew days. There is
| little uoubt that Mr.. z. Il. Williams
| will be the attorney ior the company.
Now that the heads of most OF the
departments have been appointed,
preparations Will no doubt be made for
the transfer Of the Short Line system
70 The new organization, which 10 eX-
peeled TO take place on March l5Ih.
The force TO be employed in the several
departments Will number about 100
persons, to be selected by the heads Of
departments anu the headquarters Will
be In this city, The employees Will be
selected ana everything will be in
readiness at the proper time for the
Short Lilac to begin operations as an
Independent systems.