New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-02
DECLINED BY MIR. CLAIM
u1-HEA1.TH PREVENTS ACCEPTANCE Or
UNION PACIFIC PRESIDENCY
OTHER NAMES MENTIONED IN CoNN~' '''''
WITH THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WITH THE PIIACE--Rtoh"H"
OF THE PROPERTY
St. Louis Dec. Is. H. II. Ciark' one Vi ~"
ce,vors of the Union Pacific Railroad. TO-DAY III"
nounced that. owing to il-heaith ne hau ieIu'.N
an offer OF the presidency OF that company ""ue
nv the REORGANIZATION Committee.
omaba Neb Dec LIT Is believed here tnat
tho change of the Union Pacific to Its new owners
will be followed by complete reorganizat'ot' ine
purchasers Of the Union Pacific were lorceo "
nav sIs 10000 more for the property than they haa
counted on The only way they can get that oack
IS to work It out OF the property To accomplish
successfully this tremendous task reorganiza-
ton OF the railroad will. It is said be aosoiu'ey
necessary. though the reorganizauon "aS
gradual There Is good deal or taik aoou.
Northwestern man TO take charge OF the p'ope'S'
presumably based on the fact that Marvin Husn-
g., prosidcnt of the Northwestern. is the only
active railroad man the committee haVihs
temporary charge OF the road. But Winsio" D
Pierce attorney for the Gould interests ~ A'so
a. member Of that committee.
,rbere hcs been n great deal OF talk about the
probability Of the election OF Horace NJ Butt
th,rd vice-presIdent Of the Northwestern. to the
Union Pacific presidency. Those who predict Dur.
election urge that President HuShtt WANTS "
take care OF ii. II. Mccullough. general 'Faihc
manager OF the Northwestern. by making MIN
third ylce-presdent TO succeed Mr.. Burt. Edwin
W. Winter formerly president OF the Northern
Pacific. is still named BY those very familiar with
railroad matters OF an executive nature. Ihey
nredlct the election OF Mr. Winter either as presi-
dent of tho rcorganzed Union Pacific or as CHAIR,
man OF the Board OF Directors The lists are nheu
with nearly half dozen candidates and IN al, al
rea sonable probability, they seem 10 run Hhs
this: Edwin W Winter. Horace q. Burt, Edware
Dickinson William II. Truesdale and oliver w.
Mink. . ~ r, y.,. 10.
opened an ONCE hero in the same building with me
Flkhorn officers, but another floor. ana ~ there
ensconccd with n private secretary ana clerks MI
Rurt returned this city this afternoon IN com.
pany with General Superintendent Brlnkerhon OF
the Kansas Pacific. The two had JUST cohipieteu
nm inspection OF the Kansas Pacific line. having
gone over IL thoroughly all the way from Kansas
City TO Denver.
Boston. Mass. Dec l.-Treasurcr Harris or the
Union Pacific Railroad Company was seen here
to-day and said that tho rumored changes con-
corning the presidency and management OF the
road were news TO him. and he was lhcH'eu "
think that there truth In them Oiver
Amcs who is on the Committee OF REORGANIZATION;
said that so far as he knew the presidency mao
neve- bcen offered 10 Mr. Clark HE maine nad
never come before the Committee on heorsah'Aa-
ton.
A member OF tho Union Pacific Reorganization
Committee Yesterday said that no ono had YET
ho.n selected FOR president OF tho rcorganlzed COM
,.nv In Mace OF $ II. IT. Clark II was true that
ihc name OF Edwin W. Winter had been suggested
hi, other names had also been presented.
Tifty uer cent OF the amount paid IN Dy the Union
Pacific Railway underwriting syndicate nas V D.,
returned with interest at per cent IAN 'nut
Tho REORGANIZATION Committee VIII not pln lor iIc
Kansas Pacific Division at the foreclosure sac -
said not 10 be well founded