Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-07
WILL THEY ALL COZ
The Minneapolis Times Dis
charges all the N. p.
a. Officials.

lD0 Nl1lluSu pOIS0 AIuS0 puO'0Hoc
daily soma sensational statements
about}tne Great Northern or. North
ern Pacific. One OF the latest pieces
OF news ia about a general cleaning
I0ut of the head officials of the
Northern Pacific. 1t comes as TEL
gram from the ''staff correspondent"
OF the Times In New York, and Is as
follows: -.
Despite denials, it Ia hard to avoid
the conclusion that there will be q
very decided change in the personnel
Of. the, Northern Pacific executive
when the rare days Of June are to
the fore. =
The news that President Winter
will not succeed himself has been
discounted. 1t can now be stated
with equal positiveness that General
Manager Kendrick, Traffic Manager
Hannaford. ex-Receiver and Present
Chief Engineer McHenry and Land
Commissioner Phipps will be free to
make other arrangements.
1t ia probable that GenerafFreight
Agent Moore will also he supplanted
AMI Of his heads III departments only
Baird. assistant general freight
agent. and one other, whose name Is
not given. will remain in their pres
ent places.
1t is stated with q good deal OF
positiveness that General Passenger
Agent Fee can stay where he is II he
no elects. as he probably will.
SMALL EARNINGS THE REASON.
Specific reasons for this wholesale
change are hard to obtain. 1t 10
we'll, known, no viewer, that the per-
sistent drop in earnings Ut the in
coming of the present regime is the
general reason.
As to Hannaford, it ia further said
in some quarters, that, admirable
railroad man as' he IL, and long and
varied as has been his service to the
Northern Pacific. there is dissatis-
faction In that he has paid too much
attention to through business.
which does not pay, to the neglect
of comparatively local business,
which ia always remunerative. He
is charged with exDcnding too large
a share of effort to get business from
competing points, and not fostering
the traffic "all aiong the line" SO to
speak.
OF Kendrick and McHenry, it ia
alleged that they have interests,
plans and ambitions outside Of the
road and it's management. and willis
no dislovalty is even limited at, it ia
believed said interests have Inter-
ferred to the detrin>ent OF the road.
1t should be well understood that
these things are stated, not as
being SO, but as reported as beingso.
1t is fair to say that the sources of
information are far away and be-
yond mere gossiping.
As to MI. Hannafcrd, 1t is said
that he has been offered and will
probably accept high position ON an
eastern trunk line, not the Erie, with
which his name was connected a
year ago, where conditions as to
local and through traffic, as obtain
ing on the Northern Pacific. don't
exist.
1t is strenuously denied. and u.s.
serted with equal, or grea ter, posi-
tiveness that j. j. Hill has the
making of the new Northern Pacific
slate, and Is responsible for the oft
cial decapitations in prospect.
The Minneapolis Journal of Friday
contained the following from New
York:
At meeting Of the directors of the
Northern Pacific Railway company,
held here today, E. W. Winter pre-
scented his resignation as president
Of the company.
He gave as his reason his knOWl-
edge that people other than those
whoscontrolled when he was elected
last une had secured large interest
in the securities OF the road and he
did not believe that he would be in
sympathy with them.
Mr.. Winters resignation was not
accepted, but was laid upon the
table.
At the Office OF J.. p. Morgan & Co.,
the following statement was made:
''ln an interview this week, we as
sured Mr.. Winter that II he rem aimed
with the property hs should continue
to have our entire confidence and
fullest support, but for reasons given
by him, and none others, he has ten
dered his resignation. You may
state this without reservation, the
stock of the Northern Pacific Rail
way company is held by five voting
trustees, J. p. Morgan, George Sic
mems, August Belmont, johnson