The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
A CHANGE MADE.
Mr.. Macleod Succeeds Maj. Tom
Anderson
As Assistant General Passenger
Agent of the Rock Island.
Maj. Anderson Given Other
Duties at Equal Pay.

Major T. ]. Anderson. assistant gem
eraI passenger agent of the Rock IS
land. with headquarters in Topeka, has
been deposed and the place given 10
Eben E Macleod, now southeastern
passenger agent of the Rock Island,
with headquarters at Pittsburg, who
viii come to Topeka
The change was made because Ma
iOr Anderson has not been able to do
as much travelling as general passenger
agent. John Sebastian considered nee
essary to attend to the business in the
territory west Of the Missouri river
Major Anderson viii be general
agent OF the Rock Island in Topeka,
the position he occupied before he was
made assistant general passenger agent
It may be stated that the cnauSe Is
perfectly satisfactory TO Major An
derson. Nearly every time he has leff
Topeka for q business trip during the
past year or two he has been taken sick
and he has protested against being sent
out Of town so often It was this that
prompted the change. The salary OF
Major Anderson viii rot be reduced.
The first intimation Major Anderson
had that change was to be made was
a private letter received from Mr. Sc
bastian early this month In the letter
the general passenger agent eInphaSlzeQ
the Importance OF having a young and
active man in charge OF the western
business on account of the sharp COM
petition and the necessity to do great
deal of travelling.
Mr.. Sebastian assured Major Ander-
son of his confidence and asked his
opinion about the proposed change
Major Anderson at once notified the
general passenger agent that the
change would be perfectly satisfactory
TO him and the appointment OF MrMac-
Leod followed at once.
There is question whether or not
Capt A. NJ. Fuller. who is now in
charge of the local business will be re
tanned in that department OF not There
is an intimation that he viii be trans
ferred either to some other depart
ment or some other point along the
line but this has not Yet been deter
mined.
Major Anderson was seen this morn
ing but declined to discuss the change
at length You can say, said he
that this change is Perfectly SatiSfac-
tory to me. The new position is the
one held before received the appoint
ment as assistant general passenger
agent. Travelling is very hard on me
and have been unable to do as much
as I might but I am very well satisfied
with the business of the road west Of
the Missouri river which VIII show an
increase during the past year The
work is very hard. There are over 25O
stations on the line west Of the river
and these all have to be looked after
and I am not sorry that l am relieved
from the duty"
While Major Anderson is named as
general agent of the Rock Island IN
| Topeka. it is by no means certain that
he viii long remain in that position
While he says that he will accept the
new position some Of MS friends init
mate that it Will not be long until he
| will quit the railroad business entire
| " He has been with the Rock Island
ever since that road reached Topeka
and his friends say that he is decide dly
/ tired of railrOading- 1t has also been
Iea fe to - a
/ pointment but this he emphatically de-
MES.
/ The new assistant general passenger
1 AGENT who VIII take his place January
| is not known in Topeka Major Ander-
| son says that he met him once while
! on an eastern excursion but he has no
/ distinct recollection OF the new PasSen-
! ger agent except that he IS a young
! man Mr. Macleod is now southeast
/ ern passenger agent of the RICK IS
4 land with headquarters at Pitts burg.
| Pa He is 81 years Of age, native of
/ Nova Scotia and has been in the rail-
/ road service for y years, beginning as
/ clerk in the Boston Office of the Grand
! Trunk in 1882. 1n 1883 ne became a
| ticket clerk for the Boston & Albany at
/ Boston: in 1889. travelling passenger
| agent of the Rock Island. with head
/ quarters at Boston; in 1882 Canadian
/ agent of the Rock 1SIanu- with neSd-
/ Quarters in Montreal. and in 1895, south
| eastern gent OF the Rock Island
/ Major Anderson is perhaps the best
( known railroad man in Kansas He
/ has not only been prominent in rail-
| road business but has made a mark in
! politics. HIS first defeat came when Cy
/ Leland was appointed pension agent
over Major Anderson. who had received
/ almost the unanimous endorsement OF
! the old soldiers Of the west Since
( then there have been rumOrs that 1t
| would either be made governor Of the
/ Soldiers Home or United States mar
/ shall He says he has no faith in any
/ Of these reports He has been one Of the
I most active members of the Committee
/ of Fifteen and has done much to make
4 both the first and second Fan Festivals
| sIc.eaSSeS.