The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-17

st. Louis and IL now president Of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation com-
pany. c. H Warren succeeded Mr..
Mohler on h Great Northern He 10
Central Of New Jersey. and the Rail-
way Age has recently mad some re-
marks in regard to the record which
he has mad with hat company. Their
came j. M Barr. who was very soon
taken by h Norfolk & Western to
become vice president and general
manager. w. w. Finley was in charge
Of trafic on the Great Northern when
he went to the second vice presidency
Of he Southern railway. His success
sor. w. H. Newman. was chosen for
president OF the Lake Shore. and now
Russell Harding goes to the 81. Louis
Southwestern. 1t n a long and inter-
equally conspicuous cases which I have
overlooked.
OF course there may be differences of
opinion as to what the cause of il In. In
some OF h cases. as, for instance. that
OF Mr.. Finley and Of Mr.. Newman. h
connection with the Great Northern
had not been long enough. perhaps. for
IL to have had any great influence on
the character or competence of those
gentlemen. but in some OF the other
cases. and. in fact, most of them, serv-
ice on the Great Northern had consti
tuted a great part of their railroad ed
ucation. 1t may be that Mr.. Hill In a
most capable judge OF good men. and
has the faculty of selecting them. II
may be that service under Mr.. Hill ID
a most valuable experience and tends
to make the kind of men that every
railroad wants. 1t may be. again. that
h success of Mr.. Hill and the Great
Northern has been SO much talked
about hat railroad men. and especially
railroad dirorfnrc hoNa Qfrnnlv rot n
general idea that men from the Great
Northern must be good men to have:
or. finally. ii may be only a series OF
accidents. But whatever the underly-
ing reasons are. the facts stand and
they ought to be somewhat gratifying
to Mr.. Hill.
The story comes from Omaha that
the appointment Of Chief Engineer
Berry of the Union Pacific as consult
ing engineer of the Short Line means
that Chief Engineer O'Melveny of the
latter road will be subordinate to Mr..
Berry.
The Bee of that city has the follow
ing interesting gossip concerning the
natter:
That the Union Pacific railroad is
gradually securing control of the Ore
gon Short Line appears to be made
more certain every day. The latest an
nouncement along this line is the APP
pointment of John IL. Berry, chief en-
gineer of the Union Pacific. as consult
ing engineer OF the Oregon Short lin
THE appointment will be effective on
Nov. II. but IL has already been an
nounced by General Manager Bancroft
Of h oregon Short Line. Mr.. Berry
left here for the West in his private
car on Friday. and il is thought he will
be I'm Salt Lake City within a few days
to assume formal charge of the en-
cheering department of the oregon
hort Line. His principal ONCE viii
still be maintained in this city. but he
will also have an office in Salt Lake
City. John c. O'Melveny, at present
chief engineer of the Short Line. and
formerly division engineer Of the Union
Pacific in charge OF the Short Line
work. will remain In his present posi-
ton. but will be subordinate to Mr..
Berry. and will report to him."