The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-15
CHANGE IN PRESIDENCY
Rllmor That Judge Cornish Will
Retire
FROM OREGON SHORT LINE
Mr. Hartman Named as His Successor.
Ashton May Be Appointed to
Succeed c.. O'Mel-
vaney.

| the Oregon Short Line to the effect
| that Judge Cornish will retire and Mr..
Hartman will take his place. The
Salt Lake Tribune publishes the fol-
| lowing on the subject:
For some weeks it has been per-
sistently rumored that Judge w. D.
| Cornish. having other plans in view,
| would retire from the presidency of
| the Oregon Short Line. The statement
! has been repeated over and over again
and 1t now appears that Chairman e.
H. Hartman is likely to succeed
Judge Cornish, but not that Mr. Har-
riman wishes to assume any further
burdens, but rather to relieve Judge
| Cornish, who is needed in other ca
! pacities on the great transcontinental
| sytem of which the Short Line is now
part What assignment will be given
| to President Cornish is matter of
| conjecture, but owing to his value to
| the company he will, Of course, remain
in some executive capacity. Should Mr..
| Hartman succeed him it would mean
| either that he is taking the office as a
| temporary measure or else a general
| reorganization is about to be started.
| In the latter event it might mean
Judge Cornish's transfer to the O. r.
| & N.
whatever may be the outcome, there
| IS no reason to doubt that the impor-
| tant change in the Short Line presi-
dency is to occur very soon. but the
matter is being kept secret, if known,
| by the local officials, and nothing can
| be obtained here on the subject
No successor to the late ]. c.
oC,Melvency as chief engineer of the
Short Line has yet been appointed, but
according to the following from the
| Salt Lake papers, the position will be
! filled with j. B. Berry or D. s. Ash
| ton:
| Tribune: 1T is now thought that ].
B. Berry will be made chief engineer
| of the Oregon Short Line and by di-
viding his time between Omaha and
Salt Lake, can attend to both roads.
| A complete office force would be main
tanned here and division engineers
would work on almost the same lines
as heretofore. There has been some
talk of d. II. Ashton, who is on the St
Anthony line, but it is not likely that
he will receive the appointment, al
though he may remain in the West as
a division officer"
Herald: 1T seems pretty we'll de-
cided that D. S. Ashton, who at pres
ent is the engineer in charge of the
work upon the st. Anthony branch,
will be appointed by Vice President
Bancroft to succeed the late J. c.
O'Melveney as chief engineer of the
Oregon Short Line. Mr.. Bancroft was
out of the city yesterday. but the 9TH
er officials when asked what were Ash
tons chances, refused to discuss the
matter. although they limited that his
appointment would not in the least sur
prise them.
When John B. Berry, who is the
chief engineer of the Union Pacific and
the consulting engineer of the Short
Line was here recently, he highly in
dorsed Mr.. Ashton. He was summon
ed here from Omaha to advise with Mr.
Bancroft upon the matter. and what
makes it most probable that Ashton
will be appointed is the fact that Mr.
Bancroft also had him in mind 1t is
known that the vice president thinks
very highly of his work and that he
entertains very high personal regard
for him. not only as a man, but also on
account of his ability as an engineer.
This. combined with the fact that Ash
ton was recommended by Berry, makes
his appointment almost a certainty
Mr. Ashton was secured by the Short
Line from the Union Pacific, where he
made an enviable reputation for him
self as most capable engineer"
The annual report of the Northern
Pacific Beneficial association. just pub
lished, shows a very considerable in
crease in the work accomplished by
that organization. President Kimber-
~ and Secretary Laidlaw. who unite in
the report, give the receipts for the
year ending June so, 1899, as sS9,1415s,
and the disbursements as SS6,S71.51
leaving balance of s2,207.01. Both the
receipts and the expenditures are larg-
er than for the preceding year, but the
balance remaining is small, owing to
the very great increase in the number
or cases treated, as shown by the fol-
lowing table for the year ending June
80:
Cases treated at Brainerd
hospital ........ 2325 1879
Cases treated at Missoula
hospital 49,. 1376
Cases treated by line sur ''''
geons, eastern division 9677 7S6S
Cases treated by line sur
geons, western division S.4O5 e3e6
totals. .......... ......22,131 1859
The use of track tanks by which
locomotives of high-speed passenger
trains may take water without stop
ping is almost universal on the larger
eastern roads, where fast expresses are
the rule. The Baltimore &. Ohio rail-
road has number between Washing
ton and Philadelphia and intends to
equip the entire main line in the future.
This decision was recently arrived at
through the use Of passenger locomo-
tives, equipped with water scoops on
fast freight trains. 1t was found that
much time was saved, danger from
stopping being reduced to a minimum
and cost of running lessened. The
transportation officials made some cal
culations and the figures showed a
saving Of no small sum, if track tanks
are used for slow freights on the divi-
sions where business is very heavy.
The extra stops for water take much
time, and the wear and tear on the |
equipment is no small matter. and If |
five stops on each train can be elimi- |
mated between Cumberland and Balti- |
more, where trains are thickest, the |
saving will be quite large.
If the experiment on this part of the |
road proves successful track tanks will |
be installed on every division between |