Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-19
CONTROL is DIVIDED
Details of the Hill-Harriman Com.
pact on the Bur-
Iington.
MEMBERS OF THE NEW BOARD
Darius Miller to be Eventually
Made Vice Presi-
dent.

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cific settlement is an equal division
of ownership of the Burlington prop
erty by the Hill and Hartman inter
ests.
This was made apparent yesterday
when announcement was made in
New York regarding the membership
of the new board of the Chicago,
burlington & Quincy Railroad com
pany. Upon that board James j.
Hill has three men and L. ii. Harri-
man an equal number. The officers
elected are the same who held sway
before the ENHANCEMENT arose. The
result of the election follows:
Directors, James j. Hill, j. n. Hill,
Norman b. Ream, Robert Bacon, L.
III. Hartman, Jacob II. Schiff, George
j. Gould, III. Mex. Twombly, Charles
+. Perkins, Francis w. Hunnewell, J.
Malcolm Forbes.
The retiring directors are: c. j.
Paine, T. j. Coolidge, w. NJ. Endi-
colt, Richard Olney. +. w. Hooper, j.
iel Thayer.
The officers chosen are:
Chairman-Francis w. Hunnewell.
President-George b. Harris.
First Vice President and Treasurer
James c. Peasley.
Secretary and Clerk of the Board
+. +. Rowland.
The meeting took place in the New
York offices of the Northern Pacific.
and came as n surprise, as it had
been announced that the stockhold-
ers would meet in Chicago next
Thursday TO announce the result of
their selections. An analysis of the
board as to interests represented
gives the following result: Messrs.
Schiff, Hartman and Gould are
Union Pacific representatives and
members of the executive committee
of that road; Messrs. j. j. and j. n.
Hill and Ream are Hill men; Robert
Bacon represents !. p. Morgan d Co.,
while NICK. Twombly is n director of
the Northwestern, and as such a rep
resentative of the Nanderbilts.
Messrs. Hunnewell, Perkins and
Forbes are old Burlington represent
atives. The election makes il APP
parent that Mr.. Harris is to remain,
for the time being at least, at the
head of the Burlington and that
there will not be any radical changes
in the operating officials of the road.
Vacancy stIn Exists.
Considerable surprise was express
ed that no announcement was made
regarding the second vice president,
which has been vacant since Mr.. Har-
ris' promotion to the presidency.
1t is expected that this position will
eventually be given to Darius Miller,
who is expected to come to Chicago
as traffic director of the Burlington
and Northern properties.
1t is expected that an announce
ment will soon be made Regarding
the directors and permanent officers
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railway company, which is undoubt-
eddy the medium whereby equal own
ership and equal control of the Burl-
ington is to he effected in the follow
ing way: The Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railway company will lease
the Burlington property from the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road company. One-haIf of the $780,,
OOO, 900 capital stock of the lessee
company will be held by interests
identified with the Union Pacific
and one-half will be held by
interests identified with the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific COM
panies.
The value of this stock will con-
sist almost wholly of it's voting pow
er, whereby n board of directors will
be chosen which will represent equal
.nf R,r,.lin tn
property by the two interests.
Engineers Wages Increased.
1t is announced that beginning Dec.
1 engineers on local freight runs on
the Rock Island road will receive an
increase of 25 cents for a 100-mile
run. They are now receiving 81 and
the new scale gives them $4.25.
Engineers in the switching service
will receive an advance from $2.75 to
$2.s5 day of ten hours.
Local delegates who have attended
the session of the general grievance
board of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers which has been in
session in Chicago have returned and
brought back the news of the in
crease which will affect large num-
Der of the men running out of here
on all three divisions of the Rock Is
land road. These increases have
been agreed upon by the board in
conference with the company. This
board represents SCI engineers in the
employ of the company and it has
been meeting in McCoy's hotel, Chi
cago, for the last sixteen days, dur
ing which time many grievances have
been adjusted. Before adjournment
the following officers were elected:
Chairman-W- S. Stone, Eldon,
Iowa.
Aftermath. G. Crow, Valley juno
ton, Iowa.
secretary-A. G. Patrick, Colorado
springs.