The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-02
RIO GRANDES
NEW MANAGER
Says No Worthy Officials viii Be
Removed.
HERBERT ASSUMES CONTROL
EXPECTED TO VISIT SALT LAKE,
SOON.
HERBERT ASSUMES CONTROL

J. NJ. Herbert yesterday assumed con-
troll as general manager Of the Denver
& Rio Grande and Rio Grande West
eTn railroads. Upon assuming control
he announced that no radical changes
need be expected foI the present in the
personnel of the operating force.
u viii say we have no following to
De rewarded by places on the Denver
d. F.lo Graade, he said in Denver. The
men now in service on the system
WIZ be judged according 20 their abil-
lly, and if they perform their duties
satisfactorily we have no desire to dis
tufD them. / can say that no changes
lu positions whatever have been dc
elded upon and 1 trust that none viii
pc necessary. 1T is simply a question
of the ability Of the individual"
MIR. Herbert expects to make a trip
20 salt Lake within a week or two. He
VIII spend a week in Deryer, becoming
acquainted with the officials there, and
Their viii take a trip over the system.
llr- Herbert is great believer in the
future OF salt Lake. and il is thought
MS influence VIII be used as far as
possible for the advancement of the
city's interests.
j.. G.. Metcalfe the retiring general
manager, left for the east over this
Rock Island without waiting to meet
MS successor. 1t is understood that ne
IeelS extremely bitter toward George
q. Gould and his assistants Mr.. Met
calfe has given no intimation of what
he expects to do in the future.
A great deal of interest attaches to
the future course OF the new manage
ment of the Rio Grande roads regard
ing the consolidation Of Offices. No
doubt is felt that general agencies of
The Missouri Pacific and the RIO Grande
roads from the Atlantic to the Pacific
VIII be consolidated, and that numbers
of the travelling agents will be forced
eventually TO seek other employment,
Considerable speculation is rife as TO
the results in Salt Lake. General
Agent Charles A. Trip of the Missouri
Pacific is one of the old eLlr-Jyees of
the road and enjoys the con fdence of
The highest officials, EaF ing splendid
record as a traffic man. Assistant
Traffic Manager :. H. BabcOck, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent George
A. Heintz and Assistant General
Freight Agent 5. y. Derrah of the Rio
GraEde roads are recognized as being
among the hest in the country in their
respective lines. 1t is felt certain that
strong men win be retained at Salt
Lake. Despite the community Of in
terests. competition is keen between
the Union Pacific and Rio Grande lines
and there is every prospect of this
competition becoming stronger with the
advent of new railroads into the field
THE iutermOuntain situation requires
strong men TO handle it. Conditions
are so peculiar that only men 81 no un-
derstand thoroughly the details IAN be
entirely successful. The general feel
ing is that changes, Il any are 70 De
made. will be long in coming.
1t is expected that the Pacific Elk
press company VIII displace the Denver
& Rio Grande Express company on
that road, and the Weils-FargO Ex-
press company on the Rio Grande
Western as soon as existing contracts
VIII permit the change. George j..
Gould owns o. controlling interest IN
the Pacific Express company and this
company operates on his other lines.
Ii is believed that it viii absorb the
Denver & Rio Grande Express, affect
ing but few of the employees. An
other change, il is believed, viii be the
Improvement of the passenger service
of the Missouri Pacific between Den
Yer. Pueblo and St. Louis. A system
attic effort viii then be made to send VIA
Kansas City and St. Louis large
amount of eastern traffic that now
goes by way Of Omaha.
Missouri Pacific Policy.
Regarding a possible consolidation Of
the 0re~ating and traffic departments
of the Rio Graude roads with the Mis-
souri, Pacific the Denver News quotes
GA we'll informed railroad man, VINO
has been familiar with the methods OF
the Goulds in Texas and other western
states for many years, as saying.
For twenty years the Missouri Pa
cffc has been one of local manage
ment. Practically all the Texas roads.
except those belonging TO the Southern
Pacifc system. are owned by members
of the Gould family and while they are
managed on principles ot general mar
Tn0nv. The administrations are abso-
iutelv independent Of each other. thus
tile Texas & Pacific railway IS IN charge
of Mr. l. s. Th,rne, whose headquar-
fers are at Dallas. The International d
Great Northern is in charge of Mr.. J.
Trice. whose headquarters are IT. Fal-
estipe. Tex. The Texas part of the Cot
Ton Belt has an independent admins
trauon. with hea 1q9urters at Tyler
"An ABSORPTION Of the Denver * Rio
Crande railway into the Missouri Pa
cifc system would entail, besides very
great Inconvenience caused by the
great dists nee from st. Louis. feel
ing Of opposition in Colorado which the
Missouri Pacific management is ira
ditfonalIy DESTROYS of avoiding The
record OF The Missouri Pacific is alto
rether at variance with policy that
would be naturally obnoxious to the
people of this state. In Texas, the
could lines are always the friends of
the people, thus, when the Southern
Pacific provoked the legislature into
the enactment of the Law against train
gates, the Missouri Pacific had declined
for its part 10 adopt so foolish meas
Ure.'