The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-31
GENERAL AGENT
FOR HARTMAN LINES
New Office to be Filled by d. r.
Gray.
HAS A BIG DISTRICT
PROGRESS OF CONSOLIDATION
ON HARTMAN ROADS.
HAS A BIG DISTRICT
T-ame Manager THOMAS n. schJ

----@7o' Manager Thomas n ScEu-
---.-ar Of me oregon Short Line is
sue5 his first official cs-cular yester-
5av u contained the appointment Of
d. R. Gray as general agent of the
Shert Line, with headquarters at salt
Lake Mr Cray win represent also The
SJ1rHerl Pacific, Union Pacific and the
oregon Railway a. Navigation COM
pau- IL Is a new office, growing out
Of The consolidation OF interests brought
about by j.. H. Hartman. ". E. Co
mans removal 10 Portland left the po-
El1n OF general agent of the Short
Line vacant. and the various Offices are
consolidated
hr. Gray has Tor a number of years
beer the representative Of the Southern
Pacific IN this territory. his district ia,
Guiding Utah, Nevada. Idaho. Montana
and Wyoming The short Line is at
present represented in Butte, H o.
Wilson looking after the Montana in
terests. 1t is consequently expected
that Mr. Cray territory as representa-
tive Of the combined roads viii not in
clude Montana.
Next Monday the new general agent
Of the Hartman lines viii assume
charge at the Office at Main and Second
South streets. the Southern Pacific Of
nee being closed down permanently. A.
81 Wlles. travelling freight and pas
lNAAerNt fAEElaA hA AltF s1DNLtlELA dEllLls
VII be taken care o. at the san Fran
cisco Office of the road II. Is. AIinsOn.
the other travelling agent has not yet
been placed
Besides promoting Mr.. Gray, Traffic
Manager Schumacher yesterday ap-
pointed Charles Clifford to the position
he himself has just vacated-that Of
general agent Of the Short Line in
san Francisco. MI Clifford has been
general agent Of the Union Pacific lines
at Cincinnati. in the cases Of both
Mr.. GRAY and Mr.. Clifford. appoinf-
mcnts viii also be made by the traffic
maEageTs Of the other Hartman roads.
Next Monday, Sept J. viii be con-
s0lid2tiOn day for the Hartman -Cads
all over the country At Pittsburg.
Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis.
Kansas city and Denver the Offices Of
the Union Pacific ana Southern Pacific
roads VIII be consolidated. The Office
az Cleveland VIII be closed.
FINANCIAL authorities say that the
consolidation planned VIII effect a saw
lug on the Hartman lines equivalent to
p per cent In view of this fact, local
railroad men are beginning TO look for
Iflner ef tlences of consolidation in
the other lines. The MOrgan-fIiU syn.
dictate. controlling the Northern Pa
clhc, Great Northern. Burlington and
Erie. has at present only one repre-
sentative here. r. L. Neslau- general
1--- ga Ntt1 -ftt- JUS lNlls OLl Llle Otler
hand each of the three Gould lines has
oorLs of represent stives in this ter
rltory. The work Cf combining the Of
nces of the Rio Crande Western and
Denver & Rio Grdnde systems has been
proceeding for several weeks. but uD
70 the present the Missouri Pacific has
not been affected. The expectation is
that ere long = traffic manager will be
arr, Inted for an the Gould lines and
that then the looping OF of heads VIII
60 on right merrily. affecting an of
the roads In the system and extending
lh us enect7 10 salt Lake.
10 looks very much as If q number
on experienced railroad men would soon
nave 10 turn TO the plow." said VII
Known railroader yesterday. Some of
Us are going TO be kept in good Jobs
ana some In poorer jobs. but a large
number might just as well begin to pet
t'e-lher their money and prepare TO
Day a little patch Of ground. q team
ana a piov and get ready to plant po-
t@lues Gbout November for there will
p; no living in the railroad business
IAose of us who are here will be- for
tlhaie to be thrown on the cold world
H good, lively city like Salt Lake "