Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
HAS FAITH IN ORIENT ROAD
Mr.. Dickinson Says he Has No Misgiving'
as TO New Place.
NO PART IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
Leaves Uni5n Pacific Friday and
Takes ID New Duties at Kansas
city the Following Mon
day Morning.

About the last important meeting which
General Manager Edward Dickinson will
attend as a representative Of the Union
Pacific is the annual pass" meeting to be
held in st. Louis tomorrow. Mr.. Dickinson
leavee Omaha tonight to be at this gather
ing Of railroad officials whose duties COM
pei them to assemble once a year and Ak
rules and regulations for the government
OF the free pass system. When he returns
there will be but a few days left Of his
service with the Union Pacific, which road
be has been with since 1859.
Nothing OF any special Significance
said Mr.. Dickinson when asked what would
be done at the st. Louis meeting. THE
regular routine matters will be taken up
and disposed Of. II is not understood that
any particular stringency in the matter
of restricting the Issuance Of passes will
be attempted"
Mr.. Dickinson begins his official career
as vice president and general manager of
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient, with
headquarters at Kansas City, bright and
early Monday morning, one week from to-
day. He will lay down the duties Of gen.
eral manager OF the Union Pacific Friday
night. completing the month and rounding
out an even decade in that capacity. hav-
INK dDHuAutu lht pldGt III nc lhll VI 1875
As Mr.. Dickinson goes from the general
management of the old road to that Of the
projected one he carries with him a tribute
worth taking from George ]. Gould, one OF
the Union Pacific directors and president
Of more railroads than any other one man.
When Mr.. Dickinson returned to the
Union Pacific in April, 1891, from the Bal
tlmore & Ohio, after an absence from the
former road OF ten months, 1t was largely
at the urgent request and through the in
huence of Jay Gould, the father of the
present railroad magnate. Ever since the
Goulds have been close friends Of Dickin-
son. Mr.. Gould has given proof OF his
admiration Of Mr.. Dickinson in personally
congratulating President Stlllwell upon Sc
curing the services of Dickinson.
Gould Not in Orient Now.
The impression has lodged in some minds
that the Goulds we're back Of the Orient
project. but this is authoritatively and Of
ficially said to be a mistake. Arthur z.
stillwell Is head Of the project and will be,
1t is positively asserted. until the road is
completed at least. Then it is highly prob
able a close alliance will be formed with
the Gould interests. There is no doubt
of the success of the new road by those
interested in it. AS to Mr.. Dickinson, he
expresses implicit faith in the enterprise,
Upon this point he said:
~ am going down there with no mis-
givings whatever. / am Thoroughly con-
WINGED that the road MnI become a sue
cess. 1t has been laid out on strict bust
ness principles and the execution OF every
plan is along the same line.
There is at present only a very short
distance OF trackage down. but / under
stand that between 800 and 300 miles OF
the road have been put in readiness for
the rails and the plan is to enter upon
the construction work now with all posi-
BILE energy. Two steamers are now round
ing Cape Horn with steel with which to
start operations at the western extremity
Of the road and l think Mr.. Stiilwell has
already arranged for the completion OF
seyenty-nine miles on this end. Work will
he pushed west OF Wichita and until the
road Is completed between that place and
Kansas City the tracks Of the Missouri
Pacific will be used"
Mr.. Dickinson was asked IL he had any
objections to stating whether his contract
with the stillwell people gave him an in
terest in the construction contract.
81 have no h%esitancy in saying that II
does not" was his answer. 81 am simply
to be vice president and general manager,
which will give me charge OF the construc-
tion work"
DickinhOn's Successor Not Named.
Nothing definite can be learned as to Mr..
Dickinson's successor. A gentleman whose
word is valuable on the subject says it is
not at all probable that the appointment
has been made, although President Burt
possibly has decided in his own mind who
the appointee will be. 1t has been learned
hat Mr.. Dickinson's resignation was only
handed to President Burt last week, about
the middle, when Mr.. Dickinson returned
from an ofhcial trip to st. Louis. stopping
on his way home at Kansas City, where he
had a final consultation with President
6tillwell. In view OF this fact. 1t is thought
President Burt has not fully determined
the matter. The president is now out Of
the city and Il is believed on business con-
nected with the appointment Of a new gen.
eral manager.
Since the receipt Of the telegram from
Salt Lake City indicating that e. E. Calvin
general superintendent OF the Oregon Short
line, might become general manager of the
Union Pacific. certain reliable sources have
been consulted. with the result that Mr.
Calvin's appointment is seriously ques-
toned, although no positive Information car
be had on the subject.