The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
SUCCESSOR WILL Be
4 DURLIIGTQN MAN
Howard Elicit Says Official Who
Succeeds Him Must Know
the System.

Howard Elliott. general manager Of the
Missouri lines Of the Burlington. and the
newly-elected second vice president Of the
entire Burlington system. whp takes his
office May l. returned to St. Louis yester-
day morning from an inspection trip
through parts OF Iowa and Missouri.
In regard to his successor as general
manager of the Missouri lines. Mr.. Elliott
stated that the office will be filed as soon
as President Harris and he can have Il
meeting. This meeting will be held either
in ST. Louis or Chicago. Mr.. Elliott stated
that the position he leaves VIII net or
abolished. and that only such other changes
Will be made as necessary TO promotions
in line.
election as vice president had been dts
cussed somewhat for several weeks. and
that his first official knowledge of Ii WAS in
a message received Friday morning while
out on the road. The wire was from Pres
ident Harris. who was in New York attend
ing the meeting Of the directors at which
the action was taken.
My successor" said Mr.. Elliott. will be
a man now in the service Of the Burlington.
well posted about the property and the
methods of managing II, and in sympathy
with the policy of the company in deve!-
oping its property in Missouri. in st. Louis
and in the other prosperous cities of Ms
souri,
President Harris is expected to return
from New York tomorrow, and Mr.. e.
lIott said he expected to see him this
week.
The Burlington is the popular name of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company. which has $500 miles Of road
through the West. 5.Cgi miles of which are
main lines and 3.l10 miles are branch lineG.
The Burlington's Eastern terminal cities
are Chicago. at the head of Lake Michigan;
ST. Louis. the principal city OF the Missis-
sipi Valley; Peoria. In the heart of the Hi
nois corn belt. The Western terminals are
Denver, the gateway TO the Pacific Coast:
Cheyenne and Guernsey. Wyo., and Bill
lings, Mont. On the North. st. Paul and
west terminals are Kansas City and St.
Joseph. Midway between the Eastern and
Western terminals are Omaha. Council
Bluffs. Lincoln and Nebraska City.
River and the Rocky Mountains and the
Bighorn Mountains the Burlington occupies
Il position in portions of these eleven States:
Illinois. Wisconsin. Missouri. iowf: Nebras-
Ea, Kansas, Wyoming Colorado, Mimi sofa,
Montana and South Dakota.
In the Louisiana Purchase territory is To-
Gated $40 miles. More than 10000 passen-
year. It has $4,000 employees. and runs
through 300 cities and towns. If the Bur-
lington's $500 miles were in one continuous
main line, it would take a passenger six
days and twenty hours at more than fifty
miles an hour TO cover the road, and he
would have Travelled more than one-third
around the globe.
ministratiye ability, having a reputation for
firmness, though gentle. will have charge of
the operation OF this immense system. He
Is known as q %tireless worker Besides be-
ing a director of the Union Trust Company
of ST. Louis and n member of the Executive
Committee of the Worlds Fair. and con-
nected with several social clubs in St. Louis.
he IS also president of the st. Joseph Union
Depot Company. director of the Kansas
City Union Depot Company, and director
of the Atchison Depot Company. .