Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-29
Outgoing Passenger Man Of the
Rio Grande offered Positions,
I ]. A. BENTON IS PROMOTED.
? Veteran Ticket Agent Appointed Gen
eral Agent of The Passenger Dee
par.ment, Rio Grande.

The changes in the passenger depart
sment OF the Rio Grande In Salt Lake
@oontinued to be the tonic in railroad
fclrcles today and numerous rumors
were prevalent upon the street regard
Nng the matter while many expressions
Fof regret were heard that George w.
gHeintz would sever his connection with
11he Western tomorrow night.
II is learned from an authoritative
esource, however, that Mr.. Helntz has
EAlready received some very good offers,
k1ncludlng one from Passenger Traffic
EManager EO Mccormick Of the South
pern Pacific just what is the nature
sOf the offer Is not at this time forth
becoming, as when seen Mr. IIeintz stated
that Just as soon as he had decided
what he would do after seyering his
ioonnection with the Rio Grande he
would then bc In q position to give out
Tor publication his arrangements for
the future. Rumor has It, however,
that T II, Goodman, the veteran gem
eral passenger agent Of the Southern
Pacific at San Francisco viii retire az
an early date when some changes will
be made IN that Office with the result
that Mr. Heintz can have good posi-
ton on the Hartman road II he so de-
slres.
II Is also stated that Il has been In
timated 10 Mr. Heintz that IL he Is
willing 10 go over to his old rival, the
Oregon Short Line, that there Is POI
Bitlon of title awaiting him there.
|. a. BENTON PROMOTED.
with the resignation OF George w.
Heintz which goes into effect tomorrow
night, the Office OF assistant general
passenger agent of the Rio Grande lines
AZ Salt Lake viii be abolished. Effective
May /, Irving A. Benton city passenger
and ticket agent, viii be promoted 20
the position Of general agent of the
passenger department Of the Rio
dranle lines, with headquarters In this
city.
Mr., Benton viii represent the passen-
ger department under the direction Of
Assistant Traffic Manager s. n. Bah
cock. Mr. Helntz's present quarters
viii be closed up and the transaction OF
all business pertaining TO tho passenger
department, as far as the public Is con-
cerned, VIII be confined Ia the ticket
office on the corner Of West Temple and
Second South streets. Mr. Benton viii
have his office at the rear of the ticket
office and viii attend to the placing OF
advertising and other matters that have
been heretofore looked after by the as
slstant general passenger agent. The
policy OF economy which has been one
81 the features OF the Gould consolIda-
lion, viii be carried out and the force
uuder Mr. Benton will be reorganized.
irving A. Benton, the new general
agent Of the passenger department, has
been identified with the railroad bust
ness In Utah for nearly quarter Of a
century, being In the old days ticket
agent for the Union Pacific and then
the agent OF the Union ticket Office on
the southwest corner Of East Temple
and Second South streets. Among
other prominent positions he has held
in Utah are those OF postmaster OF Salt
Lake, and United States marshal OF
Utah. After serving term in the lat.
ter capacity he returned to the Rio
Grande Western as city passenger
agent, which position he win rellnquish
ON Thursday for that OF general agent
OF the department.