The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-05
LEVFY IS NAMED TO
ASSIST Mr.. ELLIOTT
Burlington Man viii Have
Charge of Northern Pacific's
Coast Business.

Charles M. Levey, general manager Of
the Missouri lines of the Burlington sys-
TEN, was yesterday appointed assistant to
President Howard Elliott, of the Northern
Pacific. His headquarters will be at Ia
coma and he will have charge of the COM
pany's business west of the Rocky noun
tainS.
The position which Mr. Levey will oc-
cupy is one which has been created by
President Elliott at the request of the
Pacific coast business men. Every since
Thomas Cooper left the coast to become
the roads general manager. the Western
executive business has been transacted
from the companys st. Paul offices.
To this arrangement the business men
of Seattle, Tacoma and other Western
cities have StrenuouSly objected, contend
ing that too much time was consumed by
referring every little matter to the st.
Paul offices.
When President Elliott visited the coast,
shortly after his appointment to the pres
idency of the Northern Pacific. the bust
ness men of Tacoma and Seattle again pc
titioned for an executive officer with head
quarters in the West. The petition was
granted Yesterday when Mr.. Levey was
formally named as assistant TO Mr.. Ell
lott
railroad men in the West. For more than
twenty years he has been closely assO-
ciated with Mr.. Elliott in the management
or the burlington SYSTEM
Mo Changes to Be Made
The appointment of an assistant to Mr..
Elliott will make no change in the per
sonnet of the company's officials. MT;
Levey's position is a new one and will
in no way conflict with duties OF the
other officials in the West. A dispatch
from Tacoma last night said that a gen
eTal shake-up of the Western offices was
to follow Mr.. LeVey's appointment. rms
was emphatically denied by Northern Pa
cific officials.
MIR. Levey is forty-five years old. He
has been with the Burlington continuous
Iy since 1878. He came from the Mich1-
gan Central, where he had been employed
as a telegraph operator
Mr. Levey was for a number of years
private secretary to Thomas j. Potter
when he was vice president and general
manager of the Burlington, and his first
official position was that Of assistant su-
perintendent at Burlington. Iowa, in 1881.
Jan. 1. 1888, he was appointed superin-
tendent of the st. Louis. Keokuk d
Northwestern & Chicago, Burlington &
Kansas City roads part of the Burlington
SyStem), with office at keOkuk, and from
Jan. l. 1887, to June, 1892, was general
superintendent of the same roads. In this
position he was in general charge of
these two roads, including the commercial,
legal and accounting departments.
In June, 1892, Mr.. Levey was trans
ferred to Burlington, Iowa, as superfn-
tendent of the Iowa lines of the Burling-
ton system. While superintendent of the
Iowa lines he was in general charge of
the reconstruction of the main line of
the Chicago Burlington & Quincy across
the state of Iowa, a work of grade revis-
ion and general change of line, involving
q large expenditure of money, and many
problems of bridge and track construc-
ton.
Becomes General Manager
Mr.. Levey was transferred from Iowa to
be general manager of the Missouri lines
of the same company, with headquarters
at ST. Louis when Mr.. Elliott became
vice president of the Burlington in 1902.
In this last position he had general
charge offs the affairs of the Burlington
company within the state of Missouri in
Louis, st. Joseph and Kansas City, where
he represented the company the di-
electorate and executive committee of the
various terminal companies.
Mr.. LeVey's experience has been varied
He brings to the Northern Pacific a
trained and energetic mind. wide expert
ence in railroad affairs. and great IA
miliarity with the general situation in the
Mississippi and Missouri valleys, with
which the Pacific Coast interests have a
Mr.. Elliott and Mr.. Levey have been
associated closely in railroad work since
1888 The presidents new assistant will
arrive in st. Paul Friday morning. re-
quainted with Northern Pacific officers.
He will then return to st. Louis for a few
days and then go directly to the coast.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Feb. A circular will
be issued by the Burlington within few
days noting the fact of General Manager
Levey's resignation, to become assistant
to President of the Northern Pacific and
advising that all matters heretofore han
died by Mr.. Levey will in the future be
handled by General superintendent Miller
successor to Mr.. Levey probably will
not be appointed for some time