The San Francisco call., 1904-03-15
VIII Be Succeeded Here by
Charles S. Fee of the
Nor hern Pacific.

The announcement was officially
made yesterday at the Southern Pa
cific Offices that f. O. Mccormick, pas
senger traffic manager of the company,
has been promoted to the position of
assistant traffic director of the Har-
riman lines and viii enter upon his
duties in the Chicago office of Traffic
Director Stubs on April /.
Mr.. McCornick's successor here is to
be Charles s. Fee Of ST. Paul, who is
at present general passenger and
ticket agent of the Northern Pacific
Railway The news OF E. Q. McCor-
mick's promotion was a pleasant sur
prise TO his many friends in the local
railroad world and viii be received
with deep interest b. the large circle
Of acQuaintances he has made during
his comparatively short stay in San
Francisco. Discussing the changes
yesterday, General Manager Julius
Kruttschnitt Of the Southern Pacific
Company, who gave out the informa-
tion, said:
Mr.. Stubs has long felt the need
Of another assistant in his office in
Chicago and his expressed wishes re-
garding the selection of Mr.. McCor-
mick have been gratifed. Mr.. Stubbs
and Mr. Mccormick are now in New
Orleans, where they are attending to
several railroad matters. The change
here will take effect on April l, by
which time il is expected that Mr. Fee
will be here"
E O. Mccormick left here for New
Orleans several nights ago unexpect-
edly, in response to a telegram from
Traffic Director Stubbs. It was re-
ported yesterday that Mr. Mccormick
has had the offer of promotion under
consideration for several weeks but
only consented TO accept il about ten
days ago. He is regarded as one Of
the most popular men in the trans
continental railroad service. He rap
idly made friends in this city and his
leave taking will be deeply regretted
by those that enjoyed his association.
both in business and social way.
Charles S. Fee, who succeeds Mr.. Nc
Cormick as passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific Company. is
well known in the Western railroad
world. He has been connected with the
Northern Pacific Railway since 1877.
when he became chief clerk to the
manager of the company. Previous TO
that he was chief clerk to the fhan-
ager of the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Road and secretary to the general su-
perintendent of the Michigan Central.
He was appointed to the position of
passenger and ticket agent of the
Northern Pacific Railway in 1883. It
was stated yesterday that Mr.. Stubbs
III
leans.
General Manager Kruttschnitt has
just returned from a visit to New York,
and came west by way OF the Lucin
cutoff. over which the company has
begun to operate freight trains Upon
being asked yesterday when the COM
pany expected to operate passenger
trains regularly over the cutoff he
said:
NO definite time has been settled on
The fact is that the construction de-
psrtment is still engaged in operating
work trains over the new line A great
deal OF filling in has yet to be done
along the immense length of trestle, as
was done along the trestle to the Oak
land mole. and 10 clear the tracks sew
eral times each day for the passage of
passenger trains would consume much
time Of the construction department
Therefore we have decided not TO at
tempt 10 operate our passenger service
over the cutoff until all work has been
completed, which may be some time
Mr.. Kruttschnitt stated that twenty
five of the forty new heavy consolida-
tion locomotives ordered some time ago
by the company are now between Og-
den and Sacramento on their way to
the coast, where they are to be imme-
diately placed in service on the heavy
grades Of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
the Siskiyou, Tehachapi and other
steep-graded portions of the system.
Regarding the projected transformation
of the local system in Oakland into an
electric road. Mr.. Kruttschnitt said
that no definite plans have yet been
decided on. but the matter is receiving
the attention Of the company.