The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01
ONE MORE OFFICE
Rock Island Engineer of Main
tenance Comes Here.
]. G. Bloom Appointed to the
Topeka Position.
HE'S AN OLD HAND.
Has Been Principal Chief En-.
gineer in Southwest.
II. F. White Succeeds w. L.
Darling as Chief Engineer.


In accordance with plans announced
today another office of the operating de-
partment of the Rock island system is
removed from Chicago to Topeka. It
is the department of maintenance of
way and structures.
j. G. Bloom, who has heretofore been
principal assistant engineer for the
southwestern district, is promoted to be
the engineer of maintenance of the
southwestern and Choctaw districts,
having jurisdiction over the same ter
ritory as that of General Manager D.
e. Cain, and reporting TO Mr.. Cain on
all matters relating to maintenance of
the road and to the chief engineer at
Chicago on all matters of a purely en-
cheering nature.
H. F. White has heretofore been the
engineer of maintenance for the entire
Rock Island system. It is reported that
Mr.. White is promoted to be chief en-
gineeF of the Rock Island to succeed w.
L. Darling, who resigns the position of
chief engineer to take charge of the
construction OF the government rail-
ways in the Philippine islands, as re-
ported in the Associated Press dis
patches.
In reorganizihg the operating depart
ment of the Rock Island H. L. Nudge,
dent of the system, is following out the
plan which was formerly in vogue on
that system.
The engineering department will con-
sist of a chief engineer at Chicago, re-
porting to the second vice president; an
engineer of maintenance for the south
western and Choctaw districts and an
engineer of maintenance for the central
and northern Districts both of whom
will report to the chief engineer on en-
cheering subjects and to the general
manager of the respective grand divis
ions of the road on maintenance ques-
tio1s.
Effective today an order is issued re-
Quiring division engineers to report to
the division superintendent on all mat
tiers Of maintenance and to the engineer
of maintenance on all matters of an en-
cheering character.
This order effects the transfer of track
maintenance upon the superintendent
of the divisions of the system, as it was
formerly handled before the Loree adj
ministration of the road. When Loree
revised the road from the divisional to
the departmental plan of operation the
track maintenance was taken from the
superintendents and placed upon the
division engineers, leaving transporta-
ton matters solely in charge of the sup
erintendentS.
The new order gives the superintend-
ents supreme authority over their re-
spectiVe divisions, and the division en-
gineer carries out she instructions of
the superintendent in maintenance mat
te:ss
The roadmasters will report to the
superintendent through the division
engineer, on their respective divisions
In promoting J. G. Bloom to be eT1gi-
neer of maintenance of the southwest
ern and ChoctaW districts, a great many
duties will be added to him in addition
to handling the matters heretofore han
died in his office. The records of the
Chicago Office of engineer of mainten-
Ance will be brought to Topeka. This
will necessitate a large increase in Mr..
Blooms office quarters and office force
at Topeka.
No announcement has been made at
Topeka in regard to the appointment
of the engineer of maintenance of the
central and northern districts, but is
unofficially stated that Garrett Davis,
principal assistant engineer of the cen
trail district will be promoted to the new
position.
It has been unoffieially stated that
effective today, the master mechanics of
the respective jurisdictions of the Rock
Island system would report to the divis-
son superintendent on motive power
matters. Circulars officially announcing
these changes have not been issued, but
they are looked FOR soon.
Announcement of more promotions of
Rock Island employees was made today.
The recent promotions among the super
Sntendents of the system which ended
with the promotion of Trainmaster A.
C. McColi Of Harrington to be superin-
tendent at Chickasha OF the Oklahoma
division. left the position of trainmaster
at Harrington vacant.
Announcement is made today that NJ.
ID. McKernan, who has been trainrnas-
ter OF the Kansas City Terminal divis-
ion, has been promoted to be trainmas-
ter at Harrington succeeding Mr.. McCo1l.
H R. Saunders, until the present
t-ainmaster of the Oklahoma division
at ChiekaSha, has been promoted to be
frainmaster of the Kansas City ter
xninaI division with headquarters at
Kansas City.
r. A. Spiecker, at present chief dis
patcher of the Oklahoma division at
Chfckasha, has been promoted to be
ceeding Mr.. Saunders.
Announcement Of the appointment of
chief dispatcher to succeed Mr.. Spiecker
has not been made.
General Manager D. e. Cain left To-
peka today for a trip of inspection of
the Ell Paso division of the road. He
will make the trip as far as Santa Rosa,
New Mexico, and will return to be in
Topeka Tuesday.
H Z. Nudge. second vice president of
the system who had intended to come to
Topeka today, will not reach Topeka TIL
next Tuesday. He has returned to Chi
caEo from New York where he went the
early part Of this week to attend a
directors meeting.
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