Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-08

w Will JIG udu
ny e p. Ripley, president OF the Atch
'son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway com
lany, which has been made necessary
by me resignation OF Edward d. Ken
ma rs first vice president.
under ordinary conditions someone
would be named merely as the success,
o of Mr.. Kenna, but the conditions
are not ordinary, When Mr.. Kenna
became general solicitor Of the Santa
Fe he cid so under the stipulation
ina ne be made a vice president. and
this was done. This was one Of the
f'w Instances In the railroad history
'of the country when one Of the legal
fcrce had been named as n Of the
high executives of the road. Some
ronths before MIR. Kenna finally sew.
er1a his connection with the company
Re rad been relieved of the duties OF
general solicitor and acted In an ad.
Ntsory capaciiy as first vice president.
Gardiner J athrop, Of Kansas City. was
nsmed as general solicitor In his
pace.
But II Is understood that there Is
Ne intention on the part of the execu
tive committee and President Ripley
to name another member of the legal
department as first vice president.
They have other plans, and these, 1t is
s,i1. include the elevation Of j. E.
Corran, freight traffic manager, to q
VICE presidency.
AS things stand now, George T..
N,fh olson, the third vice president, is
in charge Of the entire traffic. freight
and passenger. Of the system. This Is
really more work than one man ought
to be called on to do. Mr.. Nicholson's
great success as a. railroad man has
been made in the passenger depart-
ment, and 1t is proposed to allow him
70 dnvcto all his energies to this sort
OF traffic.
!, w. Kendrick, 1T present second
vice president OF the company, in
charge of the operation Of the road,
is to be moved up a peg and will be
made the first vice president. Mr..
Nicholson is to be named as second
vice president. and ~ the gossip
around the Santa Fe offices has It Mr..
German Is to be named as third vice
president. and will have charge Of Vie
freight traffic Of the road.
Mr.. German has been with the San
ia Fe for about twenty years and is
looked upon az n Of the brilliant
freight traffic managers Of the coun-
try. Some eight or ten years ago he
severed his connection with the Santa
Fee to engage in commercial pursuits,
but seven years ago he returned. Mr..
Gorman had been general freight
kgent Of the company with headauar-
tiers at Chicago for a number Of years
and was promoted to the position Of
freight traffic manager when w. B.
Biddle severed his connections with
the company to take the third vice
presidency Of the Rock Island last
spring.
In the event Of Mr.. Germans eleva.
ton to a vice presidency F. B. Hough-
ton. assistant freight traffic manager.
would probably take his place and
this would leave a vacancy for which
j. R. Koontz. general freight agent 1T
the road. whose headquarters are in
Topeka, will be in line for promotion.
EN -
Roasts the Cook.
Forty days for forcibly seating a
man on a red hot stove, 1t the sentence
pronounced upon John Reddy for
throwing the Ash Fork Harvey house
chef on top Of his wi red hot range.
This will serve as a warning to all
emploves Of the Harvey system
who are fired and want to get even
with the company by coming back
and roasting the cook. The sad &C.
ouel to the chef-roasting came in
Prescott Saturday when Reddy ap.
peared before the court to an
to the heinoMs charge af irving
to serve up Charles Jordan medium
we'll done to the patrons Of the re-
stand at Ash Fork. Reddy
had little to say. aside from disclaim.
Ing any intention to cremate the cook.
his action being taken In the heat of
ne moment and the stove being the
bnly object handy against which to
IN dash the offending culinary artist.
The court upon thinking the offense
over, came to the conclusion that
lorty days and nights behind the bars
was a light enough punishment for
.uch an act Of atrocious barbarity and
he luckless Reddy WIS sent below. It
will be acomfort to him. however, In
his confinement 10 know that the
,hef Is eating his meals in an erect
and will be unable to go
way back and sit down for some days
o come. It was brought out In the
testimony that the way the mattresses
,olted for the door and shrieked when
he fragrant odor Of the frying chef
vas borne to their nostrils was a
light for gods and men. 4
Shirts 70 Flag Train.
Two dusty men were tramping along
he Santa Fee railway tracks near a
title station called Eucapaities recent
y, says the Los Angeles Examiner, on
heir way to San Francisco. AS thew
cared the side track a heavy freight
rain going south whirled by. In a