Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-26

! Osawatomie and Lomax, on the main
| line on the north.
The Missouri Pacific system as il
| will te called on and after next Sun
| day. will thus be divided into three
| grand divisions or districts called the
northern grand district under General
! quarters at Kansas City the southern
grand district undcr General Superin
tendent w r. Tyler with headquarter
in Little Rock. and the central grand
district, under the jurisdiction of a
new general superintendent
The New Official
1t is learned that A. DeBernardi.
now superintendent of the Central
Kansas division of the Missouri Paci-
fic. will be named to be the new gen
eral superintendent At present Mr..
DeBernardi has jurisdiction over the
Osawatomie division. Leeds to Deering,
1874 miles; Osawatomie to Ottawa, %
miles and the Council Grove division
including mileage us follows: Ottowa
to Gypsum City, 124 miles; Gypsum
City to Marquette, 43 miles: Marquette
tc east yard limits of Hoisington,
Kansas, SO miles: Gypsum City, and
Marquette cutoff, q miles. Mr.. De-
Bernardo has long been in the service
of the Missouri Pacific and the fact
that he is to be promted to this most
important position is fit reward for
his excellent service.
The reorganization of the
system is to put the man.
agement in closer touch with the prop
erty When the fact that General
Superintendent Gould's mileage at this
time is 1881. miles and that General
Superintendent Tyler's is 2,733 is con-
sidered it is seen at once that neither
official has the time necessary to give
each part of his territory the proper
attention. 1t is said to be the inten-
ton of the present management to
change this to the extent that a closer
: supervision of the entire system will
be possible.
The announcement that the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern is
to lose its identity will doubtless
cause surprise. not only to the general
public. bu, also to the rank and file
of the emrloyes of the system. AS
rule when a change of any Importance
is contemplated there are more or
less leaks by which the general pub
lie becomes advised of the intentions
of the management with regard to the
change In this case it has been en-
tirely different. In St. Louis there is
no general knowledge of the approach
ing change and the present
announcement is the first intima-
tion that it is coming. Just why and
how it has been kept such profound
secret is not known. In Pine Bluff
nothing has been heard of the change
The effect of the reorganization will
be farreaching. It's meaning is of
more significance than would be sup,
posed at first glance. At present the
two systems are to all intents and
purposes two different lines, al
though owned by the same company
Under the new plan all this will be
changed. All equipment. it is said
will soon bear the lettering. missouri
Pacific SYSTEM and the familiar
words, "St. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern" will disappear The for
nation of another general district will
also be most important step Coffey-
vile, the present northern terminus
CT the central division of the Iron
Mountain, has, it is learned, been Sc
lected as the headquarters of the
new general superintendent When
the lay Of the territory over which
he will have jurisdiction is concerned.
this is the logical point for the gen.
eral office.
A New Division.
Another matter which is of special
importance to the people of Arkansas
is that a new division will be formed
in the eastern part of the state. On
October the Memphis branch Of the
Arkansas division, together with the
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana as
far south as McGahee Ark and the