The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-10
Want KENDRICK.
Wabash Is After Santk Fe Vice
President.
Would Like to Make Him Part
OF Reorganization.
BUT HE MAY NOT GO.
Has Recently Been Promoted
by Santa Fe.
Also Given Substantial Increase
In Salary.

There is the possibility that J. w.
Kendrick, recently elevated from the
third to the second vice presidency Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fa Rail-
way company, will sever his connec-
tions with the company for the pur-
pose OF taking a position Of Importance
with the Wabash railroad.
Because of the efforts that are being
made by Joseph Ramsey, Jr., to re-
gain the presidency of the Wabash the
affairs Of that company are in a rather
muddled condition and when the Ram
sey-GOuld fight is decided, as it pro-
baby viii be today in favor of Mr..
Gould at the meeting of the stockhold-
eTs in Toledo, O., it is the intention of
the controlling interests of the road to
reorganize thoroughly its managerial
departments.
1t is understood that overtures have
been made by the controlling interests
Of the wabash to Mr.. KendricIz look
ing towards securing his services for
the road but in just what capacity IS
not known. There is a. possibility of
course that he may be offered the pres
idency although the board of directo-s
recently elected F. A. Delano to that
Office but his election is thought ia
in view of the fight that has been on
with Mr.. Ramsey. At any rate it is
known that the Wabash would like to
I get Mr.. Hendricks services IN some
/ capacity and it is not known what the
/ latter's intentions in the matter may
/ be.
He has just been promoted to the
! second vice presidency of the Santa Fe
with substantial increase of salary
J over that given to him as third vice
/ president but his scope of influence
/ has not been changed. AS third vice
/ president he had charge of all the
phases of the operation of the road and
/ when he was prOmoJed to second vice
/ president he carried these duties with
/ him. The second vice president Of the
Santa Fe has had charge, bsref ore.
of the freight and passeng tisa alic.
but this business has been 4 ia the
hands of George 7. Mich laon .lto has
been made third vice president. So
/ while Mr.. Kendricik has been pushed
up a position as far as title and Sal-
| aFy goes his duties are the same.
That Mr. Kendrick is pretty well sat
/ isf1ed to remain with the Santa Fe is
1 evidenced by the fact that some time
! ago he was offered the position of
/ English representative of the Westing-
| house Electric company. He took a
/ trip to Europe to look over the field
/ and came back and declined the Of
/ fer preferring to remain with the
Santa Fe. More recently, within a
year and a half, when there was the
big shakeup on the Southern Pacific
/ Mr.. Kendrick was talked of as a posi-
bility for one of the big positions on
that road but nothing ever came of it,
Mr.. Hendricks retirement from the
Santa Fe would be hailed with glee
by the striking machinists and boiler
makers as they think that if some one
else was in his position in charge of
the operation of the road, which in
cludes the management of the shops,
they would have chance to have their
bogie, the bonus system abolished in
| the shops.