The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21
WALTERS MADE Manager
GEORGE r. eiDWELL is TO RETIRE
FROM SERVICE.
A NEW NORTHWESTERN CHANGE
Assistant General Manager, Who Only
Little While Ago Promoted from
Assistant General superintendent,
Goes up-Other Rumors.

Assistant General superintendent,
Goes up-other Rumors.
Another big change among North
western officials, so far is the territory
west of the river is concerned, is
about to be made, according to story
which comes from Chicago. Frank
Walters, now assistant general man
ager of the Nebraska and Wyoming di-
vision, is to become general manager
to succeed George f. Bidwell next
Monday, Mr.. Bidwell retiring, accord
ing to the report. This will leave a
vacancy in the position of assistant
general manager, and 1t would not
surprise railroad men were this office
to be filled from Norfolk.
A change was recently made to fill
the vacancy of assistant general SUI
perintendent, which had just been ere
ated by the promotion of Mr.. Walters
to the Office of assistant general man
ager. The position of assistant gen.
eral superintendent was filled by the
promotion of Mr.. Braden from Chi
cago, and he is now in Norfolk filling
not only the position of assistant gen
eral superintendent but performing
the duties OF general superintendent,
since General Superintendent c. G.
, Hughes, whose headquarters are also
here, left on the day of Mr.. Braden's
arrival for a vacation. At that time
it was announced that Mr.. Hughes
was to be gone for two or three weeks
but it is now said that he is not eX-
pected back for some time. At the
time of that change, it was announced
from Sioux City that Mr. Hughes
would retire, but that was denied at
headquarters here.
In the meantime there have been
rumors of a coming change, and 1t is
supposed that the promotion of Mr..
Walters is the shift that had been
meant.
Mr.. Braden's car of household goods
has arrived in Norfolk but it has stood
on a siding for several days without
being unloaded and it has not been at
all sure that this delay in unloading
the household furniture of Mr.. Braden
was not occasioned by some intended
change in his position by the North
western.
The promotion of Mr.. Walters to
the office of general manager, the
seeming uncertainty as to whether
Mr.. Braden should remain here perma-
nently and the sudden departure OF
General Superintendent Hughes, on
the day of his new assistants arrival,
for trip which was at first announced
to last three weeks but which now
becomes one for all winter, have
formed the foundation for numerous
rumors of approaching changes.
Mr.. Walters, the new general man
ager, was stationed in Norfolk for
very brief time when he was made
assistant general superintendent I'M
der Mr.. Hughes. Then he went to
Fremont and soon he was advanced
to the Office of assistant to Mr.. Bid
well.
Concerning the new change, the Lin
coin State Journal says:
Frank Walters has been made gen.
eral manager of the Northwestern's
lines west of the Missouri river. 1t is
understood that he will take charge
of the business on December H. ana
that the resignation of George F. Bid
we'll. manager, was sent in some time
ago. He leaves the service on account
of poor health. These statements
come from Chicago, and no informa-
ton concerning the changes has so
far been given out at Omaha. The
changes have been forecasted, though,
and it is believed arrangements look
ing to this end were made when Frank
Walters was brought to Nebraska from
the Iowa lines to be assistant general
sunerintendent. Mr.. Walters was
moved up from assistant general SUI
perintendent to assistant general man
ager and for several months the ac-
tive MANAGEMENT of the property has
been in his hands
Mr.. Walters came to the lines west
of the river from long service Oh Ine
eastern divisions, and is noted as a
peculiarly able and efficient managing
officer. He has pleased the men on
the lines west of the river and stands
high with them.
For many years George F. Bidwell
has been the managing officer OF the
Northwestern west of the river. He
was manager of the Fremont, Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley railroad, before its
absorption by the Northwestern, and
has remained as manager of the prop
critics since. One year ago Mr.. Bid
well took trip to Japan and was alb
sent for several months. Since his
return it has been evident that he did
not take the active interest in the
management that he formerly did.