Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-30
New vice PERSISTENT Of n. v. c.

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has been the executive head In Chi.
easo Of the New York Central iines.
has been elected first vice president
Of the New York centrai and viii
move IN New York TO assume general
supervision OF the operation and con
s~sructian of the entire system. He
has been third vice president since
1901.
While In Chicago Mr. Brown has
had practical Jurisdiction oser the
whole system. II N nav planned to
have two wise presidents In charge
OF operation. one with jurisdiction
east of Bsffaio and headquarters In
New York. and the other with juris.
diction west and headquarters In Chi
Gao. A. H. smith. general manager
of the New York Central. probably
will be the eastern vice president and
Charles X. schsff. general manager
OF the Lake Shore. the western vice
president, /
The Kansas City Journal says: The
significance Of the appointment lies
In the fact that II. presages his uiti-
mate election 10 the presidency. as
the retirement Of chauncey NJ. De.
pew chairman OF the board. In q fore
gone conclusion. Upon Mr.. Depew's
retirement President Newman win he
come the chairman Of the board.
In the meantime Mr.. Brown win be
the acting president during Mr. New.
mans extended vacation. The new
vice president will remove from Chi.
cago to New York Immediately.
Mr.. Brown started In railroading In
1868 as a section hand on the Chi.
caso. Milwaukee and 81. Paul road.
Later he became q telegraph opera.
tor ON the same road. He went To- the
Lake Shore rs vice president and
general manager In February. 1902.
and at the same time was made third
vice president OF the New York Cen.
trail and its affiliated lines.
A. III. Smith started In r~ailroading
ir the shops Of the Lake Shore road,
and In 1890 was foreman Of the de-
partment of bridges. He became gen
eral superintendent Of the New York
Central In 1909, and early. In the fol-
lowing year he was promoted to the
position OF general manager.
C. II. schaff started as a brake.
man on the Pitsburg. Cincinnati and
st. Louis railroad, and worked his
way up as fireman, train baggage
master. conductor. ~yardmaster, train
master and general superintendent OF
various roads. In 1894 he was as
sistant to the president Of the Big
Four and the following year he be-
came general manager. Recently.
upon the resignation of W. II. Mar
shall OF the Lake Shore, Mr.. Scnafi
was appointed general manager of
that road.
To Locs into Alleged Discrimination.
An Investigation win likely be
made by the interstate commerce com.
mission OF the alleged discrimination
OF the Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe
Railway company against the tourist
agency 81 Joseph r. Mccain Of New
York. With the Pennsylvania, the
Santa Re may have to answer to the
commission for alleged conspiracy and
discrimination. The Mccain agency
made 4 contract with Kismet Temple,
6f Brooklyn, belonging to the order
Or the Mystic Shrine, to haul the lat
ter's members In q special Pullman
train to Los Angeles. The itinerary
from Kansas City was to be over the
Santa Fe. The Pennsylvania. whose
bid had been refused by the Mccain
agency is claimed TO have induced
the Santa ne. with which it Is sup
posed to have close connections, to
declare that 1t would not haul the
Mystic Shriners' train. Mccain. thus
blocked By the two railways. laid q
formal complaint before the inter.
state commerce commission. This
was done March rs. since which time
he has succeeded in arranging an
other itinerary over the Lehigh Val
ley. Wabash. and Missouri Pacific,
Having secured the itinerary. Nc.
Cam seemed disposed to withdraw
the complaint, but the commission. II
is understood, has not consented "a
his doing so, and proposes to investi
gate into the case on Its own account,
The Pennsylvania lines will soon
open their handsome quarters al
Eleventh and Main streets In Kansas
City.
vacation Estimates or the cos
or q summers outing in Colorado
and Utah. Is the theme OF the newesI
booklet issued BY the passenger de
partment of the Denver Z Rio Grands
railroad. One Il told what Be dom