The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-25
STOREY MOVES up
Official Announcement Of Pro-
motion viii Be Made Soon.
To Become Chief Engineer OF
Santa Fe System.
MR.. DUN RESIGNS.
DUN RESIGNS.
Will Remain With Company as
Consulting Engineer.
Both the Men Have Made Excel
lent Records.

OMlc1al announcement VIII De A1e@AS
within the next few weeks of a rear
rangement of the prominent engineering
forces of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway system, which will involve
the retirement from active work of
James Dun, as chief engineer of the en-
tire system. and the elevation Of W. B.
Storey, jr., now chief engineer OF the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa F,e system
proper, to the position now held by Mr..
Dun.
But the retirement Of Mr.. Dun from
active work as chief engineer does not
mean that the company will entirely
lose his services and advice. A new
position in the company's service has
been created for him. It is that of con-
sulting engineer and Mr.. Dun will hold
this new position as long as he cares to.
His retirement from active work as
chief engineer is of his own volition. Mr..
Dun is getting well along in years. He
has accumulated a competency and on
several occasions during the past few
years he has broached the subject Of
resigning from the company's service
to the executives of the road. He has
given as his reasons that he had got
to the point in life where he thought he
was entitled to rest. His desire to resign
has been combatted successfully by
President Ripley and the other execu-
tives of the road who pointed out to him
that his services could not well be
spared. Mr.. Dun has needed their re-
quests that he not resign. but some
months ago he notified them of a final
determination to quit active work as
soon as the Belen cutoff thar really
monumental piece Of railroad engineer
ing, was well on its way to completion.
That time has now arrived and the
executives of the company have accept
ed Mr.. D1n's resignation as chief engi-
neer but insisted that he still remain
with the company in the capacity of a
consulting engineer and to this PROPOSE
ton Mr.. Dun acquiesced
Mr.. Dun same to the Santa Fe as
chief engineer of the A T & S. F.
/ proper. With headquarters here in To-
/ peka in the early eighties. He had just
/ prosecuted to a successful conclusion
I San Francisco system, of which he was
+ chief engineer.
+ Along in 1898 when many new and
I important extensions to the Santa Fe
/ system were being projected It was
4 found that this work of construction
could not be properly attended to by
the chief engineers of the various
parts of the system so the position of
/ chief engineer of the entire system was
! created with headquarters in Chicago
/ e1Atee MI 1J0ll WAS appointed 10 the
place In that capacity he has had
| charge of all she new construction
work which has been done in the ex-
! tension of the various parts of the sys-
1 tenn and the building of new lines as
we'll as a general supervision of the
engineering work of the entire system.
/ As chief engineer IN charge of this
4 construction work Mr.. Dun has met
with remarkable success. Some of his
undertakings have been Of monu-
mental proportions and he holds a pre-
| eminent place among the railroad en-
/ gineers of the country.
Perhaps his greatest piece of work
| has been the conception of the enRi-
neering details for the construction of
/ the Eastern Railway of New Mexico
cut off. This piece of road. crossing
| the deserts of New Mexico from
Texico to Belen, is from a con-
structive standpoint one of the
most remarkable pieces of rail
road building in the country. 1t
of 1t is already under operation
and although only a couple of hun
dred miles long will have cost when
| completed about $40, 100000.
W. B. Storey, jr., who will succeed
| Mr.. Dun as chief engineer of the sys-
tenn, succeeded him as chief engineer
1 of the A. T. & s. F. proper in 1898. Be
| fore that time he was chief engineer
| of the coast lines of the Santa Fe and
| had charge of the construction of the
San Francisco & san Joaquin Valley
1 line. which is now the main line of the
coast lines. In building this road Mr..
Storey had many difficult engineering
feats to solve which he did with ex-
! ceptionaI skill. He also had charge OF
I the China Basin work at San Fran
cisco, and this big piece of made up
/ land on the water front withstood in
grand fashion the ravages Of the re-
| cent earthquake. In fact it was not
/ injured in any way by the shock. Be
I fore entering the service of the SAINTS
Fe Mr.. Storey was on the engineering
force of the Southern Pacific. The
| fact that he Is TO be made chief en-
/ gineer is the best recommendation that
| could be given.
Definite decision has not been reach
! ed as yet as to who will succeed Mr.
Storey as chief engineer Of the A T. &
Charles A. Morse, who is well known
here In Topeka. will be the man. I'm
til nine months ago Mr.. Morse was as
sistant chief engineer to Mr.. Storey
| Since that time he has been acting
chief engineer OF the coast lines with
headquarters in Los. Angeles. Cal, I'LL
ing the vacancy caused by a leave oi
absence granted to r. B. Burns. the
! chief engineer whose illness made i
necessary for him to quit work at tha'
time and who died last week. During
! Mr.. MOrse's stay on the coast the posi-
ton Of assistant chief engineer. which
! he held here. has not been filed, the
understanding being that it was to be
/ kept open for him while he was serv-
ing temporarily on the coast lines
| Now that Mr.. Burns is dead it is like1
that some other engineer in the ser
| vice will be named to his position anC
that Mr.. Morse will come back here a.
chief engineer to succeed Mr. Storey.
It is likely that this rearrangeme eni
Of the engineering forces will occur OF