Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-15
SUCCESSOR TO
GRUBER NAMED
F. E. WARD, FORMERLY OF GREAT
NORTHERN, NEW BURLING.
TON OFFICIAL.

The guessing as to the successor Of
j. M. Gruber, who recently resigned
the general managership of the Bur-
lington system. seems to have been
far off the track, If dispatch from
Chicago can be accepted as authentic.
According to it F. E. Ward, who has
just resigned the general managership
of the Great Northern will be given
Mr.. Gruber's place on the Burlington
system and Gruber will be given
Wards. In effect the two men merely
exchange places.
The dispatch from Chicago says:
1t was originally announced yester-
day that James j. Hill had decided to
change managers between the Burling-
ton and the Great Northern roads.
]. M. Gruber formerly general man
ager of the Burlington, will go to st.
Paul as general manager of the Great
Northern and F. e. Ward, formerly
general manager of the Great North
ern. will come to Chicago as general
manager OF the Burlington.
No reason is assigned for the change
except that "Mr. Hill wanted Mr.. Cru.
ber." Both men are recognized as ex-
ceptional operating officials, and why
they should simply exchange places is
something of mystery to railway men
generally.
Mr.. Ward made a remarkably good
record on the Great Northern, rising
from the position of stenographer to
that of general manager and was re-
garded as the next vice president in
charge of operation Mr.. Gruber's
work on the Burlington led to his ap-
pointment as general manager of the
parent road of the Hill system. Mr..
Gruber will go to the Great Northern
as soon as he can leave his home here,
which is under quarantine now he.
cause of ,diphtheria in Mr.. Gruber's
family.
1t Is now the plan of the Burlington
officials to restore No. 13 as q fast
train between Chicago and Creston
West from here it will be run as a To-
cal train, making all the stops be
tween Creston and Pacific Junction
leaving this station about the same
time as of old. No. will leave Chi
cago in the afternoon, probably about
2 o'clock, and will pass through Ores
ton about midnight. This train will
continue to be one of the Denver fasl
trains, the object of the change ol
time leaving Chicago in the afternoon
being to tighten No. 5, which is now
very heavy.
The information upon which this
statement is based is not given by 10
cal officials. but it is reliable never
the-less, and can be depended UPON
The ADVERTISEMENTS, Creston.
To Work for Short Line.
r. G. Smock, forseveral years pri
vate secretary to General Superintend
ent II. S. Cable of the northern ant
western lines of the Rock Island, ha.
resigned to accept position with thu
Iowa Falls Short Line, according tt
advices received by local Rock Islant
men Mr.. Smock has been located a
Rock Island. 1t is stated that he vii
have headquarters in Des Moines
No one at the local offices Of The
Iowa Falls Short Line had been ad
vised Of the change, nor had they an!
idea Of the position Mr.. Smock vii
hold.
No verificatfon of the report tina
Fred G. Mcmillan, division freigh
and passenger agent of the Wabash
with headquarters at Des Moines, !lar
resigned to become MANAGER of tn
Iowa Falls Short Line, has been re
ceived. Mr.. Mcmillan has been out o
the city all week. Friends declare
that Mr.. Mcmillan will not leave tn
Wabash The Des Moines Registe
and Leader.