, 1907-08-26

AT SHOPS
DISTRICT FOREMAN TO BE sue.
CEEDED BY OFFICIAL FROM
RAWLiNs HOLDING SIM
LIAR POSITION.
Daniel e. Sullivan Going to Cheyenne
as Superintendent Of Shops and J.
w. HighIeyman Coming Here as
District Eoreman-Promotion for
Both GentIemen-RaiIroad Notes
of General Interest Here.

Daniel e. Sullivan, district foreman
here, has been made superintendent of
shops at Cheyenne and will leave for
that place tonight to assume the du-
ties. The position is a new one, in
tended to relieve Master Mechanic
| William INLAND of the care of the
shops there. he giving his whole time
to the duties of master mechanic of
in his new capacity will practically be
the assistant master mechanic, reliev-
ing that official of some of the many
duties of the place. Mr.. Sullivan will
be succeeded here by J.. w. High
leyman of Rawlins, the latter having
been district foreman there. At Raw.
Inns E. M. Tierney, formerly of this
city, who has not been In the railroad
business for a few years, will return
to service and will take charge of the
Rawlins shops.
Good Mar Going.
The removal Of Mr.. Sullivan from
this city is to be regretted by every
citizen of the city, although all re-
joice at the deserved promotion. add
ed responsibility and augmented sal.
airy. The city owes much to Mr.. Sui.
livan, who from the very start worked
for the reopening of the rolling mills,
and his influence with Superintendent
McKeen, who recognized him as a
valued advisor. had much to do with
bringing about that consummation.
Mr.. Sullivan worked early and late On
the proposition, wen over the rolling
mills with the officials, pointing out
here and there the advantages that
would accrue to the company in re-
establishing the plant here. n vas
placed in charge of the reconstruction
work and later with the mechanical
department. after the mills had been
reopened and Mr.. Jacobus installed as
manager.
Will Be Missed Here.
The men IN the division will also
miss Mr.. Sullivan, and at the round
house yesterday, when word of the
change reached the men, there was a
spontaneous movement in the direc.
ton of a fitting testimonial. In fact,
every la see was anxious to "be in
on the proposition" and those who
heard of it hunted for the paper to
join the movement. The plan has
been abandoned, not because there
was any lack of enthusiasm on the
part of the men, but because Mr.. Sui
livan himself asked that it be dropped.
1T looks like putting a premium on
the duty of a nan to treat others as
fellow men," he said. IF l have lone
anything to be commended for, 1t was
in the line of duty, as l would myself
wish to be treated were l and my
friends to change places. 1 love the
men for the love they bear me. l
have done my duty and they have
done theirs"
Family of RaiIroaders.
Mr.. Highleyman came to the Union
Pacific from Kansas City, where he
learned his trade. His family are
~railroaders, his father being R. R.
~Highleyman, a prominent citizen and
shopman of Sedalia. Mo. Mr.. Highley-
man has not always been a railroad
a Il used to carry papers on the
newspapers that you were connected
with" he said to a reporter for this
paper. He has a wife and two young
sons, and is hunting a house today in
which to install them and become citi-
zens of Laramie. Dan Sullivan has
| set a pace that it will be hard for me
to keep up with, but | / hope to find the
same place in the hearts of the men
of the road and in the regard of the
people of the city that he has so long
filed. I'm going to do my duty"
Will Help Cheyenne.
The Cheyenne Tribune had the fol-
lowing Saturday afternoon in connec
ton with the change:
"The most important announcement
made in connection with this change
here is to the effect that hereafter all
repair work for the Wyoming division
and a large part Of the work from the
Colorado division will be done In the
Cheyenne shops. In the past a por-
ton of the work of the Wyoming di-
vision has been done in the big shops
at Omaha, there being at the present
time four engines from this division
undergoing repairs at Omaha. Here
after all this work will be done in