The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-25
TlNSMAN MOVES
Becomes Assistant General
Manager of Rock Island.
A. +. Sweet will Take His
Place in Topeka.

H. L. Nudge, second vice president
of the Rock Island system. and in
charge of the operation of the system.
arrived in Topeka this afternoon after
having been in Denver for several dayg
on business trip. While here he an
nounced several changes in the differ
ent departments of the system.
In the operating department w. S.
Tinsman, who has been for several
months general superintendent of the
southwestern district of the Rock
Island, with headquarters in Topeka,
is promoted to the position of assist
ant general manager of all the Rock
Island lines. He will be succeeded in
Topeka by A. E. Sweet, who has been
for some time assistant to H. U. Nudge,
second vice president of the system.
In the motive power department
there will be several changes. The
principal one will be the transfer of
w. j. Tollerton from the position of
the southwest, southern and Choctaw
districts of the Rock Island to the DO
sltlon OF assistant general s1perintend-
ent OF motive power for the entire sys-
tenn, with headquarters in Chicago.
Mr- Tollerton will. be succeeded in To-
peka by S. w. Mullinix, who held the
poslt1on OF master mechanic at Horton.
The changes in the motive power
department amount to a complete re-
organization of this department. This
department was formerly managed by
the general superintendent, T. S. Lloyd
or chicago. Under him were w j.
Tollerton, who had charge of three of
the five districts of the system and had
headquarters in Topeka and J. B.
Fitzpatrick, who had charge of the mo-
tive department of the northern and
central districts.
Under the new arrangement there
will be a superintendent for each dis
trict, each of whom will operate over
the same territory as a general super
intendent. The new superintendent
are: w. L. Harrison for the northern
division, formerly master mechanic
and acting superintendent of motive
power at Chicago, who will have his
headquarters at Cedar Rapids Iowa;
]. B. fitzpatrick, central division
whose headquarters will be Davenport,
Iowa. S. w Mullinix, southwestern
district, with headquarters in Topeka;
F. w. Williams, southern district, with
headquarters at Chickasha, 1. T., and
heado at Little Rock, Ark. All
these men Will report to Mr.. Tollerto.
who will have the management of thG
motive power.
to the position of assistant general
manager has been general superintend-
ent since last September. Previous to
that time he was general superintend-
ent of the Choctaw at Little Rock. He
was at one time division superintendent
of the Missouri division and has been
with the Rock Island for nearly thirty
years.
A E. Sweet who will succeed Mr..
Tinsman in Topeka has been with the
Rock Island but about two years. dur
ing all of which time he has held his
present position of assistant to Mr.. |
Nudge. Prior to that time he was con-
nected with the Santa Fe in Topeka. He
was formerly assistant to the general |
of the Santa Fe, when Mr. |
Nudge held the position of general
but soon after Mr.. Nudge
went to the Rock Island Mr. Sweet fol. |
lowed suit
All these changes will go into effect |
the first of April None of the assist |
ants to either Mr.. Tinsman or Mr.. Toll |
erton will go to Chicago. George |
Heatherington who has been chief clerk /
to Mr. Tinsman will continue in the |
same capacity with Mr.. Sweet.