The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-23
Vice President w. c, Brown Likely to Succeed Newman as Head of the Great
 System.
VETERAN WANTS A REST
Has Seen Forty Years of Railroad Service and Nearly Eight as Executive of Wander
 bllt Lines,

New IOrk, Dec. 22,"-N, II. NeWIldll resigned today the presidency of the New York Central lines and Hudson River Railroad company and its many allied lines, The resignation was ac- cepted by the board of directors, to take effect on February 1. In his let ter to the board he said:
 After forty years devoted to the eX- acting duties of railroad service, in my Judgment the time has come when l should he freo from the strain and burdens which are necessarily incident to the position which l hold While full ly realizing the honor and importance of the office, | think l have worked hard enough and long enough to take more leisure and freedom from care than 1t Is possible for one who Is the executive of great system such as the New York Central lines to enjoy.
 In n resolution adopted by the di- rectors it was set forth that MT New man had devoted to the presidency his whole time and energy. and had shown marked ability in his treatment of the many complicated matters with which he had to deal.
 "It Is with regret that we consent to his reinqushment of the office which he has held so long and filled so we'll
 It Is likely that W c. Brown the New York central's senior vice. -presi- dent, will he elected president Mir. Brown was born In Herklmer County, N. Y, on July 2a. 1858, and entered rail- way service in 1882 He became vice. president and general manager of the Lake shore and Michigan Southern in February, 1901 X year later ho was elected vice president of the New York Central Since then he has acquired various posts as officer and director of the allied Central lines These offices are always incidental to high post with tho Central
 In recent months Mir Brown has heen prominent in the discussion of railway freight rates, He has been spokesman of the transportation in torests in combating the shippers protests against changes in schedules and has explained. in public inter views. tho views of the railroads and tho economic causes of raised tariffs.
 Mir Newman was elected president of the Now York Central on June &. 1901 10 succeed Samuel R, Galloway. He is sixty years old His start in tho railroad business was got in 1S6a, when he became station agent of the Texas and Pacific railway at Shreye- port. I.a Within a few years he was a the head If tho traffic department. In that capacity he attracted the at tention of Jay Gould. who put him at the head of the traffic departments of the Gould Southwestern system.
 Soon after fSs5 MT. Newman he- came vice president of the Missouri Pacihs and in 1882 vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern, Here his capacity for getting business was brought to the notice of the Van derbilts and James ] Hill, In 1897 he entered the service of the Great Northern al Mir Hill's invitation, but he had scarcely settled down to work before he was called to the presidency of the Lake Shore to succeed Mir Cal laway who had gone to the New York Central Mir. Newman's friends used to have nickname for him. They called him "The Homeless, for, ac- companied by his wife, he spent most of his time in his private car keeping constant watch of affairs along the line of his railroad When not Ion the road, MT and Mrs Newman lived at Cleveland hotel, before they moved to New York
 After taking tho roins of tho New York Central. he was installed as pres ident and director of the many rail- roads In the so-called Vanderbilt chain. The Directors of Directors for 1907 shows that he was on the boards of scores of subordinate corporations.