Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-08
CREENOUCH TO
SMALLEY'SP PLACE
Appointed to the Superinten-
dency of Illinois Division
of Rock Island.
PREDECESSOR is PROMOTED
Is Given Charge of Southwestern
District-Jones Given Post Va
Gated by Cable.

| The new organization of the official
staff of the Rock Island railway, fol
lowing the separation of that road
from the Frisco, was practically com
pleted yesterday by the official an
noun cement of promotions in the pas
senger and operating departments to
fill the places created by the election
of four new vice presidents John Sc
bastian, the new third vice president
in charge of the passenger department
announced during the day that L. NJ
Allen, since 1903 general passenger
agent of the Rock Island system, would
be the new passenger traffic manager
to succeed Mr.. Sebastian. W. J. Lea
by, first assistant general passenger
agent, was appointed general passen-
ger agent to succeed Mr.. Allen, and
J. A. Stewart, heretofore assistant gen.
eral passenger agent at Kansas City,
is made first assistant general passen-
ger agent, with headquarters at Chi
cago, in place of Mr.. Leahy.
S. T. Fulton, for the last six years
assistant to the president of the Rock
Island, resigned to become president
of the Emerson Typewriter company at
Chicago Mr.. Fulton has been in the
railroad service, with the exception of
one year. since 1879, when he entered
the service of the Kansas Pacific rail
way at Topeka as messenger in the
telegraph office.
Others Are Experienced Men.
Mr.. Allen, the new passenger traffic
Ie,-
land since he entered the railway serv-
ice in 1882 at the age of 10. as car &C
countant's clerk in the local freight
Office at Davenport. He held various
positions in the freight department I'M
til 1898. when he became general agent
Of the passenger department. He was
assistant general passenger agent of
the lines east of the Missouri river,
and general passenger agent of the
system. Mr. Leahy began to learn
railrcading as clerk in the auditors
office of the Buffalo, New York & Phil
adelphia road at Buffalo in 1888. He
went to the Rock Island in 1887 as
travelling passenger agent in New York
state and has been first assistant gen
eral passenger agent at Chicago since
1905.
In the operating department Vice
President F. o. Melcher announces the
appointment of w S. Tinsman. mana
ger of the Choctaw and southern dis
tricts, as general manager, with Office
at Chicago. II. S. Gable, general super
intendent of the central district at DAY.
export, resigned. and is succeeded by
c. w. Jones, heretofore general super
intendent of the southwest district
Shakcup In Operating stan.
These changes caused a general
shakeup in the operating staff. ]. B.
Smalley, superintendent of the Illinois
division is appointed general superin-
tendent of the southwestern district,
succeeding Mr.. Jones; w. NJ. Written
ton, general superintendent of the
Choctaw district, is made manager of
the Choctaw and southwestern dis
tricts with office at FL Reno, vice Mr.
Tinsman: T. H. Beacon is appointed
general superintendent of the Chloe
taw district H p. Greenough, superin-
tendent of the Iowa division. is made
superintendent of the Illinois division,
succeeding Mr.. Smalley; A. T. Abbott
is superintendent of the Iowa division,
vice Mr. Greenough; F. NJ Patt be-
comes superintendent of the Colorado
division in place of Mr.. Abbott; A. B.
Ramsdell is superintendent of the Chi
cago terminals in place of Mr.. Patti