The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-07
HARAHAN TO Be
HEAD OF BOARD
REPORT THAT ]. q. RAWN MAY
BE BROUGHT BACK.
Changes On the !. c., Chief Among
Which Are Several Promotions
to Vice Presidencies.
STORY FROM REooRD-HERALD

Chicago. March THE following
is printed in the Chicago Record
Herald: J. T. Harahan Is to go up
from presidency Of the Illinois Cen
tral TO the position OF chairman or
the board OF directors. a position to
be created for him. The change in
the active management of the road
is scheduled to take place at n meet
ing OF the directors which Is to be
held in New York. on Wednesday OF
this week.
IL is understood that a successor
TO Mr. Harahan has been decided
upon, provided the man the directors
hope to secure will accept the posi-
tlon. With regard to this there is
said TO be some doubt remaining A
large number of railway officials
were considered for the place and
the choice is said TO have narrowed
down TO one eastern railroad presi-
dent. and one western railroad presi-
dent
The eastern man Is said to be i.
d. Underwook. president of the Erie
road. and the western man Is re-
ported to be Howard Elliott, presi-
dent OF the Northern Pacific road.
Several other names have been men,
toned in railroad circles as possible
successors 20 President Harahan.
Among them are: +. A. Delano.
president OF the Wabash road: Il. T.
Jenery. chairman Of the board OF
directors OF the Wabash road; and
/. G.. Rawn. president OF the Monon
road. and formerly vice-president OF
the Illinois Central in charge Of
operation.
Last night Mr.. Delano stated en-
phatically that he had not been
asked TO accept the position. nor had
he been asked II he would consider
IL an offer.
In connection with the change IN
management OF the road. it Is stated
that there is 20 be complete reor-
ganizatlon of the Illinois Central and
Of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
roads. This means the selection OF
two and possibly Of four vice-presi-
dents, who will be placed In charge
of the various departments. Two
lyice-presidents, one in charge OF traf-
dc and the other in charge OF oper-
alton. VIII. under the present plan.
be elected at the directors meeting
on Wednesday officials and direc-
tors OF the road refused to give out
any Information regarding who these
officials would be. IL is rumored
that Frank b. Hartman, now gem
eral manager OF the company viii
be advanced to the position Of vice
president IN charge OF operation and
that Frank Bowos, now general
freight traffic manager, will be- made
yice-president IN charge of traffic.
Mr.. Bowes, II is rumored. will be
succeeded by Donald Rose, now
freight manager of the road.
President Harahan has been IN
the east Tor several days whore he
has been in constant conference with
Chairman Charles 4. Peabody OF the
executive committee. Mr.. Harahan
has been assisting the directors in
working out q plan OF reorganization
made necessary by his retirement
from the presidency. NJ. p. Blauvelt.
comptroller of the Illinois Central,
who has been assisting President
Harahan IN forming a plan OF reor-
ganization 10 present to the direc-
tors. left for New York last night to
attend the coming directors meet
ing. That changes we're impending
on the Illinois Central, MIR. Blauvelt
would not deny. but he refused to
state what they were. intimating that
this would develop during the direc-
tors meeting.
Denial From IIarahan.
Chicago. March Following the
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