The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-24
RAILROAD NEWS.
Chicago Will Be Given Reins of
the Rock Island.
Head Offices From New York to
Windy City.
SLOAN ASSIST NUDGE.
New York Man to Take Place
Held by A.sE. Sweet.
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Other Items of General Inter
est in Traffic World.
SLOAN ASSIST NUDGE.

Chicago, Jan. A.-The Rock Island
railroad is again passing through the
throes of reorganization. Though less
drastic than that which followed the
segregation from the Frisco in De-
cember, 1909, the new redistricting plan
and coineident shifts of officers is suf-
f1cient to have kept many of the Rock
Island staff guessing for several days
as to where they will land on February
l. The changes do not mean bringing
in any new men, however, or dismiss
in. any of the present officers.
In addition to dividing the Rock
Island lines into three operating dis
tricts. each under the jurisdiction of a
general manager, plans are also being
made to centralize the executive man
agement of the road in Chaciga and to
reduce the size and personnel of the
New York Office
Although W. H. Moore and D. G..
Reid, the principal owners OF the prop
erty, the latter being chairman of the
board of directors. will of course re-
main in New York. as far as the ac-
tive office is concerned it is tentatively
planned to reduce the New York head
quarters chiefly tc a transfer office.
Walker to Chicago.
Robert Walker, who year ago was
elected chairman of the executive com
mittee and general counsel of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, as
we'll as president Of the Rock Island
company of New Jersey, arrived in Chi
cago yesterday morning prepared to
take up his headquarters here, at least
temporarily and possibly permanently.
ST shall be here off and on most of
the time for the next two or three
months" he said GAS for the future
nothing has yet been determined. l
shall have to spend some time in both
places, as in the past
II vic rorQSidanf
assistant to the chairman of the ex-
lsecutive committee in New York, Is 20
come to Chicago as assistant to Presi-
dent H. U. Nudge, succeeding A. E.
Sweet, who has been appointed gen.
/ eral manager of the second district at
| Topeka Mr.. Sloan was formerly To-
| Gated at Chicago as auditor of disburse-
ments 1t is possible that his title of
vice president may be given to j. j.
Quinlan, assistant secretary and assist
ant treasurer, who is the transfer agent
at New York, in order to enable him to
| sign executive documents.
| j. A Stewart to Topeka.
| Announcement was made by Passen-
ger Traffic Manager L. M Allen OF
| changes in the passenger department
! effective February i to correspond TO
/ the redistricting of the operating de-
partment and make the jurisdiction OF
| the general Messenger agents cofnc1-
| dent W1Lls OL Tile. general man
ayers. BY the change J. A. Stewart
| now first assistant general passenger
| agent at Chicago, is promoted to be
general passenger agent of the second
district, with headquarters at Topeka.
w J. Leahy, nov general passenger
agent at Chicago becomes general pas.
senger agent Of the first district, com
prising all the mileage east of the Mis-
S uri river and also that between st
Joseph, Mo-, to Horton, Kan, with
headquarters at Topeka.
Mr. Stewards jurisdiction in the sec
ond district covers all the mileage ives
of the Missouri river and north q
Caldwell and east of Tucumcari, N. M.
with headquarters at st. Louis.
To conform to the recent division o
the Rock Island system into thre'
operating districts the Jurisdiction o
general passenger agents, effective Feb
ruary next, will be as follows:
First district-All mileage east of tn
Missouri river and also the miieag
from st. Joseph, Mo, to Horton, Kan.
In charge of w. J. Leahy, with head
quarters in Chicago.
Second district-AlI mileage west Q
the Missouri river and north Of Cald
well, Kan, inclu ing the st. Louis di
vision Except the city of ST. Loufs), il
charge of J. A. Stewart. with headquar
tiers in Topeka, Kan.
Third district-All mileage south 0
Caldwell, Kan, ana east of Tucumcar1