The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-19
MORE THAN 200
Rock Island General Offices Will
Employ Many.
Scores of New Clerks Will Be
Here First of Month.
AN OVERFLOW OFFICE.
Necessary to Rent Big Space in
Adjacent Hotel.
Carl NOrdlund Is Secretary to
George HetheringtOn.
AN OVERFLOW OFFICE

AFTER the first of February when the
Rock Island has in full running order
the organization of general officials for
the second district and after all the
newly appointed officers have trans
ferred their forces to this city. more
than 200 men will be in the employment
of this railroad in the general offices
in Topeka.
The officers in charge of the transfer
have found that the office building here
will not hold the officials and their
staffs- AS a result the rear section OF
the first floor of the Chesterfield hotel
has been rented and $500 square feet OF
space will be furnished for the over
flow of the general offices.
With the exception of the freight
agents force in Kansas City, all of the
general offices of this district will he
placed in Topeka permanently. the
same to take effect the first of the
month. The building is being re
modelled at this time for the office
room.
Carpenters Are Busy.
A gang of carpenters under the su-
pervision of F. L. Park, master car
penter of the second district of the
Rock Island, are at work today tear
ing out partitions, vaults. and utilizing
every inch of space for the use Of the
new officials and their clerks.
When the partition work is finished.
the main offices will be ref1oored, re-
painted and tinted and the interior Of
the building will be made over into
modern railroad office-with special at
tention tC the general manager
When the rear of the Chesterfield
hotel is remodeled to fit the purposes
of the accounting department w. D.
(, Smith, general district accountant,
will take his force of 20 men into that
building.
A number of the officials now in To-
peka are general officers over the new
district and their offices will remain
the same as before the new arrange
ment With all of the new officers and
clerks who will move to this city the
first Of the month, the total number
employed in the general offices proper
will be about 200. sr~.
No announcements concerning the
new list of officials have been made.
James A. Stewart, the new general
passenger ,gent, will not be able 70
come to Topeka until the last of jan
uary and his staff will not be made
public until that time. General Super
intendent Smalley is in Chicago in an
official conference at this time and the
anxiously awaited announcement as 20
who will be his chief clerk t. take the
place of George Hetherington, who has
been made chief clerk to General
Manager Sweet. will not be made un-
til he returns.
Elmo Whittmore.s who has been
transportation clerk in the office of
the general superintendent for some
time and who has acted as chief clerk
in the absence of George Hetherington,
IS slated for the position. But moth
ing is known officially.
George Hetherington, chief clerk to
the general manager, announced to-
day that Carl Nordlund, stenographer
to the chief clerk in the office of the
general superintendent, will be ap-
pointed secretary to Mr. Hetherington
This is promotion well deserved and
expected.
The officials and their office forces,
to be in the general district office
building of the Rock Island in Topeka
az follows
Third Floor
Name Number Employed
]. A. Stewart, gen1 pass. agt. LIB
H. NJ. Stone. gen1 dist. eng'r15
z. L. Whitney, sup't telegraph 26
F. L. Park, master carpenter 25
r. V. Ford, supt. work equip. ~ 2
w. c. Cartilage, dist. claim agt 8
L. w. Craise, in. gas eng. motor cars 1
]. G. Hutchinson, road master. . 9
Second Floor.
A. E. Sweet. gen1 mgr
]. s. Smalley, gen1 supt. ...1O
NJ. A. Low, gen'l atty .. 5
E. W Cline. real est. tax ag't 4
H. ]. Whitcombe, fr't claim adj /
]. F. Rossiter. dist spec. agt /
H. s. Grisby. dist. chemist -
w. P. Ballon. dist. trav. car acct. 1
First Floor.
E. F. Strain, div. fr't agt t. :
H. H. Hunt, city pass. agt 4
VIM. Cortright. Gust. depot mast. 2
Harry Bowlers. bag. mast (
Charles Hattery, dist. sign instp 2
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