The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
Reorganization Of Missouri Pa
cific Operating Forces.
System Will Be Operated in
Three Districts.
CHANGES IN KANSAS
State Division Headquarters at
Kansas City.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.
CHANGES IN KANSAS

ST Iouis. June 16.-First Vice Pres
ident E. ]. Pearson of the Missouri
Pacific in charge Of operation, has an
nounced from St. Louis headquarters
that. effective Monday, June 1s, sne
Missouri Pacific system will be oper-
ated in three districts. The eastern dis
trict with headquarters at St. Louis
will COMPRISE the st. Louis Terminal
Illinois. Missouri, Eastern Joplin ana
White River divisions. The western
district with headquarters at Kansas
CITY will comprise the Kansas City
Terminal, Omaha northern Kansas
central kansas, Colorado Wichita ana
SOUTHERN Kansas divisions. The south
ern district, with headquarters at Lit
lie Rock, will comprise the Arkansas,
Eemphis. Valley, Natchez end central
divisions.
General Manager Sullivan announced
that the following appointments are
made effective next Monday; eastern
district. headquarters st. Louis; J. +.
Murphy, general superintendent; K !.
TurnLuIl assistant superintendent OF
machinery; Phillip Carroll engineer
maintenance of way. Western district
HEADQUARTERS Kansas City; w. J. Nc
Kee, general superintendent; w L.
Aracy. assistant superintendent OF ma
chinery; J. r. Leighty, engineer, main
tenance Of way. Southern district,
headquarters Little ROCK; M M
Richey, general superintendent; ID. W.
Cunningham, assistant superintendent
Of machinery; E. ]. Corrells engineer
maintenance Of way.
George w. Smith, superintendent OF
machinery, announced that, enectlVe
next Monday, the back shops and all
facilities at the points named below
relating to the classified repairs of 10
cornotives, passenger cars, freight cars
and other equipment, will be in charge
of shop superintendents, who will re-
port direct to the superintendent OF
machinery. Sedalia, No, M. J. Nc
Graw, superintendent; Kansas City,
Mo, w. c. Smith superintendent;
Hoisington, Kan, E. F. Stroch, su-
perintendent; De Soto, No, {. J. Peas
ley, superintendent; Argenta' Ark, B.
=. Stevens. superintendent.
General Manager Sullivan states
that. likewise effective June 19, the
jurisdiction of officers Of the Omaha
and northern Kansas divisions will be
separated and the following assignment
is made: Omaha division, headquarters
Falls City, Neb.; A. De Bernardo .'u-
Derintendent: F. W. Schultz master
Northern Kansas division. headquar-
tiers Atchiscn, Kan: J. +. Russ, SUI
perintendent: G. z. McAuliffe, master
mechanic; H. z. Boardmans division
engineer.
The Jurisdiction of the general SUI
perintendent, assistant superintendent
of machinery and engineer maintenance
of way Of the eastern district, also tha
jurisdiction of the superintendent. mas
ter mechanic and division engineer Of
the Illinois division, is extended over
the Coal Belt railway, which will here
after be operated as the coal belt dis
trict Of the Illinois division.
The Jurisdiction of the general su-
perintendent, assistant superintendent
of machinery, engineer maintenance Of
way of the southern district; also the
jurisdiction of the superintendent, mas
ter mechanic, division engineer of the
valley division, Is extended over the
line from Alexandria to Lake Charles,
La. which will hereafter be operated
as the Lake Charles district of the
valley division.
Superintendent W. E. Brooks an
nounces that effective on Monday, E.
r. Lockhart is appointed master me-
chanic, Colorado division, with head
quar- ters at HOisington, Kan. The po-