Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
TO MAKECHANCES
/. ON BURLINGTON
NUMEROUS OFFICIALS TO BE
SHIFTED ON ROAD BY
SEPTEMBER 1.
JOHNSON TO LEAVE
Iowa General superintendent to &c
to GaIesburg as Head Of Illinois
#s Llnes-Rice to Succeed
Him.

J The railroad yards and offices To-
cally have been rife with rumored
changes slated to be made effective
soon owing to the rise of E. P. Brack-
en- to the position of general manager
succeeding F. F. Ward who retired
because Of Ill health. AS usual the
dopesters played up some local favor
ties but this lent an air of switch
shanty imagination to the tale. How
ever, the Burlington Hawk-Eye came
out this morning with story regard
ing the changes that it states will
be effective September 1. The story
follows:
The Hawk-Eye Story.
Through a general shifting of Bur
lington road officials as result Of the
retirement of General Manager Ward
and the promotion of E. P. Bracken to
the post, this city will lose Superin-
tendent F. r. Johnson OF the Iowa d.
vision, and he will be succeeded by
Robert Rice, now superintendent Of
the Aurora division. The change be-
comes effective September /.
In order Of Importance the changes
are as follows:
e. p Bracken, assistant to the gen
eral manager Of lines east, has been
made general manager Of the lines
east. Mr.. Bracken was for many years
connected with the road in Nebraska
and was at one time assistant super
intendent of the Lincoln division. He
lived for ten or twelve years at Te-
cumseh.
Ed s. Roller, general superintend-
ent at Galesburg. to be assistant gen.
eral manager. Mr.. Roller lived for a
number of years in the west, was
chief clerk to the superintendent at
Lincoln and also trainn1aster there,
and was later at McCook as division
superintendent.
/ FL. johnson, superintendent at Bur-
|lington to be general superintendent
at Galesburg.
Rice to Burlington.
Robert Rice, superintendent at Au-
rora, to be superintendent at Burling-
ton.
A. @. Smart, superintendent Of the
Omaha division, to be superintendent
at Aurora Mr.. Smart has been train
dispatcher, trainmaster and superin-
|tendent on the Nebraska lines for.
many years.
Frank r. Mullen, superintendent at
Sterling, Col, to be superintendent at
Omaha Mr.. Mullen grew up in Lin
coin, has been operator. dispatcher.
day and night chief dispatcher and
trainmaster on the Lincoln division
when that division also included the
present lines of the Omaha division.
He went from here to McCook as train
master and from McCook to Sterling
40 q. 1 L. Grigss .trainmaster at Omaha,
to b superintendent at Sterling. Mr..
Griggs has been an employe Of the
Nebraska lines for a number of years.
The position Of trainmaster on the
Omaha division has not yet been
filled
e. J. Worden. assistant superintend-
ent OF the La Crosse division it Is re-
ported is to be made superintendent
Of the Galesburg division, Mr.. Johnson
being general superintendent at that
point. It is understood Mr.. Shuts, the
retiring superintendent, will be added
to thu, general managers staff. Assist
ant superintendent Sadler of the Gales
burg division, will take the place Of Mr..
Worden as superintendent Of the La
Crosse division.
A Little History.
Superintendent Johnson came to
Burlington from Chicago two years ago
and has made many friends here both
In and out OF the railroad service. His
transfer to Galesburg Is a distinct pro-
motion. as he will have charge of the
Illinois district, including terminals at
Chicago and also the Twin cities. Min
neapolis and st. Paul.
The promotion of Mr. Rice.to gen
eral superintendent of Iowa lines is
the result Of years of hard work. He
is a son of former big Burlington Of
ficial The father sent him to Knox
college and then to the Harvard uni
versity law school. He graduated and
returned to Galesburg.
Railroad work appealed to young
Rice. He deserted his law books and
went to work on the section at Bur-
lington. Later he was made section
boss. Then he Jumped to assistant
trainmaster at Galesburg. He was a
big enough man for every position ne
was given When Superintendent w.
S. Kirby of the Aurora division was
given an advisory position In the gen
erdl OFFICES HtC9 was pldSSu o. ZIG
head of the important local division.
Now he goes to Burlington as gen.
eral superintendent Of all Iowa lines,
one Of the most important districts on
the Burlington system.
Bracken Also Section Graduate.
2. P. Bracken. the new Burlington
general manager. is also graduate
Of the section He began work for
the Burlington in 1887 and has been in
the service continuously ever since. He
was extra gang foreman for one year
en- the Lincoln division and was on the
wymore division from September,
1888, to November. 1905. having been
consecutive1y gang foreman for one
year. roedmaster for thirteen years
and trainmaster for three years. He
was then appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the Lincoln division and in
April, 1906. was promoted to superin-
tendent. which title he held until May,
1909. He was then on the Sterling di-
vision for six months the Sheridon di-