The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-25
PICK Possibilities
FOR ELLIOTT POST
RAILROAD MEN SPECULATE ON
PROBABLE SUCCESSOR TO N. p.
Observation-Disclosures r. SLADE
. is PROMINENTLY MENTIONED
FOR THE POSITION.

Minneapolis Journal: Based on the
expectation that J. P. Morgan & Co.
will announce Friday, after a meeting
in New York at which Howard. Elliott,
president of the Northern Pacific road.
will be present, that Mr.. Elliott is to
succeed Charles S. Mellen, who recent
ly resigned from the presidency of the
New York, New. Haven & Hartford
railway, every Minneapolis and st.
Paul railroad office was full of gossip
today as to the probable successor to
Mr.. Elliott. J. M. Hannaford, second
vice president, and George T.. Slade,
third vice president of the Northel Al
Pacific road, are spoken of as being
under consideration. James N. Hill,
SON of James j. Hill, who. for several
years was first vice president of the
Northern Pacific and resided in New
York, resigned some time ago.. It is
not thought that he would nave re-
ceived the appointment in my case.
His position was filled by Col. w. P.
Clough of New York. c.. w. Bum,
general counsel of the Northern .Paci-
fic, is also spoken of.
Whether, in the event that Mr.. Ell
lott leaves the Northern Pacific road
to take the presidency of the New
Haven, Colonel Clough or Mr.. lama
ford will receive the appointment,
whether George T. Slade, who repre-
sents the Younger generation of rail-
road men, will get it, or whether the
policy of the Morgan influence will be
to go outside the existing organization
for a president, are the most interest
ing. speculations of the day in the rail-
road world --..-.. . .
That there might be a shift from the
Great Northern to the Northern Paci-
fc is a suggested possibility. George
r. Slade has been identified with the
Northern Pacific road since 1909. Prior
to that time, and after his graduation
from Yale in 1898, he was on the
Great Northern INT for an interval
with the Erie. He is a son-in-law of
James j. Hill. .
Colonel Clough, is a financial and ac-
counting man principally and is not
generally considered an operating rail-
roader. Mr.. Hannaford is a man of
general all around experience and has
been identified with the Northern Pa
cific road for many years.
Under President Elliott the North
ern Pacific road made in recent years
the poorest financial showings for a
long time. This was due primarily, as
Mr.. Elliott's annual reports stated, to
the competition of the Milwaukee sys-
tenn, which built and opened it's Puget
extension in ountry not only
competitive with the Northern Pacific,
but extending for considerable dis
tances across ground parallel to and
within sight Of the Northern Pacific.
Carl r. Gray, who was made presi-
dent of the Great Northern after the
change by which James J. Hill retired
from the craftsmanship Of the board of
directors, and Louis w. Hill resigned
the presidency and took his place on
the board, is a man of experience in
| western railroad construction and OBJ
Grafton. 1t is possible, it vas pointed
out today. that the choice Of a success
sor to Mr.. Elliott, if he goes to the
New Haven, may fall upon some mar
outside the Hill alliances, if a mar
notably able and aggressive can be
found.
Mr.. Elliott is in New York and his
, office was advised today that he will
remain until after the meeting Friday.
Mr.. Slade is in st. Paul.