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Advanced First Of
September.

Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific. has been elected pres
ident Of the. New Haven railroad and
goes to New York the first of Septem-
Der. Pres. Elliott is well known in
this locality. having spoken at the
Commercial Club rooms in Dickinson
on two different occasions. and the fol-
lowing letter which he has sent out TO
agents of the road will be of interest
to our readers:
St. Paul. August 5th.-I send this
message with much sadness and regret,
of sadness because / am leaving some
very close and dear friends in the
northwest both personal and official.
Of regret that give up the Office Of
president September list and leave this
part of the country and the many
friend sin the railroad service and along
the line without whose loyal support
Ae Northern Pacific could not have ac-
complished what it has. I take this op-
portunity Of extending my heartfelt
thanks to everyone for the considera-
tion and help.
On October 3rd, 1908, l became presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific. Since
then the growth of the country, the
kindly attitude of the public and of
the press, the judgment ability and
courage, of the directors and stockhold-
ers in raising money and the earnest
support of the officers and employees
have all combined to make a great
and better railroad of what was a
greater railroad then. In ten years the
miles of track of the Northern Pacific
not including important subordinate
controlled and affiliated roads have in
creased from 7.433 to 1O.015 and the
gross earnings from this trackage have
increased from SAG. $4,000 ], "a, $$72,-
CTS. in spite Of the building 81 new
lines and the subdivision Of business
in territory formerly served by the
Northern Pacific alone. These figures
tell sGmethine of the growth Of the
northwest in the past ten years and /
believe the next ten will show great
er growth in all directions.
am ve.y glad that have had ten
years experience in this wonderful
northwest, have been part of the
management Of the Northern Pacific and
have helped to develop an organization
that can now carry forward the work
and that leave the property in better
condition than ever before to do this
work as one Of the great agencies for
building up the northwest. To be able
to turn the management of the COM
pany's affairs over 10 men now in the
service who know the country. the
people, the officers, the employees and
the railroad is extremely gratifying to
me.
The executive; committee of the board
of directors have authorized me to
make the following statement. after
having carefully considered the situa-
tion created by the impending retire
ment from the presidency of the COM
pany of Howard Elliott the executive
committee has decided to recommend
to the board of directors the following
plan for meeting it: %
The creation of the Office of chairman
of the board and promotion of w. P.
Cloueh, now first vice president to Eli
that position; the promotion of j. NJ.
Hannaford, now second vice president,
to be president: the promotion Of Geo.
NJ. Slade,. now third vice president. to
be first vice president. " &
These gentlemen are all experienced
loyal Northern Pacific men and will
work as hard in the future as they have
in the past for the upbuildine Of the
northwest and the Northern Pacific.
ask for them the same loyal supper,
and cordial treatment that has always
been given to me, both officially and
personally. 5 81 5S8 a5.S
n So j am sad that events seem tt
make it best for me 10 take up the worl
in the east, yet ! am glad that ! an
leaving the Northern Pacific il fine
condition and in good hands.
Z am not going to say goodbye be,
Z cause / shall hope to3see manytof "a,
4 friends from the northwest when they
are in New England. Boston and New
York. And when my vacation time
comes in 1914 and 1915 / shall hope x
[ make 4 trip over the Northern Pacific,
\ the best railroad lin the American north
west. ..s;H a4.
The northwest and my many friend
III, IL. and the Northern Pacific will 81.
ways Be- very dear to me and shal
hope that 5in 3 ny q & new work in the eas