The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-07-17
ASK NON-PARTISAN W.P. DIRECTORS
TARIFF COMMISSION fULOCIzE SCHLACKS

The Western Pacific railway is with
ont president or first viee-president
today, says yesterdays San Francisco
Chronicle.
1t won't have any until tomorrow
night, at the earliest.
The board of directors of the com.
pany met yesterday, accepted the res
ignation Of President f. T. Jeffery.
elected him chairman of the board of
directors, and then accepted the res
lgnation of Charles H. Sehlacks as
first vice-president and director.
The board will meet again tomor-
row, in expectation of the arrival Of
Benjamin +. Bush, head of the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Denver and Rio
Grande systems, who is slated to be-
come president of third carrier, the
Western Pacific, in keeping with the
program outlined by the eastern bank
ing syndicate of which Bush is repre-
sentative in Missouri Pacific and Rio
Grande holdings, and which insisted
upon the deposing of Jeffery before it
would volunteer to finance what
ooihuhto 10 Iuc c0mDoJl00
of the Western Pacific.
New Heads to Have Full Sway.
Bush's arrival in San Francisco will
be but prelude to his ascendancy to
the presidency of the road. Vice
President Brown of the Rio Grande
will take Schlacks' place. What other
changes will be made by the successors
of the Goulds in the administration of
the Missouri Pacifc-Rio Grande- West.
ern Pacific system remains to be seen,
but there is no doubt that changes
will be made in order to give the
heads of the new regime full sway
over the transcontinental system. Such
intends unifying the management of
the three roads in the same fashion
that the late E. H. Hartman unified
the Union Pacific, Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific systems.
The departure of Schlacks was genu-
inely regretted about local railroad
circles, especially in the executive Of
fees of the Western Pacific. Other
rail officials were frank in declaring
that he was handicapped by the new
regime in the old Gould system. 1.-THE
truth of the matter is, said one high
official, the other faction has been
after Jeffery's scalp for years. They
finally got it. Naturally, Schlacks,
who had been cooperating with the
old administration, wouldn t continue
with the new.''
Resolutions Adopted.
The Western Pacific directors, in ac-
cepting Schlacks' resignation, adopt
ed the following resolutions
Resolved, That the board accept the
resignation of c. H. Schlaeks as first
vice-president and director of the
company, and that in so doing it ex-
press to him its appreciation of the
services he has rendered the company
and the sincere regret which the men,
bers of the board, both officially and
personally, feel on account of his leav-
ing the company. The board desires
to record its appreciation of the sue
cess of his labors ON behalf of the
company and of the single emindedness,
energy and ability which he has dis
played in those labors under difficult
and discouraging conditions. He has
succeeded in organizing the company
upon sound operating basis, in Civ
ing it wise and effective admins
tration, in building up it's business and
earnings, and in establishing it in the
respect and confidence of the public.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That this
board adopts with pleasure the recon.
mendation of the board of directors of
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
company that it insist upon Mr..
Schlacks continuing to receive the
salary of his Office for the balance of
the year for which he was elected, and
that, accordingly, this board respect
fully requests OF Mr.. Schlacks that he
accept from this company his salary
as first viee-president for the balance
of the year for which he was elected,
and the officers of the company are
directed to continue to pay him his
salary as first vice-president up to and
including the LIST day of October, 1913