The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-08-02
DESERVED PROMO
ton FOR LOMAX

Presient Benjamin F. Bush of the
Missouri Pacific systm left San Fran
cisco last night for the east, where he
will present to the New York bank
ers he represents in the big rail sys-
TEN his scheme for re-fnancinp the
Western Pacific, which includes a plan
whereby the Denver & Rio Grande
will absorb the Western Pacific and
take over in its own name every obi.
CATION now raced by the Western.
Before Bush left he issued appoint
ment circulars containing other infor-
nation concerning local Western Pa.
ciic conditions.
Most important of the circulars was
that announcing the appointment of
4. u. Lomax as assistant passenger
traffic manager of both the Western
Pacific and the Denver and Rio
Grande.
Lomax's appointment is promo
ton. His new position not only in
creases his jurisdiction, but it will
give him duties that will require his
attention to both roads instead of
one. His promotion was a matter of
general felicitation, both among
shippers and railroad men. It was
Lomax who made the hard fight to
retain homeseekers' rates on the West-
ern transcontinental railroads at q
time when both the Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe proposed to drop them.
and 1T was the vigor he threw into
that fight which resulted in the re-
tention of the rates. He has been an
ardent booster for California and has
won host of friends in the state
for himself and a host of patrons for
the railroad.
Bush g appointment circulars also
contained news of the appointment Of
A. s. Hughes as general traffic man.
ager of Rio Grande and Western Pa
cifc, of F. A. Wadleigh as passenger
traffic manager and of H. Nj. Adams
as freight traffic manager.
These, appointments constitute one
result of Bush's decision to combine
the two roads, both from a financial.
operative and traffic viewpoint. The
financial end of the deal will be un-
tangled, it is said, when he concludes
his conferences with the bankers re-
sponsible for his accession to the West
ern Pacific throne.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Bush and Party Pass Through
This afternoon special train of
hve cars passed through Winnemucca,
eastbound, via the Western Pacific. It
carried President Bush, of the Gould
lines, and party, among the number
being Vice-President Brown and
Traffic Manager Adams
New Agent Takes Position.
Yesterday w. B. Walters took the
position of Western Pacific agent at
this station, succeeding H. C. Chris
tian, resigned. Mr.. Walters came
from Grants, Utah, where he had been
agent for the company. He was ac-
companied by his family and they are
temporarily occupying the Nicholas
residence in the Haviland & Hoskins
addition.
Westm Pacific Notes
Yesterday two additional freight
crews were set up, to handle the rapid
ly increasing business.
During the past "a house nine
freight trains passed this terminal,
five west and four eastbound.
This morning a car of coal was re-
ceived for the Verdi Lumber company
and ten cars of mixed merchandise for
local merchants
Supt. R. M. Ogilvie and Division
Engineer Ballantyine were in town
yesterday.
J. A. Moore, foreman of the water
service, is in town today.
DAUGHTER OF 4aR. AND MRS.
CLEVE DIES AT RENO
CI.EVE-In this city, July 80, 1918,
| Virginia Newman, beloved infant