The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-09-20
RAISE MONEY FOR
W.P. BfTTFRMfNTS

With preliminary appropriation of
100000 with which to work, Presi-
dent Benjamin f. Bush of the West
ern Pacific and his associate execu-
tives have instituted the task of up
building the railroad, says Thursday s
Chronicle. The monev is to be spent
in concreting the company's tunnels,
replacing it's bridges with steel struc-
lures and improving the roadbed
where possible. For the most part it
will be distributed in California.
Word of the appropriation was
brought back mere last night by First
Vice President f. L. Brown, who has
just returned from lengthy railroad
conference in the east. President
Bush, said Brown. decided upon the
immediate need for the money when
he was out here a couple of months
ago to take over the administrative
reins of the carrier.
"We want to make the Western Pa.
cific great road said Brown last
night, "and with this first money that
President Bush secured for better
ments we are taking our first step
toward making it even better than it
is. The concreting of the tunnels will
be of great advantage to the line.
Roadbed improvements, where possi-
BILE, and steel bridges will aid in the
completion of the work of strengthen
ing the line. There will De more nm
provements later, when President
Bush secures the money he plans to
spend On the line. We are not losing
any time. We don't intend to. There
will be much new equipment for the
Western Pacific, in order TO prepare
for exposition time, though just how
much has not yet been determined
Bush ra Coming Again.
Brown, who rs also vlce-president of
the Rio Grande and who will leave
again within few days for Chicago,
said that President Bush would be out
here again next month for the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Western Pacific. At that time more
knowledge of his plans for the up
building of the Western Pacific will
probably be announced from here,
There is pretty strong suspicion
in rail circles that Bush 's plans, if
disclosed, would reveal project
whereby the Western Pacific is to take
over quite a prominent electric line
that hasnas been running any great
length of time, but Brown declined TO
comment on this at all,
simultaneously with the latter's re-
turn came the announcement from st.
Louis of the amalgamation of all the
freight and passenger traffic agencies
of the Gould lines, the roads concern
ed in the reorganization being the
Missouri Pacific, st. Louis, Iren Noun
tain and Southern, Denver and Rio
Grande and Western Pacific, The news
was predicted IN the Chronicle when
Bush was eut here hast.
The joint office system is purely for
purposes of eeOnomizing in office rem
tails and clerical forces, and circulars
announcing the new appointments
were signed jointly by officials of the
four roads. Vice-President Johnson,
of course, will remain in charge of all
traffic on the lines.
The move briaaS means that in
stead of each iine having separate
Office and separate agencies, the four
roads will have one office and general
representative, The appointments
follow;
Chicago, Ellis Farnsworth, general
passenger agent; Cincinnati, J. A.
Steitenkamp, general passenger agent;
Hot Springs, Ark, C. s. Blackman,
general agent; Joplin, H. A. Cooper,
district passenger agent; Kansas City,
}. M. Cloyes, general agent; New
York, William E. Hoyt, general east
ern passenger agent; Omaha, 7. F.
Godfrey, general agent passenger de-
partment; st. Joseph, Mo-, J. o. Bark
hey, general agent; st. Louis, J. NJ
Griffin, general agent; San Antonio,
Garland FobiA, southwestern passen-
ger agent,
In the freight traffic department the
appointments follow: L. d. Knowles,
assistant general freight agent, Oma-
ha; r. M. McWilliams, assistant gen
eral freight agent, Little Rock; J. b.
Trimble, general eastern freight
agent, New York; W, G. Stanley, gen
eral freight agent, Chicago; w. HI.
Reed, geAeraf freight agent, New Or
leanss J. o. Barkiey, general freight
agent, st. Joseph; C. C. Mccarthy,
general freight agent, Pittsburg; F. c..
Clifford, general freight agent, Kansas
City; j. l. Amos, general freight
agent, st. Louis; l.. NJ White, general
freight agent, Detroit; c. B. Brownell,
general freight agent, Matches; C. s.
Blackman, general freight agent, Hot
Springs; A. s. Edmonds, general
agent, Philadelphia; T. A. Helm, gen
eral freight agent, dallas; III. s. Drys-
dale, New England freight agent, Bos-
ton.
Agencies ON the Pacific coast: W. F.
Schmidt, general western agent, San
Francisco; w. b. Townsend, general
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