Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1884 — A New Deal On the L. N-A. & C. [ARTICLE]

A New Deal On the L. N-A. & C.

The day following the return to New; York of President R osevclt, of the L. N-A. &C. road, after hie first inspection of the property, the Indianapolis Journal stated that there would be a general revolution of the road: the number of officers was to be reduced, through a consolidation of oflices; and. further, that-none of the officials at that date (December 19) would be retained. Louisville papers spoke derisively of the matter, and Charged that, it was a sensational report; originating with the Journal. Yet July Ist, finds the slate then given carried out to the letter. The first man to retire from the road was Mr. E. B. Stahlman, second vice-president and general manager. Col. Bennet H. Young, president of the road, followed closely on the heels of the general manager. The next general officer to step down and out was the young man Murray Keller, genera passenger agent, and Mr. D. F. Jennings, general freight agent of the road, was noU long in following the example of his co-laborer in the passenger de-, partment. Z. B. Jones, general traveling passenger agent, followed Mr. Jennings. Next in order the heads of P. N. Fox, assistant general freight agent, and J. List, traveling passenger agent, dropped into the basket; and in due time Assistant Superintendents Sala and Marshall stepped down and out: and, to complete the slate, John AacLeod, general superintendent, the last of the official roster when President R<x>sevelt took hold, has retired, and four officers now perform the duties of the nine officials under the Young management.