The Mining Journal p.8 col.2

nursday, April 24, 1890

  

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Mr. George W. Hibbard, general
‘western passenger agent of the South
Shore, with headquarters at St. Paul,
‘yesterday resigned that position to be-
come general freight and passenger
agent of the Pacific Short Line. Thisis
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northern Nebraska from Sioux City,
Towa. The first division, 126 miles, to
O'Neil, Neb., will be opened for traffic}
about July ist. The road is under-
stood to be backed by powerful
New York capitalists and its reported
intention is to build as far west as Og-
den and possibly through to the Pacific.
Mr. Hibbard ‘will assume his new po-
sition May 1st and proceed to organize
the road. His successor with theSouth
Shore has not yet been announced.

Mr.'George W. Hibbard is 2 ‘cousin
of General Passenger Agent Hibbard
‘of the South Shore and has been in the
service of that line but a few months,
He began his railway career in Mont-
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Grand Trunk and then was made gen-
‘eral passenger agent of the eastern div-
ision of the ‘Canadian Pacific. After
pending five yenrs in Montreal he
‘went to Australia for two yeus us rep:
resentative of the St. Paul, the Rock
Island and several other prominent
ronds. He then became assistant gen-
eral passenger'agent of the Mexican
Contral but after two years in Mexico
‘was compelied by his health to seek a]
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Of Mr, George W. Hibbard it is
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‘him to be asaccomplished and thorough
a railroad man as his cousin, Mr. C, B.
Hibbard. ‘Thetwo are also alike inf
that both are very plensant and agree.
‘able geutiomen personally, Mr. Hib-
bard in his new field has of course af
trying position us the organization of 1
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he can make a distinguished record ns
traffic manager. His friends in
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