Operating Head Of U.P.

Operating Head Of U.P.

Local news

President of the Union Pacific railroad is William M. Jeffers, who started railroading with the Union Pacific as a messenger and call boy at North Platte, Neb. Later he was progressively named telegrapher, clerk, chief dispatcher at North Platte, trainmaster at Green River, Wyo., and Denver, then assistant superintendent and superintendent at Green River. In 1911 he became superintendent of the consolidated division extending from Cheyenne to Ogden, and in 1916 headed the Omaha division. Later in the same year he was named general manager of the railroad. In 1928 he was made vice president in charge of operations. In 1937 he was named president on the retirement of Carl Gray.

Nonpareil photos

Daily Nonpareil April 26, 1939

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

1939-04-26

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Omaha, Nebraska

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