Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-03
RAILROAD MATTERS.

RAILROAD MATTERS.
The retirement of DIR. Standiford
from the Presidency Of the L. q n
& G.. s. r. r., together with the
recent acquisition of the n. 4 G. r
r. by that organization, has been
the occasion of several changes in
the personnel Of its corps. These
changes we give epitomized as fol.
lows:
The changes consist principally in the
promotion of old officials, whose faithful
ness and ability have been Tried and proven
Circulars have been issued which appoint
MI. ID; We; RoWiand. now e tei e9 Ssn.per,
General superintendent of the main stem
and the Louisville, New Orleans and Mem
phis lines and branches, with headquarters
at Louisville.
Also appointing Mr. J. W. Thomas Gene
raj Superintendent OF the st. Louis, Nash
vile and Chattanooga lines and branches
and of the st. Louis and Southeastern and
its branches.
Mr.. A. v, GUIDE is also appointed Resident
Engineer of all the roads owned and ope-
rated or controlled by the Il. q n. Com any.
The offices of Controller and Auditor have
been consolidated, and Mr.. Cushnlan Quar-
rier has been appointed CONTROLLER.
Another circular, dated April l, states that
Mr.. Haiden Il. Curd having resigned the po-
sition of Controller, that office had been
abolished.
Assistant to President Newcomb, which has
been offered to Mr.. A. NJ. Quarter, and 1t
is probable that he will accept.
Col. j. M. Shaler has been offered and IL is
reported that he has accepted the position
of Assistant General superintendent. If
this is the case the change will not take
Other miner changes will probably be
made in the "a. a N Offices.
The appointment of Mr.. Thomas
to the Presidency Of the Chattanooga
line is occasioned by the resignation
of Col. Cole. The meeting OF the
stockholders of the Chattanooga
company at which this took pace
was attended with considerable
feeling OF a nature creditable to all
parties. The meeting was called at
Nashville by President Cole and
was held at the depot. It was an
adjourned meeting, with J. M.
Avent, of Murfreeshoro, in the
chair and j. II. Ambrose, of Nash
vile, Secretary.
Resolutions were first offered by
E. L. Jordan ratifying the recent
sale of stock to the l.. q N.
Complimentary resolutions to
President Cole were then offered by
Thomas G. Whitesides and seconded
by President Newcomb.
Thespeech of Col. Cole in response
to this was dignified and touching.
He did not conceal his regret at
parting with old friends with whom
he had been so long associated he
expressed his desire for the future
prosperity of the company and
proffered his aid and all the inform
alton he possessed to his successor
he closed with the expression of his
high esteem for the gentlemen who
now possess the controlling interest
in the road, AMI his thanks for the
resolutions just passed.
The formal resignation of Col.
Cole was offered and accepted at
of the Board of Directors,
which followed Immediately upon
the stockholders meeting above
Mr.. j. G. Wrenne, who was for
twelve years station-master at Nash
vile, is now appointed General
Manager of the St. Louis and'Chat-
tanooga line, and our old friend
James Montgomery, well known to
many citizens of GAINESVILLE, is now
General Manager of the st. Louis
and Southeastern line. We con-
graduate Mr.. Montgomery heartily
on his promotion and tender him
our thanks for many courtesies
while at Bowling Green.
A new line of railroad is in con-
temptation of great Importance to
the commonwealth of Kentucy, not
only as regards her commerce but
her civilization, to be called the
& Louisville Railroad.
1t passes through Breathett county
and other parts of the hill country
of Eastern Kentucky which have
obtained an unenviable nOtoriety
for the atrocities constantly COM
mitted there. The mineral resources
of these districts are vast, and the
line would bring them
into the market and fill the country
with an industrious population, the
only hopeful method for the civil
zation and moral improvement of
those regions.