The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-16
Mr.. GABBETT GOES OUT.
v. 4. MBEE TIE CENTRAL's GEN
RRAL SUPERINTENDENT.

Richmond and Danville General Off
Gals Inspecting Their New Prop
erty-Supt. Mc8ee Assumes Cor
1rol-The CentraIs Offices to Remain
in Savannah, and No Further
Changes to be Made at Present
What the New Regime is Going
to do,
General Manager W. H Green; Traffic
Manager Sol Haas, General Passenger
Agent James L. Taylor, Second Vice
President A. B. Andrews and Pat.
Calhoun, general council for the Richmond
& Danville railroad, and V. Z. McBee,
formerly superintendent of the Western
Carolina Division of the Richmond and
Danville, arrived in Savannah yesterday
morning In a private car. Their arrival
was = little unexpected; as the latest in
formation received was that they would
reach here to-day.
The first act of the general officials after
reaching Savannah was the issuing of gen.
eral order No. 81, appointing MIR. V. @. Nc
Bee general superintendent of the Central
railroad, to succeed Mr.. Gsbbett, who has
been acting as general manager since the
Central passed into the hands of the Rich
mond and Danville. The order is as fol-
lows:
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD Co.,
OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 10, 1891.
General Order No 81:
Mr.. V. E McBee is hereby appointed general
Superintendent of the railroad lines of the Cen
trail Railroad and Banking Company of Geor-
gia. reporting TO this ONCE.
Heads of the different operating departments
will report to and receive orders from him.
The office of the general superintendent will
be at Savannah, Ga.
Effective this date. w. ID. GREEN,
General Manager.
The order took effect Immediately, and in
accordance Herewith Mr.. Mcbee at once
assumed charge of affairs.
The order settles one thing. The general
superintendent headquarters are at Sa-
vannah, and, as his duties are virtually the
same as those Of the general manager, it
means that the Central railroad
offices here remain intact aud that things
are Just about the same as if the headquar-
tiers of the general officials remained here.
INSPECTING THE CENTRAL's PROPERTY.
The general officials occupied the morning
at the Central offices, visiting all the de-
partments and talking with the officers, in
forming themselves as 60 the exact amount
OF business done through each office, and
the manner in which it is transacted, and
familiarizing themselves with the
details Of the system generally.
The Central officers found them a
pleasant set Of men to deal with, and the
opinion was generally expressed that there
will be no friction between the old officials
and the new management. The visitors
too, seemed well pleased with everything
They knew before they came that the Cen
trail railroad system was well managed,
both offices and railroad, but they found
things even better than they had expected.
The shops and yards were also visited, and
rxyff linn mn nd in irga
there
After dinner at the De Soto the party
took carriages, and in company with Gen.
Alexander and several other officials Of the
Central visited the Ocean Steam
ship Compsny's wharyes, and also the
Savannah, Florida and Western wharves
spending the greater portion of the after
noon on the river front Late In the after
noon they took drive through the resi-
dence portion of the CITY.
The Richmond and Danville officials were
seen at the De Soto last night by q MORN
ING News reporter. They talked very
readily upon Central railroad affairs.
NO MORE CHANGES.
''Will there be any more changes among
the officialsP' General Manager Green was
asked
mo, sir, there will be no more changes"
be replied. There are 40 further changes
to be made"
''Mr. Gabbett's connection with the rail-
road is at an end, is itg'
''Yes, sir, Mr.. McBee was to-day sp-
pointed general superintendent. AS the
Georgia Central has been leased by the
Georgia Pacific, which is operated by the
Richmond and Danville, the Central rail-
road will also be operated by the
Richmond and Danville. As l was already
general manager Of the Richmond and Dan
Vile, l became also general manager of the
Central railroad, aud of course there was no
necessity for two general managers. Mr..
Gabbett declined to accept the position of
general superintendent, and so it was neces-
sary TO find another man for the place"
General Manager Green spoke very highly
OF Mr.. Gabbett's ability as railroad man.
What about the reduction of forces in
the offices herew Mr.. Green was asked.
NO REDUCTION IN FORCES.
81 don't think there will be any reduc-
tion,n he replied. 1--WE expect to do fully
as much, in fact great deal more, business
here than has been done heretofore, and of
course, it will require just as many men to
to transact it,"
You newspaper people made a sensation
out of that, l hear" remarked Mr.. Taylor,
who was present. There couldn't have
been any such CONSERVATION among the
Central railroad men as you depicted over
thenews."
papers had dwelt very lightly upon this
subject, and that the feeling was even
greater than had been represented.
There was no reason for it, " he replied.
''The chan ges were only such as might have
been expected, and the working forces were
not affected by them"
1.-THE changes are only natural" said Mr..
Green. If the Central had leased the
Richmond and Danville Mr.. Gabbett would
have been general manager and | would
have been general superintendent. II
is the same way with the Other
Offices. There could not be two
sets of general officers. The officers
here retain the same authority as before
except that they report to the general
officers Of the Richmond and Danville, in.
stead OF to the board of directors of the
Central railroad, and their salaries are the
same"
NO CHANGES IN THE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
"Will there be any changes among the
officers Of the Ocean Steamship Company q
he was asked
'No; there will be no changes there" b,
replied. Gen. Sorrel will remain as man
ager, as heretofore, only that he will report
to the traffic manager of the Richmond and
Danville, thus giving the steamship COM
pany the advantage Of traffic managers
deDartment which il has never had before ,