Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-06-15
A BIG RAILROAD CHANGE.
a NEW SUPEseINTENDE OF
THE w. ~. Z. n. H.

AAAs W I'VE ~ - hAs
v. Il. AAcBee, who Aas Held In,
. Position Nearly TeIi Years, Pro
NOTED - His Successor Also ,
Good One.
p II n substantial recognition of pur,
genuine merit will awaken n feeling O
, pride in the bosom of man, then Capt. v
l.. McBce is proud man today.
For a change in railroad affairs wen
INTO effect last night at midnight b,
, which that gentleman takes another ste,
uD the ladder of success.
Capt. MrBce has been appointed gen
cral superintendent of the Central Rail
road and Banking company of Georgia
Superintendent McBee's headquarters
will be Savannah, Ca, and lie will hay,
charge OF 1900 miles of road. This line
stands third among the railroads of the
south in point OF mileage, and has re.
Gently been acquired by the Richmond
Terminal company. The superintendent
is now ON an inspection tour of his new
system.
Mr.. McBee's position as superintcn-
dent of the Western North Carolina d.
vision OF the Richmond and Dauyillc will
be filled by K. K. Bridgers. who leaves I he
position OF superintendent of the North
Carolina division of the Richmond and
Danville, with headquarters at Raleigh.
He arrived this afternoon and will take
charge of his new duties at once.
Superintendent Bridgers is first class
railroad man, and during 1887 and 'SS
he was engineer Of maintenance OF way
of this division. He afterwards held a
similar position on the Virginia Midland
until his promotion to the position
he held until sent to fill Capt. Nc
Rce's place. He is well liked by tho rail
road men and will he a SUCCESS in his new
duties. He is altogether one of the best
men who could have been selected for the
position.
Captain McBce, the retiring superin-
tcndcnt, has held the position of sulerin-
tcndcnt OF The Western North Carolina
division for ten years. For the past two
years he has also held the office of presi-
dent of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta and the Columbia and Grccnvillc
railroads.
That he performed the onerous duties
dcvolving on him as superintendent OF
the mountain" division, is attcstcd by
every tie and every spike on the division
now. He took charge when the rolling
stock was in bad condition and the road
was in a bad fix generally. From this
state of affairs he has brought the Wcs-
tern North Carolina railroad to its pres
cnt standard as one of the best equipped |
and constructed roads in the entire Rich
mond and Danvillc system.
And he has done his work not for the
glory that he might derive. He has done
it just as his excellent Judgment dictated
was best for the interests OF the road.
And from the time he began rail
road work and was known as plain
Bunch" Melee among his fellows, to
he present time, he has won and
held the admiration and affection of
'ycry man who ever held n position under
him. Quick to condemn when condem-
nation was ncrited, he was equally quick
To commend when he recognized merit in
,nc of his employees. A spirit OF tirmncss
every official action, and
hose who suffered could but say that
he superintendent had acted fairly and
'quarcly with them. An Interrogation
Iut to any man who ever held position
inder him will elicit an answer that will
prove this assertion.
The story of the life of Superintendent
NcBce is much better reading than can
DC found in the pages Of fiction. Before
he war he was succcssiyely rodman,
ransitman and in charge of rcsidency
II building the Atlanta and Charlottc
Air Line. After the war he was an en-.
,incer on the Fitchburg road, in Mississ.
ppi. Returning to Charlotte he went
IN the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line,
sginning as brakeman. From that po-
ltion he was promoted to conductor,
hen made soliciting agent, Joint agent at
-harlotte for all roads ccntcring at that {
y .''' '"Nh NN"ih'k housS HStHI Oh tnC
|ifferent roads at Charlotte. In Scptcm-
'er, 1881. his ability was recognized and |
&c was made superintendent OF this d. I
ision.
Superintendent McBcc needs no greater !
monument to his capacity, shrewdness
nd fitness than the road which he has |
'rought up to its present estate. |
The promotion to the superintendcncy Z
Il the Central road OF Georgia is a pro- I
notion tor merit alone. and the thou t
ands of friends of Capt McBec, while t
cgrctting to lose him from the Western
mad and from Ashevillc, wish him every t
ucccss in his new position which his Il
nergy and business capacity merits. r
Capt. McBec is president of the Ashe- q
lille Park and hotel company, and di v
cctor in the National bank of Ashevillc
nd the Battery Park bank. besides be- II
" interested in several enterprises in t
he city. q
1t is understood that the salary of
uperintendcnt McBec's new office is a
$1,000. Y