The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-02

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mated, the road has been regarded, re-
ballasted and in everyway made per-
feet. 1t is monument to Capt. Nc
Bees brains, energy and resources.
The western extension of the road was
just blazing its way along the banks OF
the Nantahali and French Broad when
Capt. NIcBee took charge, and now i'm
mense engines make fast schedules OF
forty and fifty miles an hour, and draw
millions of tons of freight and passen-
gers over the winding and snakelike
road. A hundred pretty towns and viii
lagos have been built along the road
and are growing and prospering. En-
terprises of all kinds have always found
in Capt. McBee friend and coadjutor.
AN ALL-RoUND RAILRoADER.
The rapid way in which Capt. Nc
Bee won his spurs, so to speak, in the
railway world, his remarkable advance
ment as solver of railway problems,
and his rapid way in correcting wrongs,
combined with his general knowledge
of the management of railways, made
him the peer of any man in the South
in railway circles. so conspicuous
was his position among railway men,"
says writer at the time, that he was
chosen with Major Wilson, who is now
chairman of the North Carolina rail-
road commission, as an expert to settle
long standing variances between the
Canadian Government and the Canada
Pacific Railway" These differences
involved over six million dollars, and
a higher compliment. has never been
paid Southern railroad man than the
! selection of Capt. McBee by the parties
interested.
LOYAL TO HIS EMPLOYERS
Some years ago Capt. McBee was
| rendered the management of the Fitch
burg, Miss, Railway, but he declined
it. A few years back-not over two
be was offered the general manager
ship, with the position of chief en-
gineer of the "Three C's," and very
strong pressure was brought to bear
upon him to accept, but he again de-
clined. And it is we'll for the Rich
mond and Danville Company that he
has refused all these offers. At present
he is superintendent of the Western
North Carolina Railroad, which con-
sists of that road, the Murphy division:
the Asheville and Spartanburg and the
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
Railraods-all being designated under
the one head, with headquarters in
Asheville. Besides being superinten-
dent of this system, Col. McBee is presi-
dent of the Columbia and Greenville
Railroad, and all its branches, and the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail-
ropd, and all it's branches. You will OBJ
serve that this embraces very large
amount of territory, ard one of the
richest sections of tie South.
ACTIVE IN OTHER WORK.
Besides holding these important Of
fees Capt. McBee is president Of the
Asheville Park and Hotel Company,
which has capital stock of one mil
lion dollars, and which was incorpor-
ated last year. Capt. McBee is an in
corporator and director in number of
cotton factories and other similar en-
terprises in North and South Carolina.
He is a live and energetic man in all of
his various kinds of work, and he never
tires. He is one of the best railroad
men in this country in every way, in
construction and operation, and is we'll
versed in all Of the intricate problems
of railroad operation.
THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS.
The wonderful success that Capt.
McBee has achieved in his chosen pro-
fessions is due to his personal integrity,
his brains and pluck, and the quickness
with which he manages affairs of all
sorts. His future is very bright and
his friends predict that he will yet
reach the highest pinnacle in the rail-
road world. There is great deal Of
reason to believe that this prediction
will be verified.