The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-12
WADLEY SUCCEEDSM'BEE
A CHANGE IN THE CENTR AIS
GENERAL sUPERINTENDENCY

sups. McBee Requested to Resign,
But He Declines and Is Relieved
General Manager George Dole
Wadley of the South Bound APP
pointed in His Place and to Take
Charge of the Road To-day.
Mr.. V. E. MeBee was relieved yesterday
of the general supsrinteudenoy Of the Cen
trail railroad and General Manager George
Dole Wadley Of the South Bound railroad
was appointed in his stead. Mr.. WadleY
assumes charge Of the superintendeDfs
office this morning.
The change, which is In the nature of a
surprise to everybody, including the parties
principally interested, was taken at a meet
ing of the Central railroad directors yester-
day. The action OF the directors did not
| become known until last night.
President Conner left for Macon last night
to be present at the hearing before Judge
| Speer this morning upon the petition to
show cause why the AZ, 900 shares OF Gen.
trial stock now held by the Central Trust
| Company Of New York should not be voted
at the coming election. He was seen at the
| depot before his departure. He said there
was nothing to say beyond the fact that
| Supt. McBee had been relieved OF his
position Of general superintendent and that
Mr.. Wadley had been appointed to the
position and would begin the discharge of
the duties at once, President Conner gave
no reason for the sudden action Of the
directors. He said he had not received Mr..
McBee's resignation.
HIS RESIGNATION REQUESTED.
1t was said that after the meeting of the
board President Conner requested Mr.. Nc
| Bees resignation. He did not notify him
when presenting the reuuesr that the board
bad taken any action on the matter, pre-
ferrinR, it is supposed that the resignation
should appear to be voluntary. Mr.. Nc
Bee declined to recognize President Corners
| authority to call for his resignation. He
| said that the road was in charge of num-
was only one Of them. President
| Conner than sent him the resolution
OF the board OF directors, showing that he
had acted by the authority of the board
Failing to get the resignation before leaving
for Macon President Conner relieved Mr.
McBee and appointed Mr.. Wadley. The
ground on which Mr.. McBee's resignation
was requested was lack of sympathy
between him and the directors in the
management Of the road.
Supt. MoBee said when seen last night
that the point made against him was we'll
taken. He is not, he said, and has not been
In sympathy with the policy of the Gem
IhA 1uulluibkrdllOu hUu n6u TAKEN no
pains to conceal this Interpretation. He had
not expected to remain after May Is and, in
fact. had not intended to do so. The Motif
cation Of his removal however, he con-
fessed, was somewhat OF a surprise to him.
Mr.. McBes has not forwarded his
resignation and does not propose
TO do so until he is shown
a majority of the receivers. He had nothing
to say againgt the policy of the Centrars
administration. In fact be expressed con-
| tidence in Mr.. Corners policy. Mr.. McBee
said be was instrumental in securing
Mr.. Comer's election and said that
he would do so again II it was of any avail.
He said chat II the Central Trust Company
OF New York was allowed to vote its AZ, 900
shares of stock at the coming election, it
| would vote them for Mr.. Conner.
Mr.. McBee is not decided as to his move
ments and will probably remain in the city
some little time yet
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr.. George Dole Wadley. the newly ap-
pointed general superintendent Of the Cen
trail railroad, entered the service Of the
Central in 1888, in building the extension of
the system in South Carolina, and on the
completion OF that work he was made road
master Of the old part of the Columbus and
Western, and SUPERINTENDENT of construo-
| ton of that portion from GoodwaUer TO
Childersburg, Ala. He resigned that position
| to accept one in the Mexican National rail-
way, and built 375 miles of that railroad,
the grading to the passage Of the first
scheduled train, in eleven months The
work embraced the handling of / ,225, 900
| crossties, 5000 900 feet of timber and cost
complete 81, 25O,000. During the construc-
| ton of the road Mr.. Wadley had under him
at one time {, GOO men. That part of the Mex
lean National built by Mr.. Wadley
has been pronounced by competent
engineers to be the best piece of railroad
construction on the continent. On leaving
Mexico Mr.. Wadley was made supern-
tendent of the Louisville aud Nashville
system, but left IL to accept the post Of
| general manager OF the Kentucky Union
| railroad. He resigned that position, aud
shortly afterward was made chief engineer
and general manager OF the South Bound
| railroad, a position which he has filled to
the entire satisfaction of those interested
| in that enterprise. That railroad was
begun May, 1890, and completed November,
1891, and no better railroad was eveI
| built In the south. So perfect is its con-
struction that though only in operation six
months trains are already running over 10
at the highest speed. and the road is
more than paying its operating expenses.
Mr.. Wadley Is the third sou of the late
Col. William Nj. Wadley. and has many OF
those characteristics which made his father
leader among men. He was born in
Washington county, Georgia, in 1857,
where his father, as superintendent of the
Central railroad, was experimenting the
building Of the bridge over the Oconee
river. he is in his Both year, though he
looks ten years younger, and Is a man of
strong physique and great energy, coupled
with excellent Judgment.
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