The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-07
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A Raiiroad Man or High AbiiityAI
FORMERLY superintendent OF iiheI
Georgia Pacific. la3ra 8f, % rS1ioa,H
The appointments ofaI successor to
Capt " e. Mc6c,B as superintendent
OF the roads nithisH State belonging to
the, Southern Railway Company, has
accustomed much interest in the public
mind. The following circular was is
sued last week by the general mana
ger, and defines the situation:
WARRINGTON, ID. c., Aug. i, 1894.
General Order No. q.
BY virtue of Executive Order No. A
Of Mr.. Samuel Spencer, president
Southern Railway Company, / hereby
the Operating Department of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta and Co
lumbia and Greenville Railroads, (not
including the Blue Ridge Railroad and
Laurens Railroad.)
All officers, agents and employees
holding positions in the operating De-
partment of the roads mentioned lex
cepting the Blue Ridge Railroad and
Laurens Railroad) on July 81, 1894, un-
less otherwise advised, viii be retained
in the service Of the Southern Railway
Company until further notice.
Mr.. w. B. Ryder is hereby appointed
Superintendent of the Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta, Columbia and
Asheville and Spartanburg, Spartan
burg, Union and Columbia Railroads,
with Office at Columbia, S. @.
That portion of circular of July 4,
1894, temporarily extending the juris-
dictiOn of Mr.. j. A. DodsOn, Superin-
tendent, over the Asheville and Spar
tanburg and Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia Railroads; and Mr.. E. Berke-
ly, Superintendent, over the Western
North Carolina Division, Is hereby re-
voked.
w. FL. GREEN, Gen. Manager.
The following comment upon the ap-
pointment is taken from The State:
1.-THE man whosucceeds Col. McBee is
MI. w. b. Ryder, who has for years
been in charge OF the Georgia Pacif-
ic branch of the R&D system, 565
miles from Atlanta, Ca, to Greenville,
Miss, with headquarters at Birming-
ham. Mr.. Ryder has long been in the
railroad business, and Is said to be q
most popular superintendent. Tho &C
ton of the Southern Company in put.
ting him in charge of the same large
division that Superintendent McBee
had under the R&D management,
proves that the company has q high
opinion of his executive ability. SUI
perintendent Ryder made quite q re.
which he dealt with the mine troubles,
on the line of the Georgia Pacific road.
The new superintendent will be cordi.
ally welcomed to South Cardinals cap.
itol. He Is regarded as o worthy sue.
cessor of the popular "Bunch" McBee.
1t is not likely that he will make any
changes in the Office under him here
The Columbia Register makes the
following statement:
"Mr. Ryder is q railroad man of high
ability. His experience in railway
service has been wide. In different ca.
pacities he has served on many of the
principal railroads of the country and
has worked his way up from the ranks
la Pacific Railroad Company, three di.
visions running from Atlanta, Ca, tC
G~reenville, Miss, has been under his
supervision until recently. That road
is a difficult n to manage successful.
ly owing to the nature Of the country
through which it passes and to the
class of business done on it. Numerous
coal and iron mines are located on its
route and the energies of its officials
are frequently taxed to the utmost to
handle the asst amount of o "a and
iron ore offered for shipment. Heavy
coal trains in busy seasons fill the road
and require the greatest care from the
transportation department..
"Mr. Ryder will find in his new po-
sition a larger system to control, but
one that is,equally we'll equipped and
managed as the system that he has
left. The efficiency of the subordinate
management of the railroads Of which
he now assumes control will mako his
initiatory duties comparatively easy