The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-30


president and head Of the operating de-
partment Of the Southern Railway Com
pany, was here yesterday, and gave out
the following statement Of the arrange
ment Of the various lines of the Southern
Railway, and the appointment and duties
of several Of the general officers.
GENERAL CIRCULAR so. /.
Effective September |, 1894, the Southern
Railway Company's property will be di-
vided into seven operating divisions, and
the following officers are hereby appoint
ed and their respective Jurisdictions desiS-
| mated:
EASTERN SYSTEM.
First Division.-W est Point to Neapolis.
including branches excepting Milton and
Sutherlin raIlroad): Virginia Midland
Railway and branches: Washington, ohio
and Western railroad; Keysville to Dur
nam; oxford to Henderson; Greensboro
to GOldsbOrO: University to Chapel Hill.
Superintendent. j. s. b. Thompson. Dan
vile, Va; Train-master, ". I. West,
Richmond, Va, Acting Train-master, +.
b. PeytOn, Charlottesville, Va. Supern-
tendent OF First Division Will have charge
OF Danvllle and NeapOlis yards.
Second Division.-NeapOlis TO Atlanta;
Greensboro to WiikesbOrO; North Caro-
lima Midland railroad; High Point, Randle-
man, ASHORE and Southern railroad; fad-
kin railroad; Charlotte to Taylorsville;
Elberton Air Line railroad marrow
gauge; Lawrencevllle Branch railroad
marrow gauge; Roswell railroad marrow
gauge. Superintendent. W. b. Ryder.
Walsh, Greensboro, y. c.: Train-master,
a. Ramseur. Central, 5. G. Superntend
ent OF Second Division will have charge
Spartanburg and Greenyille yards
Third Division.-Salisbury to Paint Rock;
Asheville 10 Murphy; Ashevine and Spar
tanburg railroad; Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia railroad; Charlotte TO Augusta;
Columbia 10 Greenvile including Abbe-
vile and Anderson branches Superin-
tendent. Il. Berkeley, Columbia, 5. C.;
Train-master II. \. Williams, Columbia,
s. G.; Train master. K. +. Foster Ashe,
vile, y. {. superintendent Of Third
Division will have charge Of Paint Rock
yard.
WESTERN SYSTEM.
Fourth Division-Main line, Bristol 10
Chattanooga. Embreeville branch; Rogers
vile branch; Knoxville and Ohio railroad;
Waldens Ridge railroad Coal branches;
North Carolina branch. superintendent,
+. Is. Huger. Knoxville. Tenn
Firm Division. Atlanta to Brunswick
and branches; Atlanta 10 Cleveland; Ool-
Austell to Birmingham; Georgia Pacific
Belt Superintendent, w. X. Beauprie.
Atlanta, Ga; Trainmaster. r. 7. Horn.
Atlanta, Ga. Train-master, A. ;. Beggs,
Macon, Ga; TraIn-master, @. II. Will
liamH, Rome Ga. Superintendent OF
Firth Division will nave charge Of all
terminals Of eastern and western systems
inside Of yard limits at Atlanta, Ga.
Sixth Diysion-From Birmingham west
Including Southern Railway Company IN
Mississippi and branches Rome 10 Sell
ma; Akron branch; Meridian branch;
Brierfield BOctOn and Birmingham rail-
road. Acting superintendent. }. y. Ross.
Birmingham. Ala: Trnln-master, :. -.
Bennett, Birmingham, Ala. Train master,
l.. +: Paro, Selma, Ala. Superintendent
OF Sixth Division WIFI have charge Of
terminals at Birmingham. Ala.
Seventh Division.-(Southern Railway
Company in Kentucky. Incorporated;
Louisville 70 Lexington Lawrenceburg
70 Burgtn; Versailles 10 Georgetown SUI
perintendent, George r. Loyal Louisville.
Ky.
The following positions are hereby abol-
lshed; Assistant superintendent, Virginia
Midland Division, Charlottesville Va:
superintendent North Carolina Division,
Greensboro. y. G.; General Superintend-
emit Western System, Knoxville. Tenn:
superintendent Alabama Division. Selma
Ala. Superintendent. Brunswick Divs-
ion. Macon. Ga; Master Of trains. Knox
Vile, Tenn.
&C.,, 49,, W. II. GREEN.
General Manager. Eastern system.
%. II. HUDSON,
General Manager, Western System.
Approved:
W. II. BALDWIN, JR.,
Third Nice-Presldent
Mr.. Baldwin also issued over HIS own
name general order No q appointing
Mr.. w. A. Vaughan superintendent Of
car service with office I'm Washington.
having charge Of the records and mileage
OF all car equipment.
The diversity and names Of the vari-
Gus railways and similarity Of numbers
Of the cars will involve a REMEMBERING
OF all the freight cars on the whole sys-
tenn This Of Itself is an immense under
taking.
General order No. 3, makes the jurislic-
ton Of Claiming NJ. Bolton, chief en-
gineer. extend over both the eastern and
western systems. He Will report direct
TO the third vicepresident
General order No. 4, extends the jurls-
diction Of r. ID. Wade. superintendent
OF motive power, so as TO include the
western system He too, will report b
the third vice-president.
General order No. g. extends the juris-
dlcton Of Mr.. G. 4. Darlton. superlnten-
dent Of telegraph, 80 as TO include all
lines In the eastern and western systems.
General Manager Green appoints Mr..
John \. Dodson general rOadmaster OF
the eastern system, I'm charge or the
maintenance OF roadway and structures.
with office in Washington. and the office
OF engineer maintenance OF way on all
divisions is abolished
Mr. J. a. Dodson. general roadmaster.
appoints as his assistants: Mr. Thos.
Bernard. first division: Mr.. r. Southgata,
second division; Mr.. W. b. Berry. third
division.
Mr. c. II. Hudson general manager
western system appoints Mr.. j. W. sum
general roadmaster al that system. with
office at Knoxville. Tenn.
Mr. Sums assistants will he Mr.. J.
f. Plat fourth division; Mr.. J. $.
Lemond. NTH division Mr.. J. \. DaVen-
port. sixth division.
Mr. Baldwin has recently travelled over
the lines OF nearly the entire southern
Railway system and expresses great salts
faction with the condition II the crops.
The failure OF the corn crop in the West
concurrent with an extraordinarily boun-
tiful crop I'm the South Will. he thinks,
probably result In the remarkable phe-
nomenon Of the South shipping hogs to
the West The shOrt-crOp i'm the West is
already causing many farmers 20 dis
pose OF their stock hogs. which they VIII
have 10 buy back. and from no place
Will be more likely TO get them than
the South.
The general outlook for business in
the South IS most encouraging TIE re-
moval OF Mir Thompson. division SUPER
intendent TO Danville is nccessitated BY
the junction there OF the DanViHe and
the Virginia Midland railroads. both Of
which are under his charge and as his
movement OF the trains, his presence Is
required at the point where alone il
can be done with justice 10 both the
lines.
The traffic department Of the Eastern
system will remain as heretofore in Rich
mond, and there has been no change
I'm the purpose TO make Richmond the
Headquarters Of the general Ciiiees. The
rapidly with which the Intricate leeal
problems involved in reorgan zing have
been solved is most remark BILE
Mich however vet remains 20 he done