Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-01
WITH THE RAILROADS.

|, Yesterday Mir. w. B. Ryder was supern- tendent of the Georgia Pacific railway, but today his place is filled by MT. J. N. Ross.
 Mir. Ryder, in the great shuttle made in the colossal Southern railroad organiza- tion, has been taken away from Birming- ham and placed as superintendent of part of the eastern division of the Southern, composed of the old Columbia and Green vile, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta and the Western North Carolina roads. Ills division covers over 1000 miles of track, and his headquarters will be iu Columbia.
 When the appointment of MT. Ryder as superintendent of the eastern division of the Southern was made there was one that followed, viz: the appointment of Mir. J. N. Ross, master of trains of the Georgia Pacific, as acting superintendent.
 Mir. Ryder has been with the Georgia Pacific tor two and half years, and has managed the road with wonderful skill from that time until now. He took the Georgia Pacific under adverse circum- stances and has brought it to the front wonderfully. Moreover Birmingham is greatly indebted to the efforts and accom- pishments of MT. Ryder for the many things that he has done for her benefit and advancement.
 In the departure of MT. Ryder Birming- ham loses one of her foremost citizens and  ways will have the utmost respect and con- fdence of the citizens of this city, who wish him success,
 To fill the vacancy made by the transfer of Superintendent Ryder an efficient and rising young railroader has been appointed. This appointment is intended for the re- maining few days that the Georgia Pacific has to live, which is to August IS.
 On this date the Georgia Pacific will dis. appear into the colossal Southern and will ,lxr lsr,Te t..tan nf hat tenn. Then more appointments will be made. While no one has yet been named for the superin tendency, it is almost pos .itively known that MT. Ross will be ap- pointed permanently to that place.
 Mir. Ross is well known in local railroad circles, and is fully competent to hold up the honor that has been conferred upon him.
 So far as is known there will not be a master of trains appointed until after that this position will either be filled by Mir. B. P. Ketchum, assistant master of trains, with headquarters here, CT MT. J. D. Patterson, assistant master of trains, with headquarters in Atlanta.
 THE soUTHERN's A. e. P. A.
 As predicted in the AGE HERALD a few days ago MT. c. A. Benscoter, who, until the East Ten nnessee, Virginia and Georgia was absorbed by the Southern, was assistant general passenger agent of the former, has been appointed assistant general passenger agent of the Southern, and is now in charge of the western division. MT. Benscoter, while a yonng man, is up to date in the passenger business. He went from a dry goods store to the position he now occu- pies. His promotion is 8 we'll merited Zone, and he will no, doubt handle MT. Wrenn's former territory with the same grace aud ease of the veteran.
 AFTER LUMBERMEN.
 Mir. Charles Jones, the popular travelling passenger agent of the Kansas City, Mem- phis and Birmingham, is after the lum ber- men who will attend the convention at Memphis August and 2. His road has made rate of one fare for the round trip, and clever Charlie expects to capture a number.
 LIVE RAILWAY AGElIT.
 "The only Charlie Jones'' did a big days work in Birmingham yesterday. Before the sun had risen this inimitabie Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham man was on the streets at work, and ia less than an hour he had party of eight on the road to Pittsburg, Ks. He went to work then on another party of negro miners for the same state and worked all day long like a tiger, increasing his party gradually. After putting in the day with this kind of work, he closed it successful, and at 10:e5 o'clock last night, when the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham passenger train left for Memphis, he had on board party of seventy five negroes. The work was done systematically and showed what passenger man the Kansas City has in Birmingham. There are no flies on Charlie.