The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-28
MR.. OWENS RESIGNATION.
His Letter 40 Mr.. Plant and Mr.
Plants RenIy

sir. c. D. Owens. traffic manager OF the
+ Plant system, whose resignation will take
effect July /. is one OF the best-known
railroad men IN the south. His connec-
/ ton with the Plant system extends over
I a period OF twenty years. His resigna-
Z ton. although II had been the talk in
I railroad circles for some time, was a
I surprise to the public. His letter Of resig-
nation and President Plants reply are as
follows.
New York, \. Y, May q. lS95.-H. g.
Plant, Esq, President. New York City.
Dear Sir-After representing the trafic
interests Of the properties controlled by
yourself prior to and since the date OF
their present ownership, / at last find my
self not in harmony with the present. or
new, management Of the Plant system,
and respectfully tender you my resigna-
ton as traffic manager of the same. BY
an understanding with Mr.. r. G. Erwin.
vice president and general counsel, the
resignation will be effective July, ] next.
With best wishes for the continued pros
Gritty of the system, 1 am. very truly
yours, c. D. owens,
Traffic Manager.
New York, n. Y, May "a lSs5.-Mr. c.
d. Owens, Traffic Manager, Savannah,
Ca: Dear Sir-I have your favor of I'D
inst, rendering your resignation as traf-
nc manager OF the Plant system, to take
effect July LIST next
In accepting your resignation ii is due
to you that ] should express my appre-
sciation Of your efforts in behalf Of our
system, and Of the very faithful and eff
cient work that you have in past years
done in building up and promoting its
traffic interests. I wish you success in
whatever business you may undertake.
Very respectfully, II. b. Plant,
President.
Mr.. Owens first connection with the rail-
way service was IN 1851 as conductor and
travelling agent for the Charleston and
Savannah railway. Fer the next two
years he was in the military service OF
the confederate states. In February. 1863
he entered the marine service of the con-
federacy and served until the close of the
war. He then returned to rail-
reading, and for year was
eastern agent OF what was then the
Atlantic and Gulf railroad in New York.
In 1867 he was appointed general western
agent of the Great Southern Freight Line
az Atlanta. The next year
he was made general agent Of
the Atlantic and Gulf railroad in
New York, which he filled for seven years.
In 1874 he was appointed general freight
and passenger agent of the Central rail-
road. A year later he returned to New
1Ork as general agent OF the Charleston
and Savannah railway and the Peoples
Line Of steamers, and remained there I'M
til 1854, when he was made traffic mana
ger of the Plant system, comprising the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway;
Charleston and Savannah railway; Bruins
wick and Western railroad; Alabama Mid
land railway; South Florida railroad; Sill
yer Springs, Ocala and Gulf railroad, and
the Plant steamships.
Mr.. Owens was born in Charleston in
1884 and nearly his entire life has been
spent in the railway service For nearly
thirty years he has been actively en-
gagged in the traffic departments of the
roads with which he has been connected.
Few men have had a wider experience in
the traffic business. Mr.. Owens friends re-
greet that he has severed his connection
with the system with which he has so long
been connected. and as traffic manager of
which he has been so closely identified
with the business interests of Savannah.