Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-01
MR A. j.. FRAZER GETS IT. He Is Transferred to the Southern Railway From the Ir ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN Charles A. Wickersham Will Be Superintendent
 of the Alabama Great Southern-No
 Other Changes to Be Made.

Today MT. A. J. Frazer will be appoint
 ed superintendent of the Sixth division of
 the Southern railway, with headquarters
 in this city, to fill the vacancy caused by
 the resignation of J. N. Ross.
 That MT. Frazer would receive this ap-
 pointment was generally known here
 yesterday, but officials of the Southern
 and of the Alabama Great Southern were
 reticent about giving out information.
 State Herald reporter made inquiries
 at both offices, and at each the only answers given were that .'it is reported
 that MT. Frazer will be appointed
 MT. Frazer was in Chattanooga, and
 could not be seen until the arrival of No. l last night, on which he returned.
 To State Herald reporter MT. Frazer,
 on his return, stated that he had not yet
 received the appointment but that it
 would be given him today. MT. Ross
 resignation takes effect today, and MT.
 Frazer will take charge immediately after MT. Ross steps out.
 MT. Frazer came here several years
 ago as superintendent of the Alabama
 Great Southern railroad, and was reap
 pointed to that office when the Southern
 took charge of the Alabama Great
 Southern. He is splendid railroad man,
 and during his residence in Birmingham
 has made many friends. His promotion | u, see him get it.
 The vacancy caused by the transfer of
 Mr. Frazier from the Alabama Great
 Southern to the Southern will be filled by the appointment of MT. Charles A Wickersham as superintendent of the AL
 abama Great Southern. MT. Wickersham has been superintendent of the terminus in Atlanta since the opening of the ex- position, and prior to that was assist
 ant train master of the Southern between Columbus and Greenvile. Miss. He Is said to be a good railroad man, and will be welcomed to Birmingham by the railroad fraternity.
 MT. Wickersham came down from Chattanooga last night on Alabama Great Southern train No. with Superin- tendent Frazer and will likely assume the duties of his new office today.
 No other changes are to be made. Reliable Facts.
 B. w. Wrenn, passenger traffic mana ger of the Plant system, has compiled a
 books of statistics and general information of the territory traversed by the lines comprising the Plant system that will prove a valuable aid in immigration to that section. The book contains 132 pages or matter, every page of which is filled with interesting information.
 Personal Notes.
 MT. w. R. King, assistant train dis pateher of the Southern railway lines in Mississippi, is in the city.
 Promotion at Anniston. Anniston, Dec. 31.-(Special.)-T
 R. Shuford, who for some time past has been the very efficient chief clerk to S. P Kennedy the Anniston agent of the Southern Railway company has been
 promoted 4 -Ha agency of the Southern at Talladte., and left this morning to enter upon his new duties. S. c. Oliver who was formerly the Southern's agent at Talladega, has taken the joint agency of the Louisville and Nashville and Bir-
 mingham and Atlantic at that place. R. 10. Williams has succeeded MT. Shuford in the chief clerkship here, and all the other men have been advanced around Judge James w. Lapsey of the An niston city court rendered a decision to-
 day in the case of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company vs. the Southern Railway company, involving
 certain valuable tracts of land and rights of way in the western portion of the city. While not determining the rights of either of the contestants to the property,
 he held that the injunction recently
 granted the Louisville and Nashville, re- straining the Southern from taking pos session of the right of way. was improp- erly issued, and it was dissolved.