The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02
SUPT. MYERS OFFICES HERE.
brought TEN CLERKS WITH HIM
FROM JACKsONVILLE.

His Friends and the Southern EK-
Handsome Watch before He Left
There-HIs Division Divided Into
Two and the Georgia and Alabama
Put in the New One-ROute Agent
CrOnin Comes Here and Mr.. Mark
WOOding Made Route Agent at
ThOmasvIIIe - Several other
Changes Made.
Division Supt. C. L Myers OF the South
ern Express Company established his
headquarters here yesterday. having re-
moved here from Jacksonville.
Before leaving Jacksonville the employees
OF the company and Mr.. Myers friends
made him present OF a handsome sold
watch. as a testimonial of their regard
and esteem, and Mr.. Myers is justly proud
Of it. The presentation was made Friday
just prior to his leaving there by a COM
mittee composed Of Messrs. F. r. Os-
borne. agent Of the company at Jackson
Vile. and Mr.. W. K. Halle, acting divis-
ion superintendent. Mr.. Myers Of course
responded gracefully, and the occasion
was a pleasant one for all interested.
MIR. Myers and his office force Of about
ten clerks arrived in the city yesterday
morning. With him came his secretary.
Mr.. T. NJ. Palmer, and the trace clerk OF
the division, Mr.. w. H. McFadden, be-
sides the force of eight or ten clerks I'M
der these heads Of departments The Of
fees in the second story of the building
used by the Southern Express Company
have been fitted up for the division super
lntendent. There are seven rooms In all.
and the quarters are quite comfortably
and conveniently arranged. The duties of
the division superintendent generally are
TO superintend and direct everything in
his division.
Mr.. Myers division includes the entire
Plant system, the Florida East Coast
line, the Jacksonville and Key West rail
road and the Plant steamship lines 1t
formerly comprised also the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular and the Georgia
Southern and Florida but on account of
the growth of business in this division
these two roads have been taken off and
with them is put the Georgia and Ala
bama railroad, these three lines making a
separate division which is now in charge
of Mr.. W. K. Halle as acting superintend-
emit Hr. Halle was formerly route agent
under Mr.. Myers. Mr. Haile's headQuar-
ters are at Jacksonville where Mr.. Myers
headquarters were formerly located. Sa-
vannah, which was also included in Mr.
Myers division, has the largest Office in the
two divisions mentioned, and IL was con-
Sluereu advisable Ihat his headquarters
be brought here. Jacksonville has the
largest office in the new division that has
been formed.
These changes have necessitated several
others of interest. Mr.. J. Cronin's head
quarters as route agent have been trans
ferred from Waycross re Jacksonville. Mr.
CrOnin Is Savannahian and is well known
here, having formerly held the position of
agent OF the company at the Savannah
office,
Mr.. Mark Wooding, formerly chief clerk
in the Savannah office, has been appointed
route agent, with headquarters at Thorn
asville. Mr.. Wooding has been connected
with the Savannah of1ce for many years
and he has many friends in the city who
will regret to learn that he is to leave Sa-
vannah, though they will congratulate
him on his deserved promotion.
Mr.. w. Z. McGill, another Georgia boy,
formerly from cambridge, who has been
acting route agent, with headquarters Mt
Jacksonville, has been made route agent,
with headquarters at Waycross
Speaking generally of the company's
| business, Mr.. Myers said yesterday II
compared very favorably with that of last
year, and is perhaps, If anything, a lit
tie better The business of the Sayan-
nah Office seems to have improved mate
rally, and many improvements are being
made. The company is fitting up excel
lent stables and now has about thirty
horses, with ten double and two single
express wagons.