The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-14
ROANOKE VA, WEDNESDAY,. April. IA. 1897.
N. 8 W. CHANGES.
A General Turn Around on the
First Of May.

the Norfolk and Western will 20 into
effect on the first of May:
The position of engineer of maintain
ance of way, now held by G. s. Churchill,
will be changed to chief engineer of the
whole road and Mr.. Churchill, it is
thought, will be assigned to that position
The position of assistant engineer OF
divisions will be abolished and NJ. r.
Yeasman, of Mr.. Churchill's office, will
be principal assistant and M. j. Caples
assistant to the chief engineer, with their
duties extending over the whole road.
There will he but one bridge inspector
for the entire system instead of two, as
heretofore, and II. e. Gettes will tie as
signed to that position, while J. Vincent
NIaher, formerly chief clerk for d. H.
Barger, superintendent of the Kenova Gi.
vision, will be made chief clerk to J. c.
Cassell, superintendent of the Radford
and Roanoke divisions.
The place of division superintendent of
motive power held by J. X. p G.. Sam
derson, will be abolished on the first Of
May ands two master mechanics ap-
pointed for the whole of the road, one of
these being II. A. ellis, now general
foreman of the Roanoke Machine Works.
and the other j. r. p. c. Snndersop,
with headquarters at Roanoke
jasper Wells will he appointed fore
OF the road and f. NJ. Wadleigh will be
given similar position on the Radford
and Pulaski divisions
Philip Wright, clerk in the Office of
maintenance Of way for the Lynchburg
division, has gone to Norfolk to take the
position OF chief clerk in the office of
Capt. NJ. M. Osborne, superintendent of
the Norfolk terminal.
Thomas G. Wilson, late clerk in the
Of T. 10
motive power, has gone to Crewe to take
similar position in the shops mt that
place. All of the assistant engineers,
eight in number, whose Offices will he
abolished, will be offered the positions of
supervisors of tracks, some of the changes
heing rs follows: j. b. Mo:fett, of the
Pulaski division. will be stationed Mt Pu-
laski. j. A. Clark, of the Kenova divis.
ion, will be supervisor OF the track be-
tween Dingess and Kenova. r. L. Stan
ley supervisor of the track west OF Wythe-
vile, and William j. Sewers supervisor
from Crewe to Petersburg, will both re-
tain their positions, which they have held
since 1858. Charles Rankin, formerly
assistant engineer on the Lynchburg III
vision, has accepted the position of super.
visor from Roanoke to Radford, with
headquarters at Roanoke, vice A. A.
Cohill, who will be given the position of
supervisor from Radford to Bluefeld,
with headquarters at Radford.
G.. II. Hicks, chief dispatcher of the
Lynchburg division, will be promoted to
the position of assistant train master in
the Radford division, with jurisdiction
over the Roanoke yard, and headquarters
in this city.
After April 10 there will be only one
car inspector instead of two as heret ofore,
and w. X. Carr will hold this position,
Mr.. Middagh, the other inspector, being
transferred to the Roanoke Machine
Works as general foreman.
j. G. Cassell has rented Capt !. G.
Osbourne's house. at Radford and will
move his family to that place about the
first of May. A. Broner, late assistant
engineer OF the Norfolk division, has
been given the position of supervisor from
Norfolk to Petersburg.
The engines will in the future run from
Roanoke TO Norfolk and from iIagers
town to Roanoke. so that all repairs will
be done Mt the end of the lines and in
this way will do away with the shops at
| Crewe and Shenandoah
Harvey Rittenhouse, assistant engineer
between Roanoke and Hagerstown, has
been given the position of track supervi-
SCI from Hagerstown to Shenandoah