The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-22
GABBETT'S RULE EXTENDED.
HE WILL MANAGE G. AND 4. AND
PART OF THE r. c. AND T..

EAHT OF' THE +. 4. AND T.
Circular Issued by Vice President
and General Manager ID. Il. Max
wei of the II. c. and P-Giyes the
Information That the Northern Di-
vision VIII BE Operated Under the
Management of Vice President and
General Manager Cecil Gnbbett OF
the Georgia and AIabama-Trnns-
fers and Changes That Are Re-
ported as About to Grow Out or
the ChanEe-HaiIrond News ana
Notes.
Important changes in the operation of
the Florida Central and Peninsular Rail-
road will be made Dec. l. A circular in
dleating the change has already been re-
ceived in Savannah from Jacksonville,
signed by Vice President and General
Manager d. Z. Maxwell. 1t is reported
that Vice President and General Manager
Cecil Gabbett of the Georgia and Alabama
will get out a circular within The next few
days that viii convey additional informa-
ton with regard to the new division he
will have under his charge
The following is the circular issued by
the vice president and general manager OF
the Florida Central and Peniusular;
EFFECTIVE Dec. /, 1899, the physical oper-
alton of the Northern division of this rail-
road, extending between Jacksonville,
Fla, and Columbia, S. c., will be managed
by Mr.. Cecil Gabbett, vice president and
general manager Of the Georgia and Ala
bama Railway, with headquarters at Sa-
vannah, Ga. An officers and employees
will be governed accordingly The jurls-
diction of the auditor treasurer, the gen.
eral freight and passenger agents, and the
legal department remains as at present"
Mr.. Gabbetts management of the north
ern division of the Florida Central and
Peninsular does not mean that he will
give up his position with the Georgia and
Alabama. He VIII merely take in the OPP
Grafton of the new division in connection
with his other duties as general manager
of the Georgia and Alabama. The report
that was heard on the street yesterday
that his headquarters would probably be
changed to Columbia Is denied, as Savan-
nah is the far more convenient point for
the operation of the Georgia and Alabama
and the division of the Florida Central
and Peninsular.
The circular shows that there will be
no change In the jurisdiction of General
Freight Agent l.. M. Peasants or Gen
eral Passenger Agent A. 0. MacDonell
Mr.. T. w. Robbie wll continue as auditor,
and Mr.. Screven Dozier will still fiji the
position of treasurer. Messrs. Denmark,
Adams & Freeman remain the company's
attorneys.
That there has been no curtailment of
the authority of the general passenger and
freight agents of the Florida Central and
Peninsular is taken as an indication of
President John Shelton Williams intention
to retain them as prime factors in the re
organization and consolidation of the three
lines into the Seaboard System. 1t is also
believed that Mr.. Robe will be made aud
ftor Of either receipts or disbursements
in course Of time, with Office at Ports
mouth his work being for the entire sys-
tenn That win necessitate the removal
of the Georgia and Alabama auditing de-
partment from Savannah, Auditor McFar-
lane being remembered, it is thought, in
the general scheme and put down for one
OF the places.
Mr.. Maxwell will still be general mana
ger of the sections of the Florida Central
and Peninsular In Florida. 1t is under
stood that he will have Mr. NJ. v Raley,
who has been trainmaster of the northern
division with Office at Savannah, trans
ferred to the Florida division in the same
capacity.
It is understood as being Mr.. Gabbetts
intention to extend the authority Of Mr..
northern division of the Florida Central
and Peninsular as wen as of the Georgia
and Alabama. Mr. Beauprie is recognized
among railroad men as being thoroughly
capable, and his many friends would be
glad to see him given the management of
the roadway of the division.
Another change that IS commonly re-
ported as being a part of Mr.. Gabbetts
scheme is the appointment of Mr.. Il. Z.
Anderson as master of trains 10 succeed
Mr. Raley on the northern division, Mr..
Slocum retaining his position as trainmas-
ter of the Georgia and Alabama. Mr.. An
derson, If the report is correct, will give
up the position he now holds as assistant
general freight and passenger agent of the
Georgia and Alabama.
These changes in the operative manage
ment of the Florida Central and PENN
sular and the appointment of subordinates
Is not regarded as in the nature of con-
soldation movements, but as the first
steps that will lead up to them. They
show that ii is Mr. Williams intention
10 have Mr.. Maxwell, Mr. Gabbett and
Mr.. McBee remain with the system as
general managers of its great divisions.
Vice President Z. St John being the
general manager of the system.
Mr.. II. G. Haycraft, city ticket agent
of the Plant System at Ocala, spent yes
terday in the city.
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