The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-01
NEW OFFICIALS
FOR SEABOA.RD..
Radical Changes Made in Various
Departments.
MORE ROLLING STOCK NEEDED.
The Purchase of One Thousand Add
tional Freight Cars Is Recon-
mended to the Board
of Directors.
MORE ROLLING STOCK NEEDED.

President Williams, of the Seapoaro AZ
Line, yesterday announced that at d meet
ings of the directors and stockholders Oh
the seaboard Air Line Railway, the =F,iori-
da Central and Peninsular Railroad ana
the Georgia and Alabama Railway iast
week. arrangements were perfected py
which the Seaboard Air Line 1,allWay as-
sumes the operation to-day OF the .'eo,-
gia and Alabama Railway ana the L ioiioe'
Central and Peninsular systems as aiHis-
ions of the Seaboard system AZ 'hese
meetings the necessary steps Were "a
for the immediate consolidation wiz ~
Seaboard Air Line Railway OF some SIN
Or re,an individual roads embraced in the
system. agsregating more than SIN nun
drcd miles of road, the earnings or which
will after to-day. be consohdaieo Win
those of the main stem OF the system iioli M
Richmond to Ridgeway. More tidh o'
per cent of the capital STOCK VI .he
Georgia and Alabama Railway mas al-
ready assented to the plan by Wnlch tie
capital stock of that company Will be re-
tired and replaced by the ne" securities
Of the Sea aboard system.
CHANGES In. OFFICIALS.
President Williams also announced sew
eral important changes among the ON
GERS E. ST John becomes vice-preSldeht
and general manager of the entire sys-
tenn and V E. McBee, formerly suPerln-
tenient of the Seaboard AIRLINE, Is maze
general superintendent. Vice-Presldehl
and General Manager Gaobett, OF the
Georgia and Alabama Railway. becomes
superintendent OF the fourth division OF
the Seaboard Airline System, from Co
lumbia S. c.. to Jacksonville, Fla, and
from Savannah, Ca, to Montgomery, Ala,
including branch lines; Vice-President ana
General Manager Maxwell, OF the Florida
Central and Peninsuiar, assumes charge
as superintendent OF the fifth DIVISION ex-
tending from F'ernandina and jackson
vile to Tallahassee and Tampa Fla, m
GLIDING branch lines; Auditor I. W. Roby,
of the Florida Central and Peninsular,
becomes comptroller, with headquarters
at Portsmouth; John n. Sharp, former
treasurer of the Raleigh and Castor and
Seaboard and Roanoke, is now treasurer
Of the entire system; y. W. b Glover
is appointed traffic manager, and c. K
Caps general freight agent, with head
quarters at Portsmouth. General Freight
and Passenger Agent A. Pope, OF the
Georgia and Alabama Railway. has been
appointed assistant general freight agent
of the Seaboard System, with headquarters
at Savannah, and General Freight Agent
w H. Peasants, OF the Florida Central
and Pennsular, has been made assistant
general freight agent of the Seaboard.
with headquarters at Jacksonville.
BIG BUSINESS DONE.
President Williams. when asked wheth-
er the contraction in general business was
being felt as yet by the Seaboard he
replied: The sackening in business
which is reported In different parts Of the
country has not begun to manifest it
self with us. The. movement of freight
and passengers over the Seaboard is
growing uninterruptedly, and the only
difficulty we have to contend with just
now is a serious shortage in cars. We
are running many extra trains, and at a
meeting of our directors this week /
found it necessary TO recommend the pur-
chase of two thousand additional freight
cars. for which we viii send out spec.fi
cations to the car builders at once. The
linking together Of the Florida Central
and Peninsuar and the Georgia and
Alabama divisions of the Seaboard Air
Line will mean a large increase in bust
ness to all parts OF the system The old
main line of the Seaboard viii hereafter
enjoy a large business in Florida pro-
ducts. l think it viii be but a little
While now before the earnings of the con-
soidated system will reach and exceed j
million dollars a month.
- have not received reports Of the
earnings of all divisions of the system
for the last quarter ending June Goth,
but the earnings Of all the roads en-
braced in the system for the six months
ending April list show that we had
earned about one hundred per cent. more
.han the interest on all outstanding bonds
for that period
1.-The pronounced manner in which the
people of the seven Southern States, which
are traversed by the $500 miles Of the
Seaboard Air Line. are proving their
loyalty to it is simply magnificent.