The age-herald., 1900-06-20
FORMALITIES TO
 BE CARRIED OUT Organization of A. 6 0. Will be
 Effected. MIR. GREENS GOOD FORTUNE More Talk of Appointments to Fin~va- cancies Among General Officers of the L. & N.-President
 Smith Here-Personal
MIR. GREENS GOOD FORTUNE

The formal organization of the oneonta and Attalla Railroad Company will be ef- fected in a day or two. The stockholders of this road are officers and directors in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Con- pany, and the board of directors and of ficers will be selected from their num- Der The capital stock of the Oneonta and Attalla Railroad Company is S2O00O0. A charter was granted the company by the Secretary of State about a month ago and the formalties prescribed by law had to be complied With before permanent organiza- tion could be effected.
 The contract for constructing nine miles of this road from Champion, Blount Coun- ty in a northeasterly direction. was award ed to c. D. Smith and Company of this c1cy about two weeks ago. and contracts for the balance of the road will be let as soon as possible. The Oneonta and Attalla is an extension of the Birmingham Mineral road from Champion to Attalla.
 Seems to be settled
 It seems to be settled that Lincoln Green, formerly division freight agent of the Southern in this city, is to be made general freight agent of that system, E. A. Mel, the present general freight agent, stepping up higher to fill a new office to be created in the traffic department For some time Traffic Manager Culp has had such a multitude of work, both in the of- flee and on the road, that it was impossible for him to attend to it all. The duties of his office necessarily required him to be absent from headquarters in Washington a good portion of the time and in his ab- sence the office work had to be left in charge of a clerk The necessity for some one in the office occupying a higher posi- tion than mere clerkship was some time ago realized and the directors, it is said determined to create the office of assistant traffic manager. It is now said that MT Mel will be promoted to that position and that MT. Green will take his place as gen. eral freight agent.
 Gossip Was Renewed
 The presence of President Milton IT. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville in Birmingham yesterday served to renew gossip relative to appointments to fill the vacancies caused by the recent death of General Passenger Agent Atmore and the resignation of General Manager Metcalfe Rumor has had various men connected with the Louisville and Nashville promoted to those offices, but so far as any official expression has been made the question is yet an unsettled one. A few days ago a telegram from Louisville stated that Su- perintendent Newbold of the South and North division with headquarters in this city, would succeed MT. Metcalfe, but since then nothing further has been heard in confirmation of this rumor. On the other hand, it is now stated with some degree of detiniteness that Superintendent of Con struction Evans is to step into the place vacated by MT. Metcalfe and that MT. Newbold will succeed MT. Evans at the head of the construction department
 It seems to be pretty well settled that J. A. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent, will be appointed to succeed the late Colonel Atmore.
 Other Promotions
 Speculation is rife as to the appointments and promotions that will necessarily fol- low the filling of these two vacancies, but it is doubtful if any one outside of the directory or the head officials of the com pany knows who will be at the head of the | operating and the passenger departments | of the Louisville and Nashville after July l
 
 nation is effective. |
 Travelling Passenger Agent Coffee Jack | son of the Southern was in Chattanooga | yesterday.
 R. M. Ellis, travelling passenger agent of the Alabama Great Southern, went to Mis- | sssippi yesterday on business connected with his road
 Arnold S. Borglum, travelling passenger agent of the Union Pacific at St Louis, was in the city yesterday.
 George w. Ely, travelling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific at Montgomery, was in the city yesterday.
 P. Sid Jones' division passenger agent and immigration agent of the Louisville and Nashville, returned from North Ala bama yesterday afternoon.
 The Alabama Great Southern shops in this city have just turned out an engine weighing 120, GOO pounds, which will be used