The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-22
D.F.JACKLEAvESPLANT|
TRAFFIC MANAoEH WILL BE A
 BANKER IN AUGUSTA
Probable That omce of General Freight Agent Will De Com solidated with That of Trafhc
 Manager.

of the Plant System, will In the near future leave that road to take charge of a banking house in Augusta, Ga. This news came to The Advertiser from source most reliable and authentic. and there seems to be no doubt about the information being correct Mir. Jack has been with the Plant sys- tenn as head of the freight department for many years. General Freight Agent Menzies has for a number of years partly handling the freight department and it is very probable that he will succeed Mir. Jack. for the present at least. Whether the offices of Freight Trafic Manager and General Freight Agent viii be consolidated, with Mr.. Mensies in charge, is problematical. but there Is a story to the effect that this will be done. ----'.- -~-
 Mir. Jack, 1t is said. Is a very wealthy man, having large interests in Augusta. besides beiug extensively interested in the Street Railway System of Jackson vile. Fla.
 Several things have taken place in this section of the Plant system in the past | few months that have a decidedly signi- fcant tone. Until his death. some time ago, Syd Lanier had charge of the freight interests of the Plant in the North Ala bama district. Birmingham being his headquarters. w. A. Davis was trans- ferred from Mobile to succeed Mir. Lanier. Not long afterwards he was taken away from Birmingham and that territory included in the territory work ed by MT. Dare, who was then Commer- cial Agent in Montgomery. Mir. Kirt- land. who succeeded Mir. Dare. is now promoted to the ofice of chief clerk in the general freight office in Savannah. Mir. Acostor succeeding him in Mont gomery. The office of Commercial Agent which MT. Acoster held in St. Louis is, it is understood, abolished.
 Now there may be nothing in all this, but 1t has every appearance of an organized effort to cut down expenses, especially when the following facts are considered. few months ago 1t was announced that the Plant lines would all be consolidated Under the name of the Savannah, Florida and Western. This has all been done in Montgomery and other headquarters for the different divisions.
 In speaking of the matter yesterday a we'll posted railroad man said that it has a most significant appearance. He says he believes the Plant people are metho- ideally arranging the affairs of the road so as to be in shape for rumored absorption. Continuing he said that this all depended on the outcome of the fight to break the will left by MT. Plant. If the attempt to break this will is success full and the New England holders of the property put out of the way he says that in his opinion it will be a matter of a very short time before the Plant System will lose its individuality and be ab- sorbed by a big system
 Now the interesting question is, what system Is that? If the report published in The Advertiser last week from Wall Street in New York is true 1t simplifies matters very materially: That report was to the effect that J. Pierpont Nor gan would soon undertake the gigantic task of consolidating the Southern, Louisville and Nashville and Seaboard Air Line.
 This would be tremendous. affair and railroad men as a rule ridicule 1t, but when j. P. Morgan undertakes anything | he generally carries 1t to the finish. In kthe event that thfs consolidation soheme | gets underway the Southern will be conn-' l pelled to have the Plant-if they can get it-and the millions of money behind this community of interests" plan will come mighty near getting what they want. Passenger Agent Rodgers of the Gen. tral yesterday was advised of the holiday rates that his road will have in effect this year. The tickets will be on sale on the Fist, 22nd and 23rd of December limited of course to the holidays-and the rate over the entire Central system will be fare and one third. The Central will also put on @ rate of one fare for the round trip to the Good Roads Con- vention in this city on the lth of Decem- Der, the tickets being limited to the 7th. 
 The local roads have been advised by the Southeastern Passenger Association that the lines in Arkansas, Texas and the Indian and Oklahoma territories will have on sale holiday rates to this section at one and a third fares, tickets on sale on the Fist, 22nd and 2Srd of December, final limit one month from sale. Of course all the roads in this territory will have the same rate in effect.
 Engineer Barnett of the South and North, yesterday took out the Prattville train, relieving Engineer Cobb, who will be with the air brake instruction car for the next few days. He and Conductor Duggar of the freight run between here and Birmingham. had narrow escapes at | the Wadsworth fire yesterday morning. The pipes for the new sand house at | the North and South shops were con-
 nected yesterday and in a few days Gen
 eraI Foreman Briggs will make a final ,. test of 1t.
 A special train of the Mobile and Ohio
 was expected here early yesterday morn | ing, but 1t did not come The officials of