The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29
OFFICIALS OF WESTERN
SUCCESSION OF RAILROAD PROMO-
 TONS IN MONTGOMERY.
MT. Hunter Made General Agent, MT Luts, Local Freight Agent, and Mir. Grice Chief
 Clerk,

Ane announcement made by The Ad- | vertiser two weeks ago that Local Agent W. c. Hunter of the Western
 Railway would succeed Commercial
 Agent c. B. Tyler. was confirmed yes | terday by the issuance Of the oficial
 circular from the ofice of General Freight Agent A. R. Smith.
 MT. Tyler, 1t will be remembered,
 was transferred to St. Louis. succeed ing the late w.. J. Taylor as represen- tative of the Western Railway in the Missouri city.
 On the day of the appointment of MT. Taylor to the St. Louis ofiice. The Advertiser stated that 1t was probable that Mir. Hunter would succeed him In Montgomery, and that Marion Lutz would succeed MT. Hunter. Mir. Lutx was yesterday appointed acting local agent to succeed MT. Hunter, but there is hardly any doubt that the appoint ment will eventually be made perma- nent. MT. Hunter was for . number of years with the Western Railway in Selma, being transferred to Montgom- cry to succeed MT. Tyler. At that time Mr. Tyler was local agent of the Western in Montgomery, and when General Agent W. J. Taylor was trans- ferred from Montgomery to St Louis
 he was appointed to, succeed him. When MT. Tyler was transferred from the Tallapoosa Street ofice of the Western to the uptown oflce in the Moses Building, MT. Hunter was brought to Montgomery from Selma and appointed local agent.
 The appointment yesterday is simply a succession of promotions. L.. P. Grice a clerk in the local freight offlce. being appointed chief clerk to MT. Lutz, both of these latter appointments being vv,a 1A saaAt tfSn ~t. announcing Mir. Hunters appointment is as follows:
 Montgomery. Ala. Dec 2sth, 1904
 Circular No. 27. 'e Effective January 1st, Mir. W. c. Hunter is appointed Commercial Agent of these companies. with headquarters at Montgomery. Ala, vice Mir. c. B. Tyler. promoted. A. R. Smith, General Freight Agent. q. P Billups.
 General Passenger Agent.
 Approved: l.. Charles A. wickersham,
 President and General Manager" Lost Several Fingers.
 J. T, Weaver. a yard foreman in the South and North yards, was the victim of an accident yesterday morning
 whereby he lost several fingers. | A string of cars were being punched together to make up an outgoing freight train, leaving about Ii a. m. | MT. Weaver was on top of one of the
 cars setting the. brake on it when a | swetch engine bumped against It. He ! lost his balance and fell from tn top of the car to the ground. the heavy | wheels passing over his left hand, crushing it like an eggsheil.
 He was taken at once to the baggage ! room in the Union Station and as soon l as possible an ambulance carried him | to St. Margaret's Hospital. Everything
 was done that could in any way relieve his sufferings. and the local surgeon of
 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad | amputated two of his fingers.
 2. A. Weaver of 611 South Thirtieth
 Street, Birmingham. the father of the I injured man, was notified immediately. A New Road.
 A correspondent of The Atlanta Con-
 stitution. writing of the proposed rail-
 road from St. Andrews Bay. Fla. via
 Eufaula to Columbus, Ga.. says: | q have it on the best of authority ,''
 interjected A. H. MereIll. of Eufaula.
 President of the East Alabam Nation
 al Bank. who was present. that Do-
 than. where the Birmingham. Colum-
 bus and St. Andrews road will tap both
 the Atlantic Coast Line and the Pensa- | cola and Atlanta division of the Gen.
 tral railway system will give the new | road a permanent right of way through
 its city. with ample room for terminal | facilities and donate a cash contribu% | tion of $25,000. Eufaula now has a proposition under consideration for a | right of way and terminals and a con- | tribution of $50.000. presume Co., | Ffnt tY,I Nxytl aIu A4 hA fAasa yf l..
 the matter of the building of this road, I upon the completion and operation of which so much of the prosperity of that city as well as of Eufaula depends It | is a public necessity and the best of 1t l is the road will be a money maker
 from start to finish"
 The Birmingham, Columbus and St.
 Andrews Railway Company is a char
 tered corporation of Alabama. the pres-
 ident of which concern is W. Miller Gordon. the well known railroad pro-
 moter of Columbus. Ga. It Is said MT. Gordon never undertakes a work un- less 1t Is of practical value and so en-
 joys the distinction of being a man
 who carries through projects with no
 failures. It is hoped his determination
 to build the road now proposed will be | as full of successes as other ventures I of the past. Considered from a practi- cal point of view there is no reason
 why the road should not be rushed to completion. but many why it should be