The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-18
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
 OFFICIALS HERE General Manager H. 3. Spencer on Tour of Inspection LEAVES THIS MORNING Is Well Pleased With What He Has Seen-Representat of h.
 dustriaI Companies Visit
LEAVES THIS MORNING

H. B. Spenser, recently appointed gen eral manager of the Southern railway and A number of other officials of the Southern arrived in Birmingham last night at 6:10 o'clock on a special train consisting of five cars. The new general manager is going over the system on tour of inspection, and will leave this morning for Anniston, Rome and other points north and east of Birmingham.
 About the middle of May Mir spencer will return to Birmingham and spend sew eral days going over the entire district in order to become thoroughly acquaint- ed with it.
 On the special train beside the general manager were R. A, Dugan, assistant general manager; c. s. McManus, general superintendent; J. H. Scale, superinten- dent of transportation; D. w. Lum, chief engineer; A. S. Stewart. mechanical super intendent; M. M. Richey, assistant gem eral superintendent; J. J. Cotter, super intendent of the Birmingham division; F, J. Eagan, superintendent of the Mobile division: L. skinner, private secretary to MT. Spencer; R. A. McGruder private secretary to Mr. Dugan, J. l.. Bowles, private secretary to MT. McManus: W. O.. Lett, private secretary to MT Scale; H. F. bowman, private secretary to MT. Stewart, and F. A. Quinn, private sec- retary to MT. Lum.
 MT. Spencer Is a vel. young man to hold his present high position, but he has risen to it through merit. A number of years ago he lived in Birmingham and was assistant to the superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern. Recently he was general manager of the St. Louis Louisville lines. He is a quiet. dignifieo gentleman but is wonderfully alert. He said he was well pleased with hls trip.
 T am merely on tour of inspection said MT Spencer, T am we'll pleased with everything that have seen. l used to be located In Birmingham and am therefore quite familiar with the district. l lived here and they are of course mo- ticeable. It has been about nine months since I last visited Birmingham
 We have been out on the road about ten days and expect to return to Wash inston shortly. 1 have engagements which prevent my making lengthy stops any where, but l will be back in Birmingham probably In May"
 The general manager Is a son of Presi- dent Samuel Spencer and has been prac- tically raised in the railroad business. He started at the bottom and has worked himself up steadily. He has many friends in Birmingham, and quite a num- Der of railroad officials greeted him yes- terday when he arrived
 Many prOnninpnf onara torS and rapre- sentatives of some of the big industrial companies called on MT. Spencer yester- day afternoon and last night. President J. c. Maben of the Sheffield com. rany, l.. B. Mussrove, vicepresident of the Corona Coal and Iron company; J. R. Ran, general manager of the same com pany: Walker Percy attorney for the Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, were among those who paid their respects.
 President c. C. Harvey of the New Orleans and Northwestern. Alabama and Vicksburg and the V. S. and P. spent yesterday in the city He attended A meeting of the Alabama Land company. in which he is interested. He returned to Meridian last night
 w. A. Garrett, general manager of the Queen and Crescent route. will pass through Birmingham tonight en route to Fort Worth, Texas. Several of the off cials of the route. including Superinten- dent Griggs and General Freight Agent Sevier of the Alabama Great Southern, will accompany him on this trip.
 Officials of the New Orleans and North eastern will join the party at Meridian and Shreveport and will accompany it to Fort Worth. The Queen and Crescent is running a fast freight train through from Fort Worth to all places in the southern states which has been growing steadily in the number of cars handled, The train makes the time of an express train and the officials Of the road are going to Texas connection with this train.
 The Louisvh and Nashville has prac- tically completed the task of moving it's yards to Boyles, and now all the freight trains stop in the yards at Boyles in stead of the Birmingham yards The number of trains to ard fro through Bir- mingham yesterday was noticably less. and a great deal of the switching was done outside.
 The change was made Sunday at noon. and by yesterday the larger portion of the task was completed. About 100 engines were moved during the thirty-six hours and large number of trains were hand led out of the Boyles yards, which have a capacity of more than twice that of the