The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-17
W. H. RAGLAND
 IS MANAGER He Takes Charge of the Traction Company. SUCCEEDS MAJ. WINTERS Receiver of Property Dis
 charged by Court. c. c. HessAeaa Named as superintend- eat to Succeed ,. w. Holiday.
 Mr. ADperson Talks ef se Improvements.
SUCCEEDS MAJ. WINTERS


 organized Montgomery Traction Com pany.
 The new officials assumed charge of the ofice, and the properties, of the company at 3:30 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon immediately after Judge Thomas c. Jones of the United States District Court had issued an order dis charging the receiver, Major E. E. Win ters, who had had charge of the prop erty since Feb. 18th pursuant to an order made by Judge Jones upon pe- tition of the North American Trust Company that the Traction Company had defaulted in payment of interest on its bonds.
 While the action was pending in the court the property of the Traction Company was purchased by R. D. Ap- person of Lynchburg. Va. acting for Philadelphia capitalists. These capi- talists satisfied the claims of the trust company and q new street railway company was organized with R. D. Ap- person as president and Charles Miller oe Philadelphia as secretary and treas urer.
 Major Winters, who was appointed as receiver of the property. has been general manager of the Traction Com
 
 MT. Ragland. who was the first general manager of the company when 1t be- gan building lines in Montgomery. Major Winters came to Montgomery rom Macon, Ga. when Mr. Ragland left the Traction Company to become vice-president of the Montgomery Street Railway at the time the latter company passed into control of Richard Tillis.
 Major Winters to Stay Here.
 By the action of the new owners of the Traction Company MT. Ragland goes back to his original company. suc- ceeding Major Winters. who said last night that he would remain in Mont gomery at least until he saw the Mont gomery team of the Baseball AssocIa- tion, of which he Is president safely started on its winning jour ney. He las no further plans for the future.
 Mir Hogshead will succeed J. W. Hol- liday as superintendent. Mir. Holiday came from Macon, Ga, with Major Win ters and both he and Major Winters have seen many years of street railway service.
 General Manager Ragland said yes- terday afternoon that it was probable that B. S. Maultsby, who succeeded Lloyd Lyon as auditor of the Traction Company about three weeks ago, would remain in his position.
 We have been so busy with court matters" said Mir. Ragland that we have not given much consideration to other things. In a general way, would say, that here will be other changes in the, operating department of the company, as We expect to i'm prove the services just as much as possible. What these changes will be I canot now discuss"
 No Effect on Baseball.
 Asked about the effect of the change in management on baseball Mir. Rag land said:
 There will not be any change that I know of. In fact you may say that will have nothing whatever to do with baseball. The team will be con- troiled by the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Baseball Association This board consists of Messrs T, J. Reynolds, w. T. Robertson, J. w. Tuilis, Ben Strassburger, D. E. Winters and R. E. Steiner. I feel sure that we will work harmoniously and that the baseball sea- son will be highly successful
 Mir. Apperson. the new president of the Traction Company, said he would probably remain in Montgomery five or six days before returning to his home in Virginia where he is president of at least i've companies which are operated by the Philadelphia parties now interested In Montgomery.
 Tt is not correct" said Mr. Apperson to say that we own controlling in- terest in the Traction Company. The fact is our people have secured control of all the securities. We own the Traction Company. and all of its in- terests and we expect to improve the property'
 Discussed Improvements.
 In a general way MT. AppersoM dis ha although he said that most of his time during his stay in Montgomery had been given to the legal entanglements with which the property was beset. He said that new lines were in contem- platiop and admitted that he had driven over the Capitol Heights property with view to extending a car line to the end of Madison Avenue. It was also probable he said that some of the lines would be double tracked and that vast improvements would be made in the park at Pickett Springs.
 We are going to improve our car service right away" said Mir. Apper- son. We have already placed an or- der for four new combination cars, thirty-eight feet four inches. in length. and more of them may be ordered. The car schedules wflRee quicSeGed and we hope to convince the Montgomery pub lie that the change in management Is for the publics welfare"
 MT. Hogshead. who succeeds MT Holiday. is a practical street railway man. He came from the Lynchburg Traction and Electric Company and he has had many years of experience.
 Future of Major Winters.
 Major Winters politely declined to discuss his immediate future.
 ..As President of the Montgomery Baseball Club. I will remain In Mont gomery and see them safely on their feet to make a strong run for the pennant." he said. T cannot say. just now, when shall leave Montgomery and I hope matters may so arrange thenaselves that 1t will not be neces- sary for me to do so. In the short time I have lived here have learned to love the place and the people of Mont wonery have been most cordial in their appreeiation of my efforts to give them q good street railway system. I have apnreoiated their support and feel aratefuI for the kindnesses l have re- celved at their hands
 T would rather not talk of plans for the future. I believe we have gotten together n good strong team and at present. my efforts will be directed to- wards making Montgomery proud of It's ball team.
 Tt was not surprise to m that I was suppianted by Mr. Rag nd %'