Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-03-23
Maintaining THE RECORD.
IT is TO BE GENERAL MAN
AGER ROYALL.
An Old GOIdSbOrO Boy Whose
Record Is One of Con-
tinued Promotions.

The Wilmington Messenger OF
Sunday contains the following rail-
road news that will be of especia! in-
terest to Goldsboro readers, as Mr..
Royal is native Goldsboro boy.
whose venerable mother, four BROTH
ers, Messrs. S. K, Geo. c., Joe S.
and Ed. land two sisters, MissesJ ennie
aud Minnie Royal, reside here, and
where his old friends have watched
with pride and satisfaction his steady
rise from the telegrapher's desk to
the general management of one of
the great railroad systems of the
country:
Here is the Messengers announce
ment:
"Mr. John r Kenly, general man
lager of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company, has resigned, his
resignation has been accepted, and
Mr.. w. N. Royal, general manager
of the First division, has been APP
poin ed to succeed him and will enter
/ upon his new duties on April 1st.
"Mr. Kenly has filled the dual po-
sitiou Of general manager and fourth
vice-president and he will continue
| to hold the latter position, with
headquarters in Wilmington.
"Mr. Kenly has been general
manager of the Atlantic Coast Line
for something over ten years, having
formerly been superintendent CT
transportation. II has been a COM
parativeiy small number of years
since the Coast Line only extended
from Richmond to Charleston and
now the road reaches to the most
Southern point of Florida and has a
large number of branch lines in each
of the States through which the road
runs, and it has been since Mr.. Ken
ly's term of office as general mana
ger that the Coast Line absorbed the
Plant System.
"Mr. w. N. Royal, the successor
of Mr.. Kenly, began his career as a
railroad man in this city "a years ago,
being telegraph operator for the Will
mington, Columbia and Augu ia
railroad. Later he was train dis
patcher at Florence for three years,
and after leaving Florence was train
master of the Columbia and Agusta at
Columbia for three years. For TWEEN
ty years Mr., Royal was located al
charleston, first as assistant superin-
tendent and then as superintendent
of one of the railroads running out OF
charleston, which road was later
labsorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line
| "Mr. Royal came to Wilmington
on July 1st, 1902, to assume the
lduties of general superintendent q
the First division OF the Atlantic
Coast Line. The first division ex
tends from Richmond to Savannah
GAS can be seen from the above
Mr.. Royal is throughly familia
with every branch of managing
: railway system, from the operator
t desk up to the position of genera
: manager, the position he assumes 0
t April 1st.. Being made general mat
o lager of railroad of the importanC
q of the Coast Line, but shows th
It lgreat confidence the directors of tt
O system have in Mr.. Royal and tt
e manner in which they regard h
" ability. The directors chose worth
q successor to Mr.. Kenly and ms
n who is in every way competent
5, fill the position to which he has bee
D. appointed.
,n s..The successor Of Mr.. Royal b
lg met yet been appointed and no i
i'd timation has been heard as to VIII
will be-"