The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
STEPHENS NAMED
CAR ACCOUNTANT
New Office viii Be Opened by
Southern August |
EMPLOYS TWENTY MEN
Reports Are Current That the Atlanta
Division of the Southern viii Be
Divided Into Two Divisions
In the Near Future.
EMPLOYS TWENTY MEN

e. j. Stephens has been appointed car
accountant of the western district OF the
Southern railway with headquarters in
Birmingham. The appointment takes eff
feet on August |, at which time Mr..
Stephens will open offices in the Wood
ward building.
The opening of the new office will bring
about twenty clerks to Birmingham, as 1t
will require about that number to keep
track of all the cars In the western dis
trict of the Southern.
At present Mr. Stephens is transporta-
ton clerk in the office of W. n Fore
acre, assistant general superintendent in
charge of the western district of the
Southern. He went TO Washington last
week and had a conference with the Of
ficials in charge of the car accounting de-
partmeht, and accepted the position offer
ed here. He returned Sunday night.
w, G. Laid will be chief clerk to Mr.
Stephens, and practically all the other
clerks will be file or record clerks. The
duties of the office are to keep track of
all the cars In the western district. when
they are received from other roads or
q shipper. when they are moved again
and delivered to other roads or districts
of the Southern.
w. D. Anderson, count clerk in Mr..
Foreaere's office, will succeed Mr.. steph-
ems. and 7. NJ Steen, record clerk, will
succeed Nh. Anderson.
The Southern has established a car ac-
countant for each of the four districts.
and their offices will be in the cities
where the offices of the assistant general
superintendent of each district is located.
Mr.. Beecroft has been appoint car ac-
countant of the district which includes
the Nashville, Asheville, Knoxville and
Atlanta divisions, with headquarters in
Knoxville.
All the railroads entering Birmingham
are beginning to be more conservative in
the matter Of issuing passes, preparing for
the enforcement of the Hepburn bill on
the first of January. when all passes will
be stopped except those to railroad EN-
ployes and their immediate families.
1t is probable that next year the rail-
roads will make all of their contracts with
newspapers for advertising on a strictly
cash basis and there will be no passes
issued in exchange for conrtesies as at
present.
The railroads entering Birmingham are
preparing to live up to the letter of the
law when 1t goes into effect, so far as
can be ascertained here.
There are reports current that the At
lanta division of the Southern railroad is
| to be divided into two divisions one north
of Atlanta and the other south. The At
| lanta division is one Of the heaviest in
the south, having about 72o miles. Travel
is heavy on a large portion of the divs-
ion, and It is generally considered too
much for one superintendent
At present the Atlanta division extends
from near Chattanooga to Brunswick, and
includes the lines to Columbus Ga, and
portion of the way to Birmingham. 1t
is the largest division on the system in
| point of mileage.
A reliable report has been received in
Birmingham that the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic has acquired the right
| of way, or the options on the right of
way of the Nashville and Huntsville rail-
road 1t will be remembered that the
Nashville and Huntsville railroad was
chartered for the purpose of building a
line between those two cities and then
extending II to Birmingham. The COM
pany had a right of way surveyed and
secured a large number of options.
If the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
has secured the rights of the Nashville
and Huntsville it is over that route that
the former road will build into Nashville,