The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-31
RUSSELL IGNORED
MADE vICE-PREslDENT OF SOUTH
 ERN RAILWAY.
Mobile Lawyer and Railroad Man Will Have Charge in Mississippi With. Headquarters In the
 Gulf City.
Advertiser Bureau.

Mobile, Oct 30, Col. B. L. Russell, Vice-President of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. has had now honors rendered him. This time 1t comes from the Southern Railway Company in the shape of vice-presi- dency of that railway system.
 The appointment has been made and will go into effect on Thursday, Novem- Der 1, and is in the shape of an execu- tive order and numbered one. The official circular reads as follows: Southern Railway Company in Mlssis-
 sippi. Office of the President. 50
 Broadway, New York. November l.
 1906.
 Executive Order No. 1. :
 The following appointments are made, effective this date:
 E. L. Russell, vice-President; onice at Mobile, Ala.
 A. H. Plant, Comptroller, office at Washington D. C. H. c. Ansley. Treasurer; office at Washington, D. c. W. S. Cook, Auditor; office at Mobile. Ala.
 Henry Tacon Assistant Treasurer; office at Mobile, Ala.
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 Samuel Spencer,
 President As will be seen by the above order, other Mobile and Ohio officials are also honored and given other duties aside from those already in their keeping in connection with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Colonel Russell. as will be noted from a statement which he gave out this morning, called specihc atten- tion to the fact that his official Sl- tion with the Southern Railway. as also that of other Mobile and Ohio officials will in no wise conflict with their re-
 lot tfnt vol l. road, the two systems being operated separate one from the other.
 The following Is the statement from Colonel Russell noted and referred to above:
 "The line of railroad which I have been assigned to operate commences at the State line of Alabama and extends to Greenville, Miss, on the banks of the Mississippi River.In turning thIs part of the line over to me to operate, MT. Spencer desires to have the imme- diate management nearer to the patrons and people living aloLg the line. It Is for the purpose of affording to patrons of this portion of the road who may have complaints. facilities for taking up such complaints and having same promptly and fairly adjusted
 "To my personal knowledge, the con- trolling factor which influenced MT. Spencer in putting this line under my Jurisdiction, was that by reason of my long official connection with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. I had been brought into close contact and personal touch with the people of the State of Mississippi, and the people be- ing satisfied with my methods of rail- road administration, MT. Spencer made the appointment as compliment 70 them.
 T know, of my own personal knowl- edge, that Mr. Spencer is of the opinion that this appointment will be pleasing to the people of Mississippi. I trust his opinion in this respect will be justified by the hearty support of the patrons and persons living along the line of this railroad. It will be personal disappointment to me if my friends in Mississippi do not receive my appoint ment in this spirit.
 Tn the management of this property we will make every effort to impi owe the service and operate the trains as to afford comfort and safety to pas sengers and a speedy delivery of all freight placed in our hands 10 handle. We invite any citizen. having grounds for complaint, to write 60 either Mir. R. V. Taylor, General Manager, or my self, and set forth the cause of the grievance. We promise to take up in the broadest spirit of fairness and