The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-03
OFFICERS ARE CHANGED
CIRCULARS ISSUED BY PRESIDENT
 OF WESTERN ROAD.

CIRCULARS ISSUED BY PRESIDENT
 OF WESTERN ROAD.
 
 Messrs. Bennett and Cox are Promoted
 By An Order of MT. Wicker
 sham--Other News of
 The RaiI.
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 Atlanta, Ga. Jan. l, i, p6.
 The office of superintendent is abol- ished
 w. N. Cox is appointed Superinten- dent of Transportation and Machinery, with offices at Montgomery, Ala.
 Effective this date.
 Charles A. Wickersham, President and General Manager 
 Montgomery. Ala. Jan. 1, 1906. The office of Train Master is abol- ished
 F. c. Bennett is appointed supervis- or of Train and Station Service, with of- flee at Montgomery, Ala, reporting to the Superintendent of Transportation and Machinery.
 Effective this date
 W. N. Cox. Superintendent Transportation and
 Machinery.
 Approved:
 Charles A. wiekersham, President and General Manager. 
 As Monday was pretty generally ob- served as a holiday by the local rail- roads the above circulars while they took effect on the morning of the first in reality became operative yesterday morning.
 While the effect of the appointment of Mir. Cox will be to give him more Jurisdiction and enable him to devote more time to the mechanical depart ment still it will not interfere in the slightest with Master Mechanic Frank Walsh of the Western Railroad shops. Mr. Cox will have a general super vision over the mechanical department. During the coming year there will be a great deal of money expended in pur- chasing new locomotives, new machin- : ' cry. Mir Cox will have charge of all these affairs.
 November 1, 1909, Mir. Cox came to ] Montgomery from Birmingham where he was Master Mechanic of the Ala- bama Great Southern Railroad shops |. He was appointed superintendent of the Western in Montgomery succeed | ing J. R. Huggins who resigned. Mir. | Cox has the reputation of being one of the most expert mechanics in the South, and in the past few years has patented several valuable inventions. His office will remain in the same place, the second floor of the gen era1 office building of the Western Railroad, on the corner of Coosa and Tallapoosa streets. Mir. Bennett's appointment will be peculiarly pleasing not only to the hundreds of friends in Montgomery but to every employe of the Western Railroad. A Montgomefiari and one of the most progressive and valuable cit izens his friends here will be de- lighted to hear of his promotion. As Supervision Of Train and Station Service Mir. Bennett will have the re- sponsibility of looking after every mile of track and every station agency be- tween Selma and Atlanta. He is en- tering on his fourteenth year with the Western Railroad, and Is possibly one of the best known men in the service of that road. When he was first ap- pointed there was no superintendent In Montgomery and he was at the head of the office of the mechanical depart ment. When Mir. Herrin was appointed su- perintendent MT. Bennett was appoint ed chief clerk In his office. and from that day to this has served continu- ously as chief clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Western. He has served Under four superintendents. Messrs. Herrin, Downs, Huggins and Cox, and during that time he has de- monstrated --s thorough knowledge of and fitness for the transportation department His appointment is de- served recognition of his abilities. and both he and the Western Railroad are to be congratulated.
 Roadfnaster Nelson who has been combining the duties of trainmaster with that of his own office will here- after devote his entire time to the arduous duties of his own office of Roadmaster.
 Ernest Sandwich, Car Accountants will succeed MT. Bennett as chief clerk in the former office of superintendent. He will still hold the office of Car Accountant combining the two. No other changes will be made In the trans portation or mechanical departments.
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