The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-19
SEWER RECEIVES
CONGRATULATIONS
Returned Yesterday from Gin
Cinnati, But VIII Not Talk
OTHER RAILROAD NEWS
Not Yet Known Who Will Succeed Mr..
SEWER, Although Two People
Are Prominently
Mentioned.
OTHER RAILROAD NEWS

The announcement of the appointment
of l.. Sewer to the second vice presidency
and traffic managership of the Seaboard
caused more talk in Birmingham yester-
day than any railroad matter that has
occurred for many months ain Alabama
Mr.. Sewer returned to Birmingham
from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon and
was congratulated on all sides by his
friends, many of who called ON him at
his office. He also received kilograms,
letters and telephone messages of con-
graduation. He would not discuss the
appointment further than to say that he
expected to go to the Seaboard on
January !.
There is much gossip as to his sue
cessor in the freight department of the
Alabama Great Southern and it appears
to rest between two men, r. A. Chadwick,
assistant general freight agent, and
Tracey Steele, commercial agent, both of
whom are considered excellent freight
officials. Mr. Sewer said that no appoint
ment had been made and that he had no
idea what w. j. Murphy, vice president,
| would do in the matter.
Mr. Sewer has been general freight
agent of the Alabama Great Southern
si' ce May, 1893 He was born in Can
ton. Miss, in 1866, and commenced his
railroad career in 1884 as check clerk in
the New Orleans office of the New Or
leans and North Eastern railroad, where
he remained three years, after which time
he came to Birmingham. From 1887 to
| 1898 he was check clerk and cashier in
the local office, chief clerk to the division
freight agent, chief clerk to the general
agent and soliciting freight agent, which
position he held when appointed gem
eral freight agent.
| There is probably no man in the dis
| trict who has stronger friends among the
big shippers.
| The railroads had an imense home
| seekers business to Texas, the territories
and the west yesterday. The Alabama
Great Southern and the Frisco handled
| extra equipment on all of their trains
yesterday, and it is probable that about
800 people took advantage of the cheap
| rates.
NJ. r. Malloy has been appointed comp
troller of the Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Texas Pacific railroad, the northern
end of the Queen and Crescent Route,
and r. F. Heath has been appointed audi
tor to succeed Mr.. Malloy. The new audi.
Malloy.
A. Griggs formerly superintendent o.
the Alabama Great Southern, was in Bir
ningham yesterday. He is living il
Cedartown, Ga, now, where he is at tht
head of a furnace company
Cards were received in Birmingham yes
terday announcing the wedding of Walter
| Kennedy, assistant chief law agent of thu
western district of the Southern Railway
to Miss Sara Solomonson, daughter %
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Solomonson of Atlanta
The marriage took place on December 10
and the announcement was a complete
| surprise to the friends of Mr. Kennel,
in Birmingham. His offices are will
those of General Superintendent Foracre
The announcement of the increase of
per cent to the shop employees of TIL,
| Louisville and Nashville was welcome
news to the local men effected Quite
large number are employed in the Brm
ingham shops of the Louisville and Nash
vile. and still a larger number are eff
fected in the shops at Decatur.
| The Christmas rush is on with the rail
reads and ii is almost impossible Il
get through the crowds at the union sta
ton in the afternoon. The crowds so fa1
have been in excess of those last year
and Station Agent Meglemery has taker
| extra precautions for handling the crowd