The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-14
LIGHTER WILL Be
GIVEN PROMOTION
Appointed Superintendent of
Southern Division
OTHER RAILROAD N VS.
Confirmation of Report That Alfred
Walter VIII Resign as President
of the seaboaRd
Air Line.
OTHER RAILROAD NEWS

A. D. Dghtner, general agent of the
Frisco system in Birmingham, has been
appointed superintendent of the southern
division and branches with headquarters
in Memphis. His successor has not been
appointed.
The appointment will be effective tomor-
row. 1t has been under consideration for
some time and the general officers of
the Frisco have urged Mr.. Llghtner to
accept the new position as 1t places him
In direct line of promotion for a general
SUPPLEMENTARY of one of the two grand
districts Into which the road is separated
and probably into even higher position In
the near future.
II. IL. Brown, superintendent of the
southern division, has been transferred to
the SUPPLEMENTARY of the eastern di-
vision. w. T. Tyler has been appointed
general superintendent of one of the dis
tricts and A. OHara has been appointed
acting general superintendent of the other
both with assigned territory.
Mr.. Bightner has been with the Frisco
| for many years. He was associated with
/ the Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe rail
road first and then went with the joint
road when the Atchson and Frisco were
consolidated. When they separated again
he stayed with the Frisco end A lit
tie over two years ago he was appointed
general agent in Birmingham to succeed
f. o. Becker In the time he has been
here he has greatly developed the Frisco
systems business 1t is said. He has
looked far into the future and advised the
officials of the road to prepare for the
immense traffic this district will produce
in the future. Railroad men state that
he has been particularly far sighted in
purchasing real estate and planning for
the yards, freight houses and other faclll-
ties of the Frisco in Birmingham.
Mr.. Ldghtner is a man of wide expert
ence In railroad business. He has held
important positions In every department
except the transportation department. By
accepting the position of superintendent
he will gain the experience in transporta-
tion which viii make him one of the best
all round railroad in the south
The southern division has more ton
mage than all the others on the Frisco
combined and Is therefore the most i'm
portant. 1t includes 532 miles of main
line between Springfield and Birmingham.
The branch lines bring the total up to
| SOB miles The lines include the Aber-
deem branch, the Bessemer branch, the
Bonneville and Southwestern branch, the
Tyronza branch, the Current river branch
and the Evadale branch.
Mr. Idghtner leaves Birmingham tomor-
row and will be relieved on that date by
his successor. whose appointment is ex-
pected today.
w. C. Rinearson. general passenger
agent; j. c. Conn, division passenger
agent and Mr.. Johnson. advertising
agent all Of the Queen and Crescent
route. spent yesterday In Birmingham
They arrived on train No. 3 and went
north on train No. last night.
Mr.. Rinearson has been away on his
vacation for several weeks and this is his
first trip to Birmingham since his return
He said that passenger business was I'M
usually heavy now and that all the rail-
roads were handling very heavy trains.
w. j. Murphy, vice president of the
Queen and Crescent route, is en- route
to Europe for vacation. He left Gin
cinnau Saturday and sails from New
York this week