The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-28
NEW OFFICIAL OF
 FRISCO IS NAMED Assistant Superintendent Opens Office in Birmingham R. c. WESC0TT APPOINTED Col. A. B. Rayless Is Made Assistant Superintendent of Atlanta Division of the Louisville and Nash
 vile Railroad.
R. c. WESCOTT APPOINTED

TheFrisco will on March 1 establish an office of assistant superintendent in Bir- mingham. Coincldent with this announce ment comes the appointment of R. C. Westeott to fill that position, succeeding c. L. Harris. who was trainmaster and who was appointed assistant superlntend- ent of the birmingham disvision of the Southern.
 Mir. Mestcott arrived in the city Mon day night and yesterday accompanied MT. Harris over the yards and terminals fa- miliarising himself with them. He will assume the title of assistant superlntend- ent on the first of next month.
 The Frisco found it's business in the Birmingham district increasing so rapid ly and the travel becoming so heavy that 1t was necessary to have a higher of ficial than trainmaster located in Bir- mingham. As a successor to MT Harris had to be appointed, the time was consid- cred opportune for creating the new of- flee.
 MT. Westcott was trainmaster of the Frisco at Thayer, Mo, and has been with the road for several years. At one time he was trainmaster on the Kansas City Southern at Shreveport and was connect ed with that and other roads in that neighborhood for some time.
 Mir. Harris becomes assistant superin- tendent of the Southern at the same time that W. M. Deuel succeeds J. J. cotter as superintendent Mir. Deuel is at present acting assistant superintendent of the Birmingham division of the Southern. having been transferred here from tho Knoxville division.
 Officials of the traffic and transporta- ton departments of the Southern and the Queen and Crescent Route will meet in New Orleans today and tomorrow for conference. Matters of interest to the roads will be discussed and Improvements in the service will be suggested.
 w. W. Finley. second vice president of the Southern and second vice president of the Queen and Crescent lines, will attend the meeting. Among others will be G. P. Biles. general freight agent of the Queer and Crescent route, w. c. Rinearson, gen. eral passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent Route, l.. Sevier, general freight agent of the Alabama Great South ern railway, and R. A. Chadwick, assist ant general freight agent of the Alabama Great Southern.
 w. A. Garrett, general manager of the Queen and Crescent, and w J. Murpny third vice president, were to have attend ed the conference but were called to New York on important business and were un- able to attend. The party passed through Birmingham fast night on the Queen and Crescent train No. 1 for New Orleans.
 R. J. Curran, assistant general freight agent of the Southern railway with head quarters in Louisville spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 The Frisco is receiving about five coal cars daily out of an order of 12O0 placed several months ago, which were to have been delivered last September. About 200 of these cars have arrived already. They are of 40-tons capacity. The road also has an order of 5O-ton coal cars which are due for delivery.
 Col. A B. Bayless, trainmaster of thc Birmingham Mineral division and the Alabama Mineral division of the Louis- vile and Nashville railroad, has been ap- pointed assistant superintendent of the Atlanta division of that road. His head quarters will be at Blue Ridge.
 W. T. Williams, assistant trainmaster of these divisions, has been appointed trainmaster of the Birmingham Mineral and J. N. Teague has been appointed as- sistant trainmaster of the Alabama Min eral.
 Colonel Bayless Is considered one of the best young railroad men in the district ago as assistant trainmaster of the Bir- mingham Mineral and has worked himself up to the present position. He command ed a regiment in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war.
 MT. Williams has been with the Louis vile and Nashville railroad for about twenty years
 w. N Foreacre, assistant general super intendent of the Southern, will probably return to Birmingham today or tomorrow from trip to the Knoxville and Ashevilc divisions.
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