The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-11
TRACTION OFFICIAL
NEW MAN COMING FROM YONKERs'
 SYSTEM.
Frank Burton to Be Superintendent or TransportatioR of Street Car Lines. Assisting Superin-
 tendent Royster In
 His Duties.

In line with it's promised work Of improving the street car system Tn the city. the Montgomery Traction Com pany has announced that 1t will install an additional official September l5, who will take portion of the work that has been performed heretofore oy Su- perintendent Royster, and permitting the work of superintendence to be bet- ter done than in the past
 Frank Burton, who until September 1st was superintendent of the street car lines at Yonkers. N. Y.. has been engaged by the Traction Company as Superintendent of Transportation and will be given entire charge, under Gem eral Manager Ragland, and General Su- perintendent Royster, of the car men, the schedules, and allied features Of the transportation service
 MT Royster will m the future de- vote his attention to the general su- perintendence of the affairs of the com pany. including especially the physical work, such as the condition of the tracks and trolleys. the work at the barns, etc.
 MT. Burton comes to Montgomery arrive in Montgomery within a day or two, and will assume his new po- sition on the 18th of September.
 He Is well liked at Yonkers. where he spent many years, working up from conductor to superintendent of the lines there. The Yonkers News says of him:
 MT. Burton was born inMYonkers, January 1, 1878. He left School at the age of IS years. and went to work for his father. who was in the truck ing business. He worked for his fath- CT for two years, but believing that his energy and ambition needed larger scopes and being wishful to depend more upon his own exertions. he left the trucking business, and entered the employ of the Ben Franklin Transpor- tation Company. with which he stayed six years.
 "As conductor No. Ss Mir. Burton first appeared upon the horizon of the Yonkers Railroad Company on June i2, 1901 with both eyes on the superin- tendency. He was advanced rapidly; so quickly, in fact. that the President, MT. Maher, could not but help take an interest in him.
 six months after he donned the con- ductor's uniform. he was made start CT, and in October, 1902, he was ad- vaneed. to road officer.
 "A vacancy occurring in the business department, Mir. Burton was taken in- to the offices, and Vn March. 26 1903, was made bookkeeper.
 "On June 8. 1905. little over two years afterwards. athe erstwhile con- ductor was made hcting spperintend- ent, and on July 8. the croFwning ann bition of the six-foot two inch enthu- siast was reached. and he was made superintendent on that date, e posi- tion he held with uniform success un- til the present day.
 Prom conductor to superintendent in four years Is a record in the an- nals of the company.
 Both mileage and rolling stock have largely increased during MT. Burton's tenure of office, and he has been uni- versally esteemed by every one in his native town.
 Like very few men, his success did not make him enemies. and 1t is cer- tain that he will be difficult to replace. Cordial good wishes accompany him to his new sphere of labor"