The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-10
HEAD OF THE 5. A. L. HERE President Garrett Is in
 Montgomery. SPENDS BUT FEW HOURS Is Third President of System in
 Ten Months. On Tour With General Manager Whit teIsey and Party to Meet Of- eials and EmpIoyes of the
 Road. tS

President w. A. Garrett of the Sea board Air Line arrived in Montgom- cry yesterday afternoon, with party of officials of the road. upon the first trip since the election of MT. Garrett as president, to succeed the late Alfred Walters.
 About 1:S0 o'clock yesterday after noon. a special train of three private cars came into the shed at the union station from the Seaboard Air Line.
 Tn the party, besides Mir. Garrett, were Vice-President and Traffic Man ager L. Sevier, General Manager Whit telsey, General Superintendent C. H- Hix General Freight Agent Charles R. Capps, Assistant General Passenger Agent c. r. Stewart and Assistant General Freight Agent. P B. Thomp- son.
 Major R. E. Steiner, the local fattor- ney of the Seaboard. left on an early train yesterday morning and met the special -at Richland. Ga. returning to Montgomery with the party yesterday afternoon.
 The party came direct from Savan- nah, where 1t spent Friday. having been to Hamlet, N. C., Monday. Will mington on Tuesday, Tampa and Fer- nandina, Fla. Wednesday and Jackson vile Thursday,
 Mir. Garrett Is well known and very popular in the south and the trip tS being made more to introduce General Manager Whittelsey to the officials and employees of the Seaboard than any thing else.
 The office of General Manager is a newly created one on the Seaboard. Former President Barr held both the office of chief executive and general manager, but on his retirement, Mir. Waiter was made only president When the office of general manager was sepa- rated from the presidency. Mir. Garrett was vice. president and general manag- CT on December '5th. When the latter was elected president. the office or gem eral manager was created and MT Whittelsey appointed.
 Commercial Agent Kettnor and Local Agent Francisco of the Seaboard in Montgomery were at the station to met the officials when they arrived.
 Three Presidents In Ten Months.
 MT. Garrett said he could not just at this time say anything in regard to the future policy of the Seaboard, but he said they intended to give the pub- lie the best service possible, just as they have done in the past
 MT. Garrett is the third president that the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company has had since May 15 of last year. At that time former President James M. Barr retired and the late President Alfred walte- was selected to succeed him. The election of MT. Garrett to the presidency was on ac- count of the death Of Mir. Walter.
 MT. Garrett has bee,, connected with the Seaboard Air Line only since De- cember 15. 1906. Prior to that time he was the general mNnager of the Queen and Crescent Railroad.
 Although he had been connected with the operating department. Mir. Garrett's splendid executive abi;fty in this de- partment was recognized by the rail roads throughout the country and the South especially It was this capa- bility that undoubtedly placed him in favor with the Ryan Coolidge Blair interests of the Seapoard
 From the viewpoint of experience in the operating departments. Mir. Garrett has like his two predecessors, long