The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-13
Important Matters for Company Pending. MR. RAGLAND'S RESIGNATION FILED, BUT NOT ACCEPTED Officials Are Comforting Over the Financial Matters.
 --e-- confereaes es oaaesrs wiiI petermine whas (. ts ne DSae with Re- port of Experts st.tins
 That wide Imprsvs-
 rasnts are Needed.

For several weeks rumors of changes in the conduct of the Montgomery Trac- ton Company have. been floating around with just enough apparent foundation to them to cause comment and Speculation.
 Rumors of changes in the operation denartment have been published and reports Of pending switches in the financial and proprietary interests nave been going the rounds but the omcess , of the company have given no atteil- tion to the gossip and the spectators have had the subject all for rheir own so far.
 There Is authority for the report that General Manager w. H. Ragland be- fore leaving for a six or eight weeks vacation filed hts resignatien but the paper Is said to contain conditions tnss may mean a string to the permsnes sss leAve-taking of the local heaa oA hns street railway service.
 Those who stand sponsor for the statement that Manager Raglana mas d resignation on file and that 1T nas not been and may never pc aeeepteg declare that he asked to be relieved of further servie unless the fractlon certain conditions named in the paper, part personal to the manager and pars having to do with matters of railroad
 II is pretty certain that there is 2 paper in with Manager Nagiande name to 1t that gives the Traction people chance to select another manager they see 1t: 1t is more thaa AksaS, Sses that the same writing gives the street railroad people a chance to retain ms uervfces provided that they decide WiEh his viaws on certain suggestions " is on the strings to the reslghatteA that the speculation rests TOT no ehs outside ef Traction Company omelala knows what 1t contains. control of the Traction property nave | Lynchburg, Philadelphia and even 2 aoEton end to their origin, but go Tar ss tha general public Is concerned they are entirely speculative and have no Foundation in official warrant CT tnu- nation. , ago I. Vessels who represents the enrineerinE and financial ends ef tne nrc,,arties came to Montgomery ana sno[ desk out at the Earn" ana snnounced in a modest way that ne Sad run over from Lyuchburg to look liter the improvements of the eompa- ny being made in conneelion Wilh tne " ,euavifg ana improvements of certain
 enneurrently with Mir. wesseis' arri- raj Manager Ragland gave out that he was going on a two months vacation and that the first named gentleman would be in charge qE all street railway aepartments in his absence.
 t has also cone en ,ss sSteoTl1y cns sSaf hys tSe been considering deal of some sort ln narotiations with moneyed inter- asta looking to substantlal improve nents in both the physical properties ana the service.
 nearing on all these rumors are the facts that one of the hrst things Mir. Wessels did when he came hese was to collect and compile the most thorough Statistics on the travel and patronage of the several lines even going te the extent of reporting the number .ef transfers and the per eentage of blacks ana whites using the respective lines by day. week and month.
 ft fs further known that an expert res,ort has been made and sent in to the financial headqnarters of the physical condition of the whole Montgomery system and the improvements and ex- tensions needed neteds This report stat Ad that a large sum would be needed to put the system in first class condi- ton.
 Thess who are thoroughly familiar with the situation believe that this all means that the volume Of business has grown to such an extent that good deal of money must be spent in phyai- cal betterment. equipment. and sHten- sions and that this Is being provided for in the pending negotiations that have given rise to 50 much speculative
 AS to Manager Ragland's resignation, it is said to be on file to stick, unless