The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13
.COAPMAN SPENDS
 DAY. IN DISTRICT
Official Circulars Issued On
 Recent Changes
DIVISIONS ARE ENLARGED
Manager of Southern Railway Declines to Discuss Rumor That Office of General Superintendent is to
 Be Abolished.

E. H. Coapman, manager of the north- ern and eastern districts of the Southern, and to whom, since the dismissal of Man ager M. M. Richey, the middle and west ern districts report, spent yesterday in the city.
 Manager Coapman is on a tour of in- spection. He spent the day with South ern officials, and it is thought that be- fore returning to Washington, he will go over the western half of the local divis- ion with its new superintendent, w. H. Hudson. Superintendent Hudson, after going over the eastern half of the divis- ion, returned to Birmingham yesterday.
 Manager Coapman did not make state ment yesterday concerning the rumor that the general superintendency located here would be abolished, or transferred. However, he did issue an order concern ing the extension of the local and the Atlanta divisions. It follows:
 'The Atlanta division is changed to ex- tend from ooltewah junction and Cleve- land, Tenn, to Brunswick, Ga, includ- ing all lines from Rome, Ga, to Attalla, Ala, and from Hawkinsville, Ga., to Cochran, Ga, with D. E. Norris as su- perintendent, and with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga.
 The Birmingham division is changed to extend from Austell, Ga, to Columbus, Miss, including all branches, with w. H. Hudson as superintendent, with head quarters at Birminsnam, Ala
 While the general order above was ,,oda x.,,t,lto t,,, Mo n O 0ar Coa r,r11pn vaS- terday, it was generally known that the two divisions would be enlarged and ex- tended. Predictions to this effect were published, together with the dismissal of Superintendent E. E. Stoup, sunday morning in the Age-Herald.
 The Alabama Great Southern has fol- lowed the lead of the Southern and the Louisville & Nashville in the matter of cutting salaries. A general cut of 10 per cent was announced yesterday, effective only on salaries of $200 or more per month. This will, of course. affect sev- eral A. G. 8. employees in the district.
 The only step in a way of retrenchment was the extension of the district of Train- master H. H. Vance, which now covers the entire Alabama Great Southern ter ritory from Chattanooga to Meridian. As stated in The Age-Herald last Sunday, Trainmaster Mccormick. who had charge of the southern end of the A. G. s., has been transferred to Somerset, Ky, in the capacity of chief dispatcher.
 P: Sid Jones, district passenger agent of the Louisville & Nashville, was called yesterday to Louisville, the headquarters of the road, to attend an important meet ing of the passenger agents of the road.
 H. L. Simpson, general freight agent of the Southern, with local headquarters, returned yesterday from a business trip to Atlanta and Anniston. MT. Simpson reports business gradually improving.
 As novelty and guidance to the gen eral travelling public, the Union Pacific Railroad company has recently issued an illustrated book with explanations and cuts of both block and interlocking sig mailing of trains on it's line of railway. These books can be had upon request to Union Pacific offices.