The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-02-05
PIERCE
HAS BIGLUCk
Florida East Coast Railway Make
Two Complete Divisions
HEAD OF DIVISION HERE
ST. Augustine the Head of North Division.
Fort Pierce Division Extends to Key
West-The Official Orders.

According to orders issued from the
Office of Vice President and General
Manager j. R. PARROT and Fourth Vice
President Beckwith, in charge of the
traffic and operation departments, the
Florida East Coast railway is now d.
vided into two divisions, north and
south, the dividing point being Fort
Pierce with division headquarters To-
Gated here
This means much for Fort Pierce, for
with the establishment of complete
division of the railroad here it will ne
cessitate the building of more accom-
modatiuns, as division shops, dispatch
offices, superintendent Office, and in
all probability division hospital. car
shops, etc., and with the Increased
force will add fully thousand to the
population of Fort Pierce.
With the division of this railroad
comes the promotion of number of
the officials and employees. General
Auditor w. H. Chambers has been pro-
noted to the new office of comptroller
of both the Florida East Coast railway
and hotel company. Mr.. Wright Shaw,
formerly chief clerk has been promoted
to the Office of assistant to the vice
president and general manager. Mr..
c. g.; Wakeley will he superintendent
of the northern division and Mr.. W. NJ.
Mcdonald superintendent of the south
ern division. Mr.. Theodore V. POmar,
formerly chief clerk to the general
auditor, becomes auditor.
Needless to say all of these promo.
tiOns are we'll merited. The men have
been connected with the company for
great many years and by hard and con-
slant application have become thor
oughly proficient in the various de-
partments to which they have been as
signed as heads.
The following official orders effective
February LIST, explain themselves:
Florida East Coast Railway Company
Traffic and Operation Departments.
ST. Augustine, February |, 1909.
Effective this date, the line will be
divided into two divisions. The north
ern division will be from Jacksonville
to the north end of yard limits at Fort
Pierce, including branch lines.
The southern division will be from
north end Of the yard limits at Fort
Pierce to Miami, including Key West
extension under operation.
All employees of the transportation
department will report to their respec-
tive superintendent on each division,
that there will be no change
in employees in through train service;
they will be under the direction of the
over whose division they
may be operating. j. P. BECKWITH.
Approved, Fourth Vice President.
j. r. PARROTT. Vice President, Flor
ida East Coast Railway Company.
Traffic and Operation Departments
st. Augustine, February |, 1909.
Effective this date, Mr.. c. G. Wake
ley, superintendent, is assigned to the.
northern division, with headquarters at
st. Augustine. All employees of the
department of that d.
vision will report direct to him.
Mr.. w. M. Mcdonald is appointed
of the southern division
with head quarters at Fort Pierce. All
employees of the transportation depart
ment on that division will report direct
to him. j. P. BECKwITH.
Approved Fourth Vice President
j. R. PARPOTT, Vice President.
St. Augustine, Feb. |, 1909.
Effective this date Mr.. W. H. Cham
Ders is appointed comptroller.
The office of general auditor is abol.
shed. j. R. PARBOTT.
Vice President.
St. Augustine, February l, 1909
Effective this date Mr.. T. v. Pomar
is appointed auditor.
The auditor will report to the comp.
troller. w. H. CHAMBERS.
Approved Comptroller.
J. R. PARRoTT, Vice President
Florida East Coast Railway Company.
Office of vice president and general
manager-St. Augustine, Jan. 29, 1909
Effective February l, 1909, Mr..
Wright Shaw is appointed assistant to
the vice-president and general manager
he will have general charge of the vice
presidents Office, and perform such
other duties as may be assigned him
from time to time by the vice president
and general manager. j. R. PARROTT,
Vice president and general manager.