The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-09
RESOLUTIONS ON
 RUSSELL'S DEATH
ADOPTED AT MEETING OF OPEL GERS OF SOUTHERN AND ALLIED LINES, DURING WHICH CONFER ENCE HE DIED

| At a meeting of the officers of the Southern Railway company and allied lines, in the attending of which the late Col. Edward l.. Russell contracted pneu-
 monia which caused his death, resolutions | of regret over his loss were adopted They
 have been issued by President w. W. Fin ley and show how highly the Mobile and | Ohio officer was regarded by his asso-
 ciates. The resolutions follow:
 | Resolutions in respect to the death of
 Col Edward Lafayette Russell, vice pres | ident and general counsel of the Mobile
 and Ohio Railroad company. Adopted at a meeting of the executive and other off cers of the Southern Railway company,
 Mobile and Ohio Railroad company, Southern Railway company in Mississippi, Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa cific Railway company, Alabama Great Southern Railroad company, Georgia Southern and Florida Railway company and Virginia and Southwestern Railway company, held in the city of Washing ton. January 3O 1911:
 'The president having announced to this meeting the death of Col Edward La Fayette Russell vice president and gen eral counsel of the Mobile and Ohio Rail roadt company, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted x
 'This meeting of the officials of the Southern Railway company and it's allied lines has learned with profound sorrow of the death of our friend and associate, Colonel Russell which occurred in this city, after a brief illness. on Saturday,, January 2s. 1911, at o'clock p. m.
 He had spent long and useful life Born in 1s45, he, in 1862, entered the Goa federate army as a youth and dstin- guished himself by loyal brave and con- spicuous military service
 When the war was over he accepted its results in good faith and directed his energies to the upbuilding of his state and section and to the promotion of the general welfare of his people
 .He studied law and as young man became general counsel of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company. being at the time of his death It's vice president and gen. eral counsel. In these positions he served his company and the communities tribu- tary to it's lines with conspicuous fidelity and success.
 He passed through great crises in po- litical. financial and business affairs He carried his responsibilities as a railroad man through periods of popular excite ment and marked popular irritation and agitation against railroad properties
 Through them all he maintained him. self in the confidence and affections of the people and by his personal relations with the public and because of the pulp lie trust in his integrity and fairness, did much to secure from them the hearing and consideration which have resulted n a farer public appreciation of the honest purposes of railroad men and the honest needs of railroad properties in the south
 "IIe has done great work well an l honoraby and has left to his family and friends an honorable and untarnished name
 "He established himself firmly in the affections of all the people with whom he came in contact and his name and fame are secure in their keeping
 This meeting desires to place on record this tribute of admiration for him as man and as an officer and of affection for him as friend, and requests the president to send copy of it to his Ra tIx-