Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-05
PURvIS is MADE A DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEABOARD
Train DSpatCheFS Office Goes Back to Savannah MANY
Changes on the SGabOard System

Important changes on the Seaboari
railway, effective November 10th, have
just been announced and are of great
interest in Americus, as at other points
on the system. Most important locally
perhaps, is the fact that the division
offices of train dispatcher will again
be removed from Americus to Savan-
nah.
Five dispatchers and operators con-
stituting the office force in Americus
will leave, which fact is to be re-
GREETED. This step, it is said, is rem
dered necessary in the re-arrangement
of the several divisions of the sys-
tenn.
Mr. Hugh w Purvis, who for nearly
year has been trainmaster of this
division of the Seaboard, has been CIV
en- merited promotion, and is now a di-
vision superintendent, with headquar-
ters at Jacksonville, where he will
be in charge of the South Carolina di-
vision, Jacksonville to Columb a.
In addition, Supt Purvis will have
charge of the line from Jacksonvi' le
to River Junction, Fla, and also of
the Jacksonville terminals, in all more
than 500 miles of road.
Mr. Purvis is one of the most eff
cient and capab' men in the employ
of the Seaboard and popular as well,
and while regretting to lose h m here
his friends congratulate him upon his
rapid and deserved promotion.
Mr.. Purvis will be succeeded in
Americas by Mr.. G. w. Bradley, of
Hamlet, n c., who will be one of two
division trainmasters on this, the Ala
bama division. Mr.. T. w. McGaw will
he trajnmaster as we'll, with offices
III Savannah, his jurisdiction extend~
ing west to Helena, it is thought,
where Trainmaster Brad ey's duties
Will begin.
Mr.. Bradley will have charge of the
local dispatchers Office and will cover
the territory Helena to Montgomery
and the Columbus line.
Supt Harry B. Grimshaw, so long in
charge of this division of the Sea-
board as well as that to be assumed
by Supt Purvis, will continue super
vision from Savannah to Montgomery,
$40 miles, and also the Co umbus line
as heretofore. He will also have, as at
present, the Savannah terminals.
Mr.. Ben G. Roberts, at present first
trick dispatcher for the Seaboard in
the Americus office, will go to Jack
sonville with Supt Purvis as chief
dispatcher, a merited promotion. Chief
Dispatcher Sutton, now in charge OF
the offices here. returns in that capa-
city to Savannah, with his telegraphic
force.
MIR. G. L. Hurley, formerly of Amer
icus, will be one of the two train
masters to be assigned to the South
Carolina division, under Supt. H. W.
Purvis.
Mr. T. w. Parsons will be in charge
of the Florida division, Jacksonville
to Tampa, with headquarters in the
latter city.
In future the six divisions of the
Seaboard WILL instead of bearing num-
bers, as at present, be named for the
six states in which the system is op-
Grated, viz, Virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Alabama. This division, heretofore
the fourth, will be the Alabama di-
vision.
These changes are among the most
important effected in some time. 1t
is a matter of regret in Americus that
the dispatcher's headquarters for this
division are again to be taken away
and carried back to Savannah, from
which point trains on the Alabama di-
vision will be operated
Supt Purvis and Chief Dispatcher
B. G. Roberts will leave Americus
next Sunday for Jacksonville. The
train dispatchers force will go from
here to Savannah at the same time.