The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-24
Vice President Of Fri e
Will Succeed Presi-
dent Medium.
SOUTHERNERS TO
BE DIRECTORS
Trying to Make Road Southern
System-New President Ma
tive OF Nashville and Has
Thirty Years Experience.
Selection Confirmed
by Warfeld.

Omcial announcement was made las
night 'ha, william ! Harshan. vice
president OF the Eric Railroad mas
been selected AS president Of the sea
board sir Line Railway. y ). Medium
now ep esident Of the DAD. tn Wow Of
other busines. Interests. express ID a
"ish some time ago to retire
q committee OF the directors % the
Seaboard composed OF : Davies War
field. ot Baltimore. chairman y 5.
M"ldrum and l. L. Loree. president OF
the Delaware and Hudson RailroaI
vas appointed 20 secure q suitable man
committee has made public the fact
that II viii recommend the'name Of
Nh linrahan. !; is taken for granted
thft lac VIII arccpt Considering the
fact that N- Wa,nold. chairman OF the
committee. Is the leading spirit in =
group of fnaucfers who r.cently sa-
cured control II the Seeboard there is
presumably TO doubt that the dir.c-
tors win ratify the choice Of the com
mittee.
Has Long Experience.
Mr.. Harahan mas spent a large part
70 nus iif- To the South In TACT he is
native Of ,nis part Of thu country.
having heen born IN Nashville Tenn
on December =. 1861. lie entered rail
way service In 1881 as MESSENGER tn
~" Office az the superintendent, al the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad at
Sew Orleans where he soon became .
clerk
From 1851 To 1855 ne was an appsen-
vice in the shops of the Lcuisviil. and
NASHVILLE. and be iuriher equipped
from 1855 10 1859 In inc eneneerns
department
Becoming enginecr u malnienance
~ WAY on the Cincinnati division OF
tho Chesapeake and ohio Mr. IIara-
hams rise was rand H. was sue
r"sively 10 charge 81 structures OF the
Baltimore and Onto Sou,hvostern.
r0admaster and tra nmast4r ~ tine
Pontiac division of the Illinois central
assistant superintendent OF the Free
por, division ~ tho same road then
IT'S superintendent superintendent Ok
the Louisville civi-.on. chief engineer
of the Illinois Central Railroad as
s!siau' general manager. general man
as'r and fourth v!c--nresiden, Later
he went 70 the Eric as It's yice-pres,-
dent
Extensive system.
Tire ssanoard Ar Line owns tho
lines between Acca northern suburb
OF Richmond. and Tampa. Fla. with
lines running TO Birmingham ana
Montromers. Ala. and numerous
branches. p reason Of its owner
ship ~ part of the stock Of the Rich
mpnd Washington line IL has ri-hts
10 Washington and has trackarc ar
rans.mcnts Do, which il operates It's
trains into New York The wards ia
this city are extensive With the
chesapeake and Onto. it owns the Main
Street station The road makes a
speciality OF the traffic between Sew
York and other cities north and the
winter resorts in Florida II operates
more than soon miles
Mr. Warncid last nish; also con
nrmed the statement recently made
that the following names would be
the Seaboard Robert +. Maddox. vice
president OF tho American National
Sank. Atlanta Mills NJ Lane. presi-
dent OF tho Citizens and Southern
Bank. savannah. and y. Fl. Woodward
vice president Of the Woodward Iron
Company, Birmingham. ala
d. southern Property.
This move seems to carry out tho
announcement made by MI Waraeld
AT the time me gained control of tho
road. tina; he would add Southern con-
troll to its management and make the
system distinctly Southern in every
possible respect
The board OF directors. as last pub
lishcd. was composed as follows. Y.
Van den Berg New York II. clay
Fierce ST. Louis. J. William hidden
dorf John Is Ramsey. Baltimore. e
ID Yoakum. Ernest Thanan. H. RE
man Duval, James \ Blair. \ + Mol
drum. l.. f Loree Franklin . Brown
Henry C. Perkins. Sew York. John
SHELTON Williams. Richmond. Town
send scott. Baltimore. W. X. Wing
ham London. wallace q. DOMAIN. Bos
ton Norman b Ream. Chicago. Hen
nan I.nninrs Iiecrrro W n.ntt. 49,.