Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11
FAIRFAX HARRISON
SUCCEEDS FINLEY
efaGlNfAN AND FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT CHOSEN TO HEAD
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
LATE PRESIDtNT PRAISED
LATE PRESIDENT PRAISED
Harrison, Finley's Close Adviser
VIII Continue His Policies and
Work For Upbuidins South

New Tork.-Fairfax Harrison. for.
merly vice president of the Southern
Hallway Company and for the last
three years president of the Chicago.
Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Company. OF which the Southern is
part owner, was elected president OF
the Southern Railway Company to
succeed the late William Wilson Fin
ley. a special meeting of the buaru
Of directors being held for the pur.
pose OF filling the vacancy caused by
MT Fipley's death.
Mr. Harrison is Virginian. his
home being at Belvoir, Virginia He
In peculiarly identified with the South.
as his father was private secretary
To Jefferson Davis while president of
che Confederate States. and all his
railroad experience has been with the
Southern and its associated lines. Mr..
Harrison was born in 1869 and was
graduated from Yale with the A. B..
degree I'm 1890, and from Columbia
with the A M. degree in 1891 He
was admitted to the bar in New YORK
I'm 1882 and continued the practice of
law in this city until 1896. when he
entered the service of the Southern
Railway in the legal department as So
hcitor- In 1908. he was made assist
ant to the president. and in 1906 be.
came vice president, which position
he held until 1910. when he resigned
on being elected president of the
Chicago. indianapolis and Louisville.
IA Ix<,
OF the Southern Railway so that his
service with the parent company has
been uninterrupted
Mr. Harrison was one of Mr.. Fin
iey's closest and most trusted advis
ors and is thoroughly in sympathy
with the policies which made Mr. Fir
iey's administration so successful
both for the Southern Railway Com.
pany and the territory served by its
lines Though Mr.. Harrison entered
the service OF the Southern in tho
legal department. his experience has
not been confined to that branch OF
the service. He has given much study
60 financial, traffic and operating prob
lens and is intimately acquainted
with conditions on the Southern Rail.
way and throughout the section which
- traverses. AS president of the
Chicago indianapolis and Louisville.
he was actively in charge of the oper.
alton OF the railway. so that he comes
60 the Southern Railway prepared by
practical experience as well as the
most detailed knowledge of the details
OF Its affairs to take up the duties
OF chief executive. Mr.. Harrison
was also elected president of the Ala.
bama Great Southern Railroad, the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. and Virgin.
~ and Southwestern Railway
Resolutions deploring the death OF
Mr. Finley and paying a high tribute
for his work for the railways he
headed and the territory they served
were adopted by the board of direc
tors of the Southern Railway. the Mo.
bile and OHIO Railroad, the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad and the Vir.
ginia and Southwestern Railway.
These resolutions will be printed
throughout the South. Immediately
following his election. President Har.
rison gave out the following state
ment:
Il aRs IN entire accord and sympa.
thy with the policies OF my lamented
friend, Mr.. Finley. under whom I
have worked for seventeen years I
hope tn continue to build the South.
ern as he built 1t by promoting and
enhancing its usefulness to and its
cordial relations with the people Of
the South count on the support of
the entire present working organiza.
tfon cs the Southern. rank and file.
Having grown up In the service with
most of them, | know how TO value
them and ] am proud to believe that
they are my friends"