The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-23
|PEVEAR PRES|DENI;; ! DEW|NDT BECOMES ! GENERAL MANAGER Lee c. Bradley as Vice Pres ident and Counsel Is Given Additional Authority BULLOCK ANNOUNCES CHANGES FORMALLY DeWindt Will Be in Entire Charge of
 Local Operations, Though
 Pevear Will Come Frequently

Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to succeed A. H. Ford at the meeting of the directors yesterday, at which George Bullock was present.
 I. P. H. DeWindt was elected general manager of properties, which in effect means that he is the head man for the company in this city. Mir. Peavear was formerly vice president. He will continue to reside in New Orleans. as he is head of the New Orleans company. owned by the same interests, and will only visit Birmingham from time to time as the oc- casion may demand.
 Lee C. Bradley did not resign, as had been reported from either the office of vice president or that of general counsel. On the other hand, he was given addi- tional power such as the countersigning of certain vouchers and the like. The action of the company directors was in almost direct line with what had been published by The Age-Herald at the time of the announcement of the resignation of Presi- dent Ford.
 No other changes were made yesterday.
 As stated yesterday morning, the com pany provided substantially for the orphan children of Moody Childress, who lost his life in the recent Birmingham Rail- way Light and Power company fire. The children will receive through their guard ians $12oO from the company.
 Interest in Formal Action
 The meeting of the directors was held yesterday afternoon Although it was gen. erally known in we'll informed circles what would be done, at the same time there was decided interest in the formal action. The meeting was preceded by that of the executive committee at which the official promotions were gone over. The commmittee made the recommendations to the directors and according to the an- nouncement they went through without any trouble.
 Mr. Bullock, after arriving in Birming- ham yesterday morning with MT. Pevear, called upon W. P. G. Harding at the First National bank, who is a director of the United Gas and Electric company. Sub sequently he received some reporters. He conferred with President Ford of the com pany for a long while preceding the meet HE ,dDu SO ldi dS huOWH nC6iCNtCu u have his lunch. The meeting was held promptly.
 After the meeting MT. Bullock said:
 There is no story much. MT. Ford's res fgnation came as great surprise. and as he wanted to leave promptly we have not had sufficient time to think over this mat ter of a president. The board however. elected J. S. Pevear of New Orleans pres ident of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for the unexpired term"
 MT. Bullock emphasized the statement about an unexpired term, and left the in- timation that perhaps some other official perhaps the new general manager-would at the close of the year, if he made good get the chief executive office.
 MT. DeWindt's Ability "In addition" MT. Bullock continued ager of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company properties. He will naturally be resident of the city and will be constantly on the ground to take care of his duties. MT. Bradley did not resign as was reported, nor did we expect him to resign. On the contrary we have given him additional powers here in con- nection with his work as vice president and general counsel
 We feel that this arrangement will
 meet with the cooperation of the people l of the city. MT. DeWindt has been here l for some months. He is an official O capacity and discretion. He has made good with the company since being l brought here and we feel that his new work will not only bring him into closel contact with the people and the cit,
 generally, but that 1t will develop him fl
 such a way as to make Of him mos valuable asset not only for the com pany. but for the city.
 sMr. Pevear will be in Birmingham
 often. He will exercise the duties of thu
 president and will make every effort tt remain in constant touch with local situa tions. He is a street railway official ol wide training and experience. He hal
 made complete success of the com pany in New Orleans and will render ef | ficient service to the city of. Birming ham,
 Regrets FOrd's Leaving l MT. Bullock seemed to regret very mucf 1 that President A. H. Ford was to leavt l the company. It develops that he enter
 tains the highest regard for MT. Ford both as to his ability and his close and
 intimate relations with the people of this city. | MT. Bullock declined to make any state ment about the by-product gas proposa | of the city as announced yesterday aft ernoon. He said during the afternoon
 that he had not read the proposal. bu
 immediately after saying that he hurriet to the city hall with Mr. Pevear and Mir | Ford for a conference with Presiden | George B. Ward, who Is said to be han
 ding the negotiations on the new proposi ton. He intimated rather strongly tha
 the contract would not be agreed to al
 least in it's present modified form.
 MT. Bullock will be here today. H. ] will lunch at the press club today. MT
 Pevear and Mr Bullock will be guests o1