The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-30
S|GN|F F|CANCE OF
 MEETING HERE OF
 HARAHAN AND LAMB
Gossip Says Former Is Con- templating a Change, But He Denies It-TO Go to
 C0rdele Together

W. J. Harahan. president of the Sea board Air Line, and F. T. Lamb, receiver Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail- road, met in Birmingham last night. The meeting was arranged In New York sev- eral days ago with no other purpose than for MT. Harahan to go to Cordele, Ga., on the Montgomery division, as a guest of MT. Lamb in order to see the line.
 Notwithstanding the obvious desire on the part of Mir. Harahan to attach no sig niflcance to the inspection. an entirely different motive was attributed, for the meeting here of the presidents of the two fires. It was suggested yesterday morn- ing that MT. Harahan intended to leave the Seaboard and was looking over the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic prop critics with a view of becoming the oper- ating head of that line in order to see if he could put it on a sound basis.
 MT. Harahan said last night that there was absolutely nothing to the report. He explained that he had promised Mir. Lamb ir New York few weeks ago that he would utilize the first opportunity of going over his line to Cordele and that he would do that today. He said that he had not even in the remotest degree con- sidered going with the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic or any other line.
 There is nothing to that report" said President Harahan. T surprised that such statements could become current. l have never heard of it before. My meet ing here with MT. Lamb is entirely de- tached from any official business I came h.r1 t,. <,Ii,, l,o mingham division in the daytime. Mr. Lamb, I learned was also coming over, so l agreed to go from here to Cordele to- morrow over his line 1 had promised him to do that when l met him in New York recently
 MT. Harahan said there was nothing new here worth talking about far as his line was concerned. He said opera tions were good and that the outlook seemed to indicate that business was go- ing to be better during the fall season. He said that the glowing reports about crop conditions were also true, and that the agricultural situation was the best known for years in this section.
 MT. Harahan is president of a road that does strange things. The owners are fickle, and it would not be surprising to many if there was a change in the presi- dency. Whether this is true or not, one things remains-William J. Harahan has admittedly made a wonderful record since he left the Erie and Fred Underwood went over on the Seaboard. He has done such a splendid piece of work that it is almost impossible to imagine him leaving now. The record of former presidents of the Seaboard, however, Is from two to three years with the average about two As he Is to finish his second year this fall, there is some speculation as to whether he will continue as president.i
 1t Is stated that w. l.. Seddon now as- sistant to the president, will be made president in case there is a vacancy in the presidency this fall In connection with the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic 1t Is stated that MT. Lamb Is to become president under the terms of the reorganization lately noted uniess there occurs something to change the prear- ranged plans.
 MT. Lamb and Mir Harahan will leave Birmingham this morning for Cordee
 They were both very enthusiastic over the elegance of the Tutwiler hotel, and said that it was a far greater plea sure to come here now than in the past In fact, it is stated that this city is the first one in many years that either Mir Lamb or Mir. Harahan have remained here over night without sleeping in their private cars Last night they slept at the Tut vyil