Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
SOUTHERN BELL
To SPLIT INTO
8 DIVISIONS
Heavy Traffic Demands Change
Set for February jackson
To Be Manager Here.

separation into three divisions,
each to be directed by division gen.
eral manager, is to be made effective
February in the five States served
by the Southern Bell Telephone and
telegraph Company. The divisions
are TO be known as the Atlanta Di-
vision, the South Georgia and Florida
Dyis Ion, and the North and South
carolina Division.
J. Epps Brown, first vice president
and general manager of the Southern
Ron system, is to continue at the head
Of affairs, and to him the division
general managers will report.
These are the division chiefs:
NJ. 0. jackson, general manager OF
the Atlanta Division; David Lairo,
general manager of the South Geor-
s.a and Florida Division, with head
quarters at Jacksonville, and M. B.
Speir. general manager of the North
and South Carolina Division, with
HEADQUARTERS at Charlotte.
Heavy Traffic Causes Change.
The new division general managers,
with the exception of Mr.. Jackson,
formerly were division commercial SUI
perintendents. Mr.. Jackson was as
sistant general manager.
The principal object of the change,
of course, is better 20 care for the
growing business OF the system BY
centralizing the administration IN
three sections instead of directing it
all from the Atlanta office.
The new organization permits a
much closer supervision of the field
IL RI halter attantinn IN rho
details of the big system.
Incident to the changes in organi-
cation a number of transfers and pro-
motions. aside from the appointment
of the division general managers, VIII
be made
Stats To Be Increased.
The staff of the first vice president
will be increased by the addition of +,
F. Montague. assistant to the first
vice president; T. L. Ingram and Ma =
con Martin, special agents. ]. r. A.
Hobson will join the office staff of
President w. T. Gentry.
d r. Turnbull, of Birmingham, will
he brought to Atlanta as commercial
superintendent in the office of the di-
vision general manager, and John l..
Brown will be transferred to the same
office as traffic superintendent.
II. -. hellSN anu L. II. OSHNiS WIN
remain in Atlanta as superintendent
of plant and manager, respectively.
The new system of division organ
!zation is to be recommended at the
regular meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company, to be held
next week.
If approved and it probably will
be-the following appointments VIII
be mades
F. f. Bawsel, general manager,
Tennessee Division.
f. F. Woodruff, general manager,
kentucky Division.
e. \. Stair. general manager, LOU
isiana and Mississippi Division.
c. NJ. Nininger, of Atlanta, will 90
to Memphis. as commercial superin-
tendent.
George G. Hall, commercial superin-
tendent, and w. G. Rauch, plant SUI
perintendent, will remain at Louis
vile, Ky.
W. X. Boardman, commercial sn-
perintendent, and f. r. Crews, plant
Superintendent, will remain at Nash
vile, Tenn.
] c. Thompson, traffic superintend-
ent at Atlanta. will be transferred to
Nashville as traffic superintendent,
succeeding K. C. Hardcastle, who viii
Join the staff of the division general
manager at Nashville.