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

A separation into three divisions
each to be directed by a 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
Division, and the North and South
Carolina Division.
J. Epps Brown. first vice president
and general manager of the Southern
Bell system. is TO continue at the head
OF affairs. and to him the division
general managers will report
These are the division chiefs
NJ. o. Jackson. general manager o'
the Atlanta Division; David Lairo,
general manager OF the South Geor-
gia 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, Nc Jackson was as
sistant general manager.
The principal object Of the change,
of course is better to care for the
growing business OF the system by
centralizing the administration N
three sections instead Of directing it
all from the Atlanta office.
The new organization permits
much closer supervision OF the field
work and a better attention to the
details Of the big system.
Incident to the changes in organi-
zation 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 =.
T.. Montague assistant to the first
vice president. T. l.. Ingram and Ma
con Martin special agents j. r. a.
Hobson viii join the office STAFF OF
President w, r. Gentry.
y. r. Turnbull. of Birmingham, will
be 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
H. O, Kelley and T. r. Gentry will
remain In Atlanta as superintendent
or plant and manager, respectively
The new system Of division organ
ization 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
II approved--and II probably will
be--the following appointments viii
be made:
e. e. Bawsel, general manager
Tennessee Division.
F. r. Woodruff, general manager,
Kentucky Division.
c. A. Stair, general manager, Lou
isiana and Mississippi Division.
c. NJ. Nininger OF Atlanta, will go
To Memphis as commercial superin-
tendent.
George G. Hall commercial superin-
tcndent, and w G. Rauch, plant SUI
perintendent, win remain at Louis
VILE, Ky.
w X Boardman. commercial SUI
perintendent, and T.. r. Crews, plant
superintendent, viii remain at Nash
VILE Tenn.
] c. Thompson, trafflc superintend-
ent at Atlanta, win be transferred TO
Nashville as traffic superintendent
succeeding X. c. Hardcastle, who will
Join the STAFF of the division general
manager at Nashville.