The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-24
FIRST MEETING OF
 NEW D|RECTORSO OF
 SEAbOARD IS HELD.
w. R. Bonsal Represents New Mileage In System. Lake Becomes Gen.
 eral Manager

Baltimore, November 23.-(SpeciaI) The first meeting of directors of the Soaboard Air Line Railway company, the new company formed through the consolidation with the Seaboard Air Line railway of the Carolina, Atlantic and Western railway, which was for ma1ly ratified by the stockholders of the Seaboard Air Line railway Mon- day. November 15, was held here to- daysx The following officers of the Seaboard were announced after the meeting:
 S. Davies Warfield, chairman of the board ". J. Harahan, president; Charles R. Capps, first vice president; W. R. Bonsal, vice president; W. L. Seddon, vice president; D. c. Porteous. secretary; Robert L. Mutt. treasurer and assistant secretary; H. w. Mac Kenzie, comptroller; c. s. Lake. general manager; w. D. Faucette, chief engi- neer; J. w. Small, superintendent mo- tive power; c. E. ChaIenor, freight traffic manager; Charles B. Ryan, gen. eral passenger agent; R. I. Cheatam, dSSlStdHI IielSnC LrdIIlC manager; Js A. Pride, general industrial agent; W. l.. Stanley, general claim agent; H. c. Pearce, general purchasing agent.
 Leigh R. Watts will be general coun- sel and B. H. Inness Brown of the law firm of Byrne 6 Cutcheon, advisory counsel.
 MT. Warfield was elected chairman of both the executive committee and the finance committed
 Two new vice prpsi6aptS ware made w. R. Bonsal formerly president of the Carolina, Atlantic and Western, and W. l.. Seddon, promoted from the po- sttlon of assistant to the president
 MT. Bonsal, who also becomes a di- rector of the Seaboard, resides at Ham let N. C., was the principal organizer of the several railroads in North and South Carolina which were merged into the Carolina, Atlantic and Western railway. Negotiations for the acquisi- tion of these properties were conduct ed by MT Warfield on behalf of the Seaboard and as part of the railroad structure embodied in the financial plans of MT. Warfield under which were negotiated the sale of approxi- mately s24,OO0,O00 of the bonds to be issued under the new mortgage se- curing an authorized issue of $300,- 00e, 600 of bonds of variable interest and redemption rates and maturities.
 Mir. Bonsal, who is an engineer by profession, is one of the best known railroad men in the middle south and his identification with the Seaboard will be well received throughout the southern country. MT. Seddon, promoted to vice president has been identified with the Seaboard for 15 years, start ing as assistant engineer, becoming chief engineer and then promoted to be assistant to the president. MT Sed- don is one of the best posted railroad men in the southern country
 c. $. Lake, another well known southerner, promoted to general man. ager, became general superintendent of the Seaboard about two years ago. H. has been an effective worker in ais position and his promotion is looked upon as recognition of such services,
 The directors of the new company are as follows:
 s. Davies Warfeld, Baltimore, Md; S. A. H. Wiggin, New York; Robert F. Maddox, Atlanta, Ga.; L. F. Loree, New York; W. R. Bonsal, Hamlet, S. C.: Charles H. Sabin, New York; w. J.. Harahan, Norfolk, Va. Wilson s. Kin near, New York; Fergus Reid, Norfolk, Va; Mills B. Lane, Savannah Ga. Samuel l.. Fuller. New York; George W. Watts. Durham. N. C.; w. T. Rosen. New York; Robert c. Ream, New York; J. William Middendorf, Baltimore: Franklin Q. Brown, New York; Milton F. Allies, Washington, D. C.; James A. Blair, New York; F. N. B. Close. New York; Charles R. Capps, Norfolk, Va; Taliaferro, Jacksonville, Fla; B. +. Yoakum, New York; Townsend Scott, Baltimore, Md; James c. Colgate New York