The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-11

New YOrk.-The board of directors
of Southern Railway Company
paid a high tribute to the memory Of
the late Col. A. r. Andrews, first
vi~ce-president and for many years a
member of the board, who died at his
home In Raleigh, n. c., on April IL,
1915, in the following resolutions:
I'm Memoriam, Alexander Boyd
Andrews.
Alexander Boyd Andrews was born
In Franklin county, North Carolina,
on the 23d day of July, }1S41. He
rendered his services to the Confed-
eracy In April, 1861, and in June
of that year, before he IA 20 years
of age, was made a second lieutenant
In Company L of the First regiment
of North Carolina cavalry. Confed-
crate States Army. He served with
distinguished gallantry until, in Sep
TENDER, 1868, he was shot through
the chest and lung by the fragment of
a shell at Jacks Shop, near Gordons-
vile. Va. After recovering from this
serious wound he found, when peace
was re-established. the whole indus
trial life of the South PROSTATE as
a result Of war and the people among
whom he lived confronted with the
task of rebuilding their social, and
of creating an industrial, system on
new lines. He became a factor OF
prime Importance i'll this creative and
constructive work. Realizing the ne
cessity for transportation i'll any plan
Of reorganization and reconstruction,
he entered railroad life. His first
service was with the Raleigh and Cas-
ton and with the Raleigh and Au-
guSta railroads.. and as their Superin-
tendent for eight years he was the
principal factor in their rehabilitation
after the ravages of war.
With the r. and D.
"His efficiency in this work brought
him an offer of promotion from the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany. and in 1875 he became super
intendent of its North Carolina di-
vision. He remained with this and
other predecessors of Southern Rail-
way Company and with the South
ern itself uninterruptedly until his
death, a period of forty years. Be-
ginning with the office Of Superin-
tendent, he worked his way up
through various intermediate grades
until he became first vice-president
and a director of this company, which
position he held at the time of his
death and had held for many years.
His active railroad work had thus
extended over a period little short of
half a century.
During that time the principal
construction and organization work
of the railroads Of the South has been
done, and the industrial life of the
South itself has been r~eorganized and
rebuilt. In this accomplishment Col
onel Andrews was a vital force. Pos
sessing a strong n dominating per
sonality, virile and commanding in
character and intellect, he threw him
self into his great work with IRE,
sistible will and purpose. His
achievements, which We're many
richly entitle him to a place among
the great constructive forces Of his
State and section.
Completed Western Read.
"Among these achievements was
| the completion Of the Western NORTH
| Carolina railroad, from Old Fort, ovel
the mountains. through Asheville, tt
Paint Rock, and it's branches. Thu:
through his efforts was opened VI
the great Industrial section of western
North Carolina. Population and de
yelopment and industries followed hi
pioneer act, and every person in tina
itch and inviting territory is now, ant