The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-18
]. & |. LINES ARE CONSOLIDATED WITH
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Great System Is Divided for Administrative Purposes Into East and West
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Atlanta. January 17.--The lines of the southern Railway company. the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway company, the Ala bama Great Southern. the New Or leans and Northeastern and the North ern Alabama hereafter will be off cially known as the. Southern rail- way system and will, be grouped for administrative purposes into divi- sions known as Hines east and Tines Nsest.H according to au announcement today by Fairfax Harrison. president Of the Southern. and made public here by, M. w. Miller. vice president of the Southern.
 Changes of several officials effect i've at once also was announced. J. M. Culp, for many years vice presi- dent of the company. has been re- tired from active duty and hereafter will serve in an advisory capacity It is announced that this change was made at the request of MT. Culp be- cause of the state of his health.
 The administration of the traffic de- partment will be under T. c. Powell vice president. at Cincinnati. and Lin coin Green. formerly freight traffic manager of the Southern. who is pro- noted to vice president, and will have headquarters at Washington.
 E. H. Coapman, formerly vice presi- dent and general manager of the Southern. becomes vice president in charge of operation of all lines. K Loyal, formerly general superintend- ent of the middle district of the Southern. was selected as assistant to Vice President Coapman.
 w. N Foreacre, formerly general su- perintendent of the eastern district of the Southern. will be general manager of the Hines east" with headquar- ters at Charlotte
 Horace Baker. formerly general manager of the Cincinnati. New Or leans and Texas Pacific and Alabama Great Southern. becomes general man ager of Hines west" with headquar- ters at Cincinnati
 The Zines east" will be composed of those portions of the system east and north of the old East Tennessee, Virginia. and Gulf line from Chatta- nooga to Brunswick.
 The Zines vest will be made up of the other lines of the Southern Railway company and include the Cin- cinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa cific. the Alabama Great Southern, the New Orleans and Northeastern and the Northern Alabama railway.
 Vice President Coapman also an- nounced that for the purpose of opera tions the lines east will include the northern, eastern and middle districts. and "the lines vest the southern, southwestern and western districts. The southwestern district will be made up of the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific and Northwesternj and the Memphis division will be trans ferred from the middle to the southern district.
 PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED
 Vice President Coapman announced the promotion of the following of ficials to be assistants to the vice pres ident, with headquarters at Washing ton:
 G. w. Taylor. now general superin- tendent of transportation; J. Haineri, now general superintendent of motive power and equipment, K. w. Brown. now assistant to the general manager; T. H. Gatlin now assistant chief engineer of maintea- ance of way and structures; H. H. Laughton. now auditor; w. H. Gatchcn, now superintendent of agencies; Alex Grant. now general superintendent of mail transportation, and w. M. Neth- erland, now assistant to the general manager.
 FOREACRE APPOINTS General Manager w. N. Foreacre of the Hines east" announced the follow Ing appointments: B. Herman, chief engineer of maintenance of way and structures: w. M. Cowhig. general su- perintendent of transportation; E. c. sasser, superintendent of motive pow CT; H. l.. Hungerford, general super intendent of eastern district; ]. A. (centinued on Pase Two,