Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-03-30
General Shifting Of Officials
of the Cotton Belt Rail
road System.
KENEL,LiY BECOMES
"SUPER" AT P. B
c. J. Lake, Assistant Superintendent
Is to BE Chief Dispatcher at Tex
arkana--Further Changes in
Contemplation.

Promotions, demotiens and shift
ing in the headquarters OF officials
of the Cotton Belt system will be-
come effective April i according 70
announcement by General Manager
w. T. Tyler, approved by First Vice
President J. M. Herbert, the an
nouncement coming as the climax 10
rumors of drastic changes which
have been in circulation since the
selection of Mr.. Herbert as first vice,
president, following the death of the
late President Britton. and which
rumors gained in strength when Mr..
Tyler was appointed general man.
ager to succeed J. w. Everman.
Not until Mr.. Tyler's announce
ment, however, was anything forth
coming from any Official of the road
to bear out the rumors. There was
little surprise expressed, however, at
the announcement, especially among
officials and employees of the local
headquarters, who have been on the
qui vive for the past several days.
waiting for the official announcement,
a FLASH" on which had reached them
through underground channels.
will be three operating divisions on
the Cotton Belt system, northern:
middle and southern.
Richards to Mount Pleasant.
Supt. Elmer Richards will have
charge of middle division, with head
quarters at Mount Pleasant This is
Mr.. Richards old home, and when
Vice President Herbert offered Nj.
Richards his choice of the three
divisions, he selected the Mount
Pleasant headquarters. This division
will extend from Pine Bluff to Fort
Worth west, Sherman northwest AMI
Tyler south. Assistant Superintend-
en+ c. S. Hutchings will continue his
headquarters at Mount Pleasant, as
will also chief dispatcher w. A.
Downs.
Assistant Superintendent G. J..
Lake, who has been in charge of the
lines between Pine Bluff and Mount
Pleasant, will become chief dispatch
er at TeXarkana, to which point one
set of dispatchers now located 1t
Pine Bluff will be removed, leaving
one set of dispatchers still on duty
here. o. H. McCarty will be located
at Texarkana, with the rank and
duties of assistant superintendent.
The Shreveport line will be in this
division
At Pine Bluff, headquarters for the
northern division, M. J. Kenelly will
be superintendent, being promoted
from the office of inspector of trans
portation and maintenance. Assistant
Superintendent E. NJ. Cooper will re-
main in that office and will retain
his headquarters here, as will also
Chief Dispatcher Clifton Dancy. P
d. Barry will be assistant superin-
tendent and E. w. Bissell will be
chief dispatcher at limo Mr.
| Kenelly will have jurisdiction owe:
all lines north and east of Pine Bluff
including all branch lines.
The headquarters for the southern
division will be at Tyler, where J. e
Callahan, who has beer superintend
ent of the Texas division, will have
jurisdiction. The division will IN
clude all the lines OF the system
south and southwest of Tyler. Super
intendent Callahan has not yet an
nounced his aides, but it is under
stood the men now holding officia
positions under him will retain them
Expect Further Changes.
Other changes are expected to b,
announced in the near future by tn,
high officials of the road, and thes'
will be in other departments than thu
transportation, although rumors per
sist in circulation that J. W. Ever
man, general manager of the Texa
lines, is to leave the system entirel,
in the near future. In the mechanical
and other departments, which are be
ing mentioned in these latest rumorS
there is an air of uneasiness, al
though none of the men asked abou
the rumors will admit that they hav
heard anything about prosperity
changes.