Evening star., 1920-02-29
EXECUTIVES NAMED
j ON SOUTHERN LINE
President Fairfax Harrison
Announces Officers for Com
pany and Its Subsidiaries.

President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern railway system last night
announced as follows the executive
officers of the company and it's sub
sidiaries, effective March 1. when the
lines revert to their owners:
L. E. Jefrries, vice president and
general counsel, Washington; II. w.
Miller. vice president in charge of
construction purchases. real estate.
etc. Washington: Z. Fl. Coapman. vice
president in charge of operation,
Washington; Lincoln Green, vice
president in charge of traffic. Wash
ington: j. Il. Munson. vice president.
resident executive officer in the west
Cincinnati; r. b. Pegram, vice presi-
dent. resident executive officer at At
lanta; T. f. Steele, vice president.
New Orleans and Northeastern Rail
road Company. New Orleans; A. H.
Plant, assistant to president. wash
1ngton; F. S. Wynn. secretary and
treasurer, New York; +. H. kemper,
controller, Washington. The Georgia.
Southern and Florida railway is shown
as part of the Southern railway sys
TEN, included in the lines west.
Executive General Agents Named.
The following have been named as
executive general agents: J. II. Nc
Cue, Bristol. Va.-Tenn.; f. c. Gate
wood, Rectortown. Va; ID. S. Aber-
nethy. Chattanooga: T. F. Steele, New
Orleans; c. l.. Gambler, Norfolk.
Promotions in Operating Service.
In the operating department the fol-
lowing promotions were announced by
Vice President Coapman: w. n. Fore
acre, general manager. lines east,
Charlotte; j. II. Stantel. general man.
Ager, lines west, Cincinnati: H. T. B.
Moye. inspector, special agency depart
1nent, lines east. Charlotte; w. S. Con-
nelly. inspector, special agency de-
partment, lines west, Cincinnati: F. T.
Pelter. general superintendent of the
southeastern district, comprising the
Atlanta and Columbus divisions OF
the Southern railway and the Georgia
Southern and Florida, Macon, Ga; ].
w. WasSum, general superintendent,
southern district. Birmingham. Ala.
vice ]. H. Stanfiel. promoted: J. S.
1emond, chief engineer. maintenance
of way and structures, lines east,
Charlotte, n. c., vice B. Herman, pro-
moted to be assistant to the vice
president; w. c. Hudson, superintend-
ent, Charlotte division, Greenville, S.
G, vice j. W. Wassum, promoted: S.
j. Mulvaney, superintendent, Ashe-
willie division. Asheville. n. c., vice w.
&. Hudson. transferred; NJ. E. Mad
den, superintendent. Georgia South
ern and Florida railway, Macon, Ga;
division, Selma. Ala, vice NJ. E. Mad
den, transferred; c. Chandler, super
1ntendent, Atlanta division, Atlanta,
vice c. Z. Erwin, promoted.
Traffic Appointments Given.
In the traffic service the following
Appointments We're made by Vice
President Lincoln Green: w. H. Tay-
1oe, passenger traffic manager. Wash
ington: E. H. Shaw. freight traffic
manager. Washington; Il. L. Nickel
Ter. foreign freight traffic manager,
Louisville: G. p. Biles. freight traf-
1ic manager. lines west, Cincinnati
w. A Becker. passenger traffic man
ager, lines west, Cincinnati; j. j.
Hooper. general claim agent lover
charge). Washington; J. c. Williams
manager development service, Wash
1ngton: w. H. McGuffey, assistant
to vice president, Cincinnati; ]. NJ.
Woodruff. assistant to vice president,
Washington.
Appointments made by Passenger
'r-'a &c Nanager w. H. TayIoe in
clude H. F. Cary. Washington; E. n.
Aiken. Cincinnati. general passenger
J. c. Beam. Atlanta, assistant general
passenger agent; j. c. Conn, general
L>ssAee asent, Shattanooga..
Nspp Appontmen1s enr BY. BY Freight henda Traffic
Simpson. Birmingham; C. A. Russell.
Memphis. assistant freight traffic
manager; E. D. Claggett, Atlanta;
+ r. Oliver, Cincinnati; J. H. Drake,
Richmond, general freight agent.
Assistant general freight agents
include G. H Kerr, H. NJ. Cobb, R. j.
Brown and L. L. McCleskey Of At
lanta; d. Cardwell, Columbia, S. c.;
Graves, Knoxville; j. w. Hunter,
Mobile.
In Charge of Legal Work.
In the law department appointments
announced by Vice President and
General Counsel l.. Z. Jeffries. in
clude: Alexander P. Humphrey. gene
raj solicitor. in charge of the law de-
partment of the western district,
Louisville; Edward Colston, general
solicitor. n charge of the law depart
1nent of the lines of the Cincinnati
New Orleans and Texas Pacific rail-
way. Cincinnati; S. r. Prince, general
solicitor. in general charge of all liti-
cation. Washington; Frank G. Tomp-
kins. division counsel for the state of
South Carolina, Columbia, S. c.: ]. E.
Hall, division counsel with jurisdic-
tion over the lines of the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway Com
pany. In Georgia and the lines of the
Southern railway system in Florida.
w. P. Hopper was appointed as
sistant local treasurer for the Georgia
Southern and Florida railway, with
headquarters at Macon.
E. H. kemper, controller, an
nounced the following appointments
for the Mobile and Ohio railroad and
the Southern Railway Company in
.Mississippi. with Offices in Mobile: W.
w. Middleton, auditor; L. A De Ornel-
las. assistant auditor; L. T. Jervey,
auditor of disbursements: A. r. Came
ron. auditor of receipts. AS auditor of
ehe Blue Ridge railway and other short
lines, with offices at Atlanta, j. NJ
Forney was named