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NEW VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER (May 20, 1901 - The Nashville American - The Tennessean) W. B. Doddridge, the recently elected Vice President and General Manager of the Tennessee Central Railroad, reached the city yesterday morning from St. Louis and will immediately assume the duties of his new office. Mr. Doddridge is a very pleasant gentleman and a man who makes an impression on those with whom he comes in contact. He is a practical railroad man of experience. He was for quite a number of years the General Manager of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads, a total mileage of over 6,000. Mr. Doddridge was seen yesterday by an American reporter. He said he had come to assist Mr. Baxter in development and operation of the properties in which some of his St. Louis friends were interested and would take a look over the ground as soon as practicable. "The parties owning the Tennessee Central Railroad"' he said, "also own considerable coal and other land that is yet undeveloped. It is part of my duty to assist Mr. Baxter in this work and to give the operation of the Tennessee Central Railroad the benefit of my practical experience in railroad management". Mr Doddridge is at the Maxwell House.
HAS SOUTHERN SECURED IT? (February 14, 1902 - Knoxville Sentinel) Opinion Expressed that Spencer's Road Has Some Interest in the Tennessee Central Referring to the Tennessee Central Railroad, the Chattanooga times says: "It has been commonly supposed up to the recent reorganization that Col. Baxter's Tennessee Central was backed by the Illinois Central, yet a review of the appointments made Wednesday has caused the railway people here to suggest that the new board would rather appear to be tied up with the Southern, for all the new officials have been or are connected with one or the other of Mr. Spencer's roads--and Mr. Hinton is known to be special friend of Vice-President Finley, with whom he was associated on several different roads--including the Illinois itself. The connection made with the Cincinnati at Harriman would naturally make the Tennessee Central of great advantage to the Spencer combination, for it would give a line from Knoxville to Nashville altogether under Mr. Spencer's control. The above are, of course, not conclusive of anything but the comments of the railway people drift that way when the topic of the recent reorganizations and the list of new officials of the Tennessee Central is broached. Mr. Miller, the new general manager said to be especially recommended to Col. Baxter by the officials of the Southern, is not too well known by the local railway men as the others, nor do the press dispatches state exactly what his connection with the Southern has been."
LAW AND ORDER IN BAXTER (December 23, 1903 - Putnam County Herald) Wirt writes of news from Baxter*. "The people have decided to have law and order. A committee met there last night and made arrangements to pay a deputy sheriff to stay there. Hope we will have a better time than we have had." Photo: On display in the new Baxter Depot located on the original depot site
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY BEGINS (March 2, 1904 - Putnam County Herald) Rural mail delivery begins in Putnam County. Wirt writes, "Everything went smoothly and people generally put up boxes."
* Elmer Lincoln Wirt, born in Olmstead County, MN, June 5, 1863. Mr. Wirt was Editor and Publisher of the Putnam County Herald, which he established with his brother, Walter A. Wirt, in the early 1900's He was elected by the Democratic party to the lower house of the Legislature in 1914. He was the author of the bill creating Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
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