Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Bridges, John McKim ? - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN MCKIM BRIDGES, one of the most popular and efficient railroad. officials
in the south, and at the present time superintendent of the Alabama division of
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railway, with office at Selma, was born
at Athens, Tenn., entered railroad service April 1st, 1854, as clerk in depot at
London, Tenn., was afterward agent at Cleveland, Dalton and Chattanooga; and
secretary and treasurer of the same company (East Tennessee & Georgia railroad)
at Knoxville, Tenn.; resigned in 1865, and was agent of the Western & Atlantic
railroad in Atlanta, Ga., 1866 to 1868, removed to Selma in 1868, and was
secretary and treasurer and afterward superintendent of the Alabama Central
railroad until it was purchased by the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
railroad company in 1881, when it was made a part of the Alabama division,
comprising 414 miles, of which he was appointed superintendent. He is a man of
fine business qualifications, and is a sagacious and practical railroad man. He
is a pleasant and accommodating gentleman, and has a high sense of honor and
justice to his fellow man, and is now one of the most efficient railroad
officials in the south. Mr. Bridges, through his kindly disposition and firmness
in discipline, is enabled to control a large-number of employes with marked
ability and without difficulty.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 846-847
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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