Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-12
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
AS TO HE MOBILE AND BIRMINGHAM.
The Gulf City Taking Hold of the Mobile, lack
 son and Kansas City-local Rail e Notes.

Now that the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad company's property has been transferred from the receiver T. G. Bush, to the company to be known as the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad company, a general shaking up may be expected. The following on that subject from the Mobile Register explains mat ters.
 ''Mr. T. G. Bush has issued the follow ing order
 ..The property of the Mobile and Bir- mingham Railroad company, heretofore operated by T. G. Bush as receiver, hay ing been sold under foreclosure, and hay ing become the property of the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad company, will be operated by officers and agents of the said railroad company, appointed under the authority of it's board of directors. All property and materials on hand in possession of the receiver at midnight of this date becomes the property of the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad com pany. The officers. agents and employees of T. G, Bush. lately receiver in posses sion of said property, will continue in their respective positions until otherwise ordered. except MT. Ray Knight of Sel- ma will be acting general freight agent and MT. G. G. Duffee of Mobile treas urer'"
 Moving Along Nicely.
 Mobiles business people seem to have realized the necessity of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad and tho benefits which would naturally ac- c-ge therefrOm to them. They are at on the matter and the outlook |, LIS promising.
 The Mobile Register has tine following expression of opinion by Judge Austill, who is much interested in the matter
 We are getting along very well. One committee of two members secured subscription of 5000 this morning among small subscribers in an hour. If we could get all the committees to work an hour each day for a week the amount would be raised. An adjourned meeting of the general committee will be held at the rooms of the Commercial club tomorrow at 12 m., and no doubt steps will be taken to get down to work. The most encour- aging feature so far is to find the old subscribers renewing their subscriptions The old subscription was to the stock to come from the Anglo-Southern Con- to come directly from the Mobile, Jack son and Kansas City. Of course. if the contracting parties build the road they will be the owners of the stock, but if they fail the subscribers can call a meet ing and do what they please with the matter. It was with much regret that learned today that some person had stated that MT. Merrill had collected some money at Greensboro in a railroad scheme which never realized. It is due both to MT. Merrill and our enterprise that we should say there is no truth in this statement. The circulators of such rumors, no doubt, mistake Mir Merrill for MT. Merrick of Chicago, who had the Gulf and Chicago line located a few years since from Florence. Ala, to Mo- hi .s1Ir ter such location"
 Preparing for Electricity.
 The work of bonding the rails of the East Lake dummy line has been going on since Monday, and will be completed in few days. The contract for setting the poles has been let, and work will begin Monday, and it is expected they will be ready for the overhead wires in three weeks. As soon as this is done the line will be ready for electricity. The power house will be completed soon. and by fall 1t is expected to see the East Lake dummies discarded and electric motors skimming along the line.
 Novel Advertisement.
 Superintendent J. B. McClary of the Birmingham Railway and Electric com pany has adopted a novel means of ad- vertising not only Birmingham. but the several lines of his company He has gotten out large card on which is printed in large letters, "When you go to Birmingham don't fail tossvisit East Lake, Avondale and Red Mountain parks. Music, boating, bathing and fishing" General Freight and Passenger Agent ]. E. Scott is out placing these cards at all stations on the different railroads entering this city. and will cover the territory for radius of 100 miles.
 Bananas on Passenger Time.
 Yesterday afternoon three sections of
  and Nashville railroad passed through thefcity en route to Chicago, Cincinnati and other western points These trains were not carrying passengers, however, but were fast freights, otherwise dubbed "banana trains." The cars were loaded reach their destinations today and to- night, as they are moving along on pas senger schedule.
 Links and Pins.
 Business is picking up to such an eX- tent on the Alabama Great Southern that extra freight trains have been put on.
 Superintendent Newbold of the Louis vile and Nashville is spending a short time at Blount Springs, taking we'll earned rest.
 Col A. NJ Shook, vice-president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, arrived in the city yesterday in a special car. He is on a tour of inspec- ton.
 The Birmingham Railway and Electric company are announcing another excur- sion over their Bessemer and and Bir- mingham line for Sunday. The rate is 10 cents for the round trip.
 Mir George Atkinson, for long time employed in Superintendent Newbold's office as timekeeper has resigned. He will go to a point in Ohio. where flat tering position has been offered him.
 A special left this morning for Goeth- ite. via Chamblee, over the southern di- vision of the Birmingham Mineral. On hoard were Messrs. Samuel and Edward Thomas and W. T. Guernsey, officers of the Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing company These gentlemen are on an inspecting tour and will take look at their brown hematite banks at Goethite.
 The popular Birmingham, PoWderly and Bessemer rail- road will give a lOc round trip Sunday rate. Bfrming- n1ol r,of171pr,