Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-24
WITH THE RAILROADS.

| ana IS d DTlBnC DlI Ol eHlel-
 prise, presenting some fine sketches of | interest to the general public. The Southern Field Is a monthly periodical issued from Washington by the Southern
 railway and is intended to give outlines of what lands tributary to that road will produce It also touches on mining and | manufacturing enterprises. The front page contains fine Autograph of the Southern railway building at the Atlanta exposition. On the inner pages are other | Autographs showing different sections of territory which the Southern tra- verses.
 Of the West Virginia, Central and Pittsburg Railway company the annual report of that road, in referring to its rolling stock says:
 No additional rolling stock has been l purchased during the twelve months ending June 30 last. At the close of the year there were but three vacancies in the car equipment, the Elkins having built new cars to replace all that were destroyed prior to June and charged the cost to operating expenses, besides re- pairing and keeping the rolling stock generally in good condition These | shops are substantial, conveniently ar- ranged, have good facilities and are equipped with modern machinery They were enlarged last year, and during the present. year luTlHeI dQQlllOIlS nave DeeH made in the machinery department It | is believed the company can build bet ter freight cars than 1t can purchase from the car building companies for the same money, and arrangements have been made to add to the present equip ment new cars at the rate of eight or ten a month, to be built at the company's | shops, in addition to the work of general | repairs and replacing cars destroyed" When it is known that this road, al | though not as large as many southern | roads, has twenty-nine engines, seven | teen passenger and 1792 freight cars of | an estimated value of $1, ,203, ,068.2, with no | car trust obligations, the record shown | will be acknowledged as a record any i road might be proud of
 It now looks as if western lines will | prove a drawback to the Atlanta exposi- l tion. The Kansas City Star has the fol- | lowing:
 | "Western lines are making a strong
 | fight against cutting passenger rates to | Atlanta, Ga., for the Cotton States ex- | position. The Union Pacific announced yesterday that it would not make the low l rates made by the other western roads | T5 per cent of the double locals-until | after the meeting of all the lines, which
 has been called for October l. It also | declares that all the trans Missouri lines 1 have agreed not to use the 75 per cent l rate for passing purposes until after the l meeting and probably not even then. The l feeling is steadily growing among the | western roads that there is no real neces- l sfty for any reduced rates to Atlanta on their part, and 1t would not be surpris- | ing if the meeting formed an agreement | to maintain rates strictly week or more ago there was a meeting in just l the opposite direction but the lines have l been convinced since then that there will l be no great amount of travel from the
 | west to Atlanta, no matter what rates l are put into effect"
 l It was a beautiful tribute that which l was drawn up by the Santa Fe Railroad
 1 company employees to the memory of J. c. Wilson, late receiver of that road. It | speaks volumes and stands as a more | lasting monument than stone or bronze. | The tribute is as follows "Our official associate and friend, J. l O. Wilson, having been suddenly re- | moved from the field of his earthly activ- | ities, we, his associates, employees and | friends, do most deeply mourn his loss, | We lose a wise counselor and a large | hearted and ardent friend. His death is | our loss, city's loss. and loss to his | state, but more deeply is it the loss to | an aged mother, a loving wife and the l fathereSs children, to whom we extend our deepest and most sincere sympathy. | In token of esteem we will attend the
 | funeral in a body. copy of these ex- | preSsonS shall be forwarded to the fam I
 l placed on the records of the railroad com- | pany.
 The time has about arrived for rep etition of the oft repeated rumor that the Southern will take charge of the Ala l bama Great Southern. Of course the time set is the 1st of the incoming month. | This time the rumor did not originate in | Birmingham, and the Age-Herald's au- thority is a prominent business man of l this city, who brought the news direct with him from Wall street. New York. | He said prominent railroad man, and l one in a position to know, had informed | him that on October the Southern would | surely take charge of the Alabama Great | Southern-lock, stock and barrel. Be the | rumor with or without foundation, the | 1st will decide the oft repeated and | threatened change.
 As yet no successors to Freight Divi- | sion Agent Steele and Chief Clerk Sevier | of the Alabama Great Southern have | been named. The delay has caused some | feeling of nature leading to the belief i that the rumored change can be seen between the lines.
 Travelling Passenger Agent L. A. Ship man of the Southern, after a long ab- 1 sence from the city is again on deck | smiling and ready for business. MT. | Shipman says he had double and some | times triple dose during his stay in | Louisville, Nashville and Chattanooga. | The bridge at Rigolets on the Mobile | and New Orleans division of the Louis vile and Nashville, which was torn down | for distance 125 feet on Saturday last | by a schooner has been repaired and | the inconvenience naturally caused | thereby will not be undergone any more. | It was quick work repairing the break. | and the ''Old Reliable" is receiving com plmentary remarks therefor
 General Manager Metcalfe of the Louisville and Nashville will arrive in | Birmingham today on No. ?. His visit | to the city will be short.
 Mir Rip F. Beasley, travelling passen- ger agent of the Louisville and Nashville, returned from an extended business trip to Kentucky. Ohio and Tennessee.