Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-22
RAILROAD NEWS.
Order Issued by Vce-President Baldwin, q
N. Earnings General Railroad
Notes.

N. Earnngs-Genera Railroad
Notes.
The following order, issued by Vice
President Baldwin of the Southern rail-
way, has been received:
Southern Railway Company.
Office of Second Vice-President<
Washington, oct. Ia.
Mr.. H. B. Hodges is hereby appointed
superintendent of tests, with Office at
1900 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington.
D. c. The superintendent of tests wiz
provide specifications for and have charge
of all inspection of supplies except ties
and lumber, purchased for the various de-
partments of the systems, and will ar
range for such mechanical tests as may
be necessary to insure the fitness of mate
rial for service. He will send his reports
of such inspection to the general store
keeper and no new material purchased
under specifications shall be issued unless
accepted by the superintendent of tests
He will conduct all Investigations and
experiments with new devices and ap-
pliances referred to him for the purpose
by heads of departments, including such
tests as may be made in the companys
laboratories, as well as in actual service
on the road, and will furnish the. results
of such Investigations to officers inter-
eSted.
He will investigate, when requested
the failure of fails. wheels. axles, etc. and
the cause of hot boxes.
All waters used will be analysed in the
company's laboratory, and no change IN
supply will be made except upon favor
able report from him.
He will carry out any scientific lnVes-
tigation and perform such other duties
as may be assigned him by the second
viee-president..
The superintendent of tests Will report
to the second vice-president.
w H. BALDWIN,
Second Vice President.
Louisville and Nashville Earnings
Comptroller Cushman Quarter of the
louisville and Nashville has issued a
comparative statement of earnings for
the second week of October which makes
the following showing:
IteishI ''''''.'. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 90 ~
Passenger ................ .'.''.'. 9o'iao
Miscellaneous. ................ zo'loo
$432, S45
As compared with the corresponding
week of 1894 this is an increase of $l5,195
and an increase of $S1 10 over 1893, but
decrease of 500. SAC as compared with the
Same week in 1892
For the first two weeks of October the
earnings were:
Freight .............. .....-...... .@oi q 9oo
Passenger ................ ........ l9fSS5
Miscellaneous ......... ............ $3.50
$S63, 22O
Compared with the first two weeks in
October, 1894, this is an increase of $4,000
and an increase of $780, $40 over the cor
responding period of 1893. but a decrease
of s41. $50 as compared with 1882.
The earnings from July to October
IA were as follows:
Freight ..................... .'''.S4 loo' 150
l,fi OIL
Miscellaneous ............. ....... 3S5,5l4
$5,937, 1851
This is an increase of $2S9533 over the
earnings for the same period of 1894 and
s537. 649 over 1893. but decrease of $629,
459 as compared with 1892.
The mileage for the four years was as
follows:
1928, 1891 miles.
1894, 1855 miles.
1S94-5 1856 mil es.
1885, 1856 miles.
Superintendent of Car Service.
J. H. Simpson has been appointed super
intendent of car service of Southern rail
way with headquarters in Washington
city. He succeeds w. o. Vaughan re-
Gently appointed superintendent of the
fourth division of the Southern and
general superintendent of the Alabama
Great Southern railroad.
Mobile and Ohio's Exhibit.
With its customary enterprise the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad company, through
its hustling general passenger agent, f..
E. Posey, is reported by visitors to- the
Atlanta exposition to be doing much val
liable work in enlightening visitors as to
the agricultural and horticultural re-
sources of Ala bama. 1t is said that the
Mobile and Ohio company's exhibit of AL
abama's agricultural and horticultural
products greatly relieves the lack of a
full exhibit in the agricultural depart
ment and demonstrates that Alabama
can successfully and proftably grow
nearly or quite all products that are
grown in any ard all other states 1t is
reported that the Mobile and Ohio is dis
tributing some very attractive litera ture
which describes the resources of Ala
bama very fully
Short Items.
The Alabama Great Southern paid off
its employees between Birmingham and
Meridian Sunday. The pay car was at
tached to the passenger train.
The Alabama Great Southern train
brought forty negroes from Chattanooga
yesterday to work in the quarries al
Compton.
Claude Lewis, commercial agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. went
down to Montgomery yesterday after
noon.
w. p. Adams. commercial agent of the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham,
is in Montgomery on business for his
road.
Captain Walter Glenn, formerly pas
senger conductor on the Birmingham
Mineral road between Birmingham and
Blocton. but now running on the Georgia
and Alabama. is with friends in the city.
r. f. Beasley, passenger agent of the
Louisville and Nashville, returned from
Louisville yesterday.
A GREAT MANAGERIAL TRIO.
The horses and horsemen of all nations,
not by the dozen or by the score, but by