Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-07
RAILROAD RACKET.

LOhl6l0ORO lehOAlJ 4s The railroads are all making extensive preparations to accommodate the heavy travel to mardi gras at Mobile and New Orleans, but so far the Southern is ahead, that is so far as Mobile Is concerned.
 The Southern, in looking to the best in- terests of it's patrons, comes to the front with two official excursions to Mobile, one on February 25 and the other on the 18th. The coming festivities will be celebrated by Mobile citizens on larger and grander scale than ever before.
 Thousands of dollars are spent annually by the people of Mobile to make these fes- tivities attractive and enjoyable. The citi- zens of Mobile are thoroughly aroused over the prospects of the coming event and will make the week gala one.
 These Southern excursion trains, which will be run specially for the benefit of Bir- mngham people, will leave this city at 6:40 a. ID. and arrive at Mobile at 5:40 p. m. on the days mentioned.
 The rate is an extremely low one, being only $7.75 for the round trip.
 Through the efforts of the Buskirk- Mo- Cafferty Immigration company of Flor ence party of forty five immigrants ar. rived in that place yesterday afternoon, coming large portion of the way over the Louisville and Nashville. The party is made up of prospectors, who have come south with view of locating if suitable To- cations can be found.
 About twenty more of these northern homeseekers passed through the city on Louisville and Nashville No. yesterda y afternoon, en route to south Alabama and Florida, while about halt dozen stopped here and are looking oyer the city.
 SOUTHERN PASSENGER AssocIA TON.
 The Southern Passenger association will hold meeting next Tuesday night in At anta for the purpose of attempting a reor- ganization. Whether the association will be patched up or not remains to be seen.
 RETURNED FROM NEW ORLEANS.
 MT. J. R. MoGregor, travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent, who has been working up negro travel for Mexico, returned from New Orleans yesterday after having sent train load to Mappilna.
 ON THE SICK LIST.
 MT. P. Sid Jones, the local travelling passenger agent of the Louisville and Nash- vile, Is confined to his room. During the past two or three days he has been quite i'll, but has recovered to a certain extent.
 PERSONALS.
 MT. Charles Jones, southern passenger agent of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, left yesterday afternoon over the Southern for points in Florida. quantity of advertising matter and will scatter "Memphis route' flyers and posters through every part of the Land of Flowers. After covering all of the ground in Florida he will make run over to Havana and will place before the inhabit- ants of Cuba the many advantages of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham. MT. W. R. Jones will look after the in terests of this line during the absence of Mir. Charles Jones.
 of the Southern, with headquarters in Selma, is in the city in the interest of his system.
 RECEIVERS FOR THE NORFOLK AND
 WESTERN.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. GA bill for the appoin tment of receivers for the Norfolk and Westorn Railroad company was today filed in the United States circuit court for the Western district of Virginia at Rich mond. The application was made before Judge Golf, and he appointed Frederick j.. the company. Mir. Kimball is president of the road. The following statement was given out at the general office of the com pany in this city this afternoon. "rhis action was taken under the advice and at the recommendation of holders and represen tatives of very largo amounts of securities of the company, to whom the company had submitted a full statement of it's financial condition and of the an- ticipated payments and receipts for the 
 "The property of the company is in ex- cellent condition, but on account of the great depression in the coal and iron in- dustries and the unprecedentedly low rates prevailing the net earnings of the company have for the present two years been insuf- ficient to meet it's fixed charges, and this has SO seriously affected the credit of the company that it was thought impossible for 1t to continue it's operations without some readjustment of it's liabilities. IA full statement of the affairs of the company will be issued in the course of a afew days"
 The appointment of MT. Kimball was requested by the Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit company of Philadelphia, the Girard Trust company, by representa- tives and holders of largo amounts of se- curities of the company and by the board of directors, and Mir. Henry Fink was se- lected In view of his successful administra- tion as receiver Of the old Atlantic and Mississippi railroad, which was the pred ecessor of the Norfolk and Western Rail- road company.
 h the interval Mir. Fink has also been acting as receiver of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad and the Memphis and Charleston railroad, and is thoroughly familiar with the property and the industrial interests of the section l. through which the road runs. CALL AND GET YOUR MAIL. The following letters are at the AGE-