Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-12
RAILWAY NEWS AND GOSSIP s-tl.4is.. slt- -siss : Rumor of Several Notable.
 .,,.= =,hs : Changes in the Southern. #Htef ,.sls#3s .--ssf,.sa ON TO SAVANNAH IS URGED f-s zrafeff 4
 - By the Georgia and Alabama People-Current Gossip Among the Clever Local s =. Agents. z

soon be made in the Southern railway local yards. Just what these changes will be has not been announced, but that they will occur within the next two or three weeks seems to be almost a cer- tainty
 MT. E. F. Adams, who has been in charge of the locomotive repairs of the Southern,s second division in Atlanta
 for several. years, has, been transferred to the Birmingham shops and will take
 charge immediately. The following cir
 cular was issued yesterday:
 Birming ham, Ala, Jan. Il, 1895 MT. D. F. Adams is appointed general
 foreman of locomotive repairs. vice MT.
 C. Phillips, resigned. Same taking effect
 this date. w l.. TRACY,
 Master Mechanic Southern Railway.
 MT. Duncan Resigns.
 Second Vice-Presldent and Traffic Man.
 ager Duncan of the Baltimore and Ohio
 Southwestern railway has resigned, to
 take effect on February 1. The announce
 ment will come as a great surprise to
 the many friends which Mr. Duncan has in this territory, but 1t is understood that
 he will better himself very much. For some time he has been financially inter- ested in the Budlow-Saylor Wire com pany of St. Louis, and, upon his retire ment from the railroad will become its president. It is a large and prosperous
 conCeTi anu cHn De maQe more so Dy
 the personal attention of MT. Duncan.
 President, Bacon and General Manager
 Peabody tried to get MT. Duncan to re-
 consider the matter but he declined and
 the resignation has been accepted with
 regret. There is not an official of the
 road but who is sorry to have Mr. Dun
 can leave.
 MT. Duncan has been with the O. & M.
 for thirty years. He began as a clerk
 and worked up to the position of general
 freight agent, which title he held at the
 time of the consolidation. Then he was made second vice-president and placed in
 charge of traffic. His successor has not
 been determined upon, nor has anyone been onsidered.-Cincinnati Tribune. r.
 The Georgia and Alabama. n
 The Georgia and Alabama. formerly the
 Savannah, Americus and Montgomery
 road, is trying to get line into Savan-
 nah. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, speakZ
 ing of the matter, says: f
 President J. Skelton Williams of the
 Georgia and, Alaba ma railroad passed
 through Macon yesterday on his way to
 Richmond, after having spent considera-
 ble time in Savannah dickering with the
 authorities of the, Central with a view to
 purchasing or leasing the branch of that
 road from Lyons into Savannah. ta
 So far the authorities of the two roads
 have been unable to agree and the nego1
 tiations are still pending, Meanwhile the
 Georgia and Alabama people are prose-,
 cutting the. survey of various lines into Savannah and have given out the state- ment that unless they do come to terms with the Central people they are prepar- ed to build into Savannah in short or der"
 Louisville and Nashville Earnings. Cushman Quarrier, comptroller of the Louisville and Nashville, has issued his statements of operations for the year ending December 31. 1895. The gross
 earnings were $10,712,2 ,225; operating ex-
 penses, $6,840 423; net earnings from traf-
 fic. $3,871 ,S02, or 36.14. per cent. During
 the same period in 1894 the net earnings from traffic were $4077,7 ,7S3, showing a de- crease in 1895 of $205. .9S1. Deducting in- terest, rent and taxes, the loss on the Georgia and other roads, the sinking fund payments, unfunded discount and the amounts advanced to the South and North Alabama Railroad company, sur
 plus on hand December 31, 1895. was $l,- 0S6, 476, against $4004 at the end of De- cember, 1894, showing an increase of the | surplus in 1895 of $6S60 012
 With the Agents.
 MT. Solon Jacobs, commercial agent of the Central in this city, has a handsome group picture of the CentraPs traffic rep
 resentatives. The picture was taken in Atlanta on the 22d of November, at which time meeting of the Centrals repre- sentatives was held in that city The group contains the pictures of twenty three agents.
 MT. George w. Ely of Montgomery, southern passenger agent of the South ern Pacific, was in the city yesterday MT. T. w. Partlow who had a position with MT. Jack W. Johnson in the joint valdation office at Atlanta during the exposition, has returned to the city. Capt. P. Sid Jones, land and immgra- tion agent of the Louisville and Nash npdo cago.
 Passenger Agent Rip Beasley of the Louisville and Nashville went down to Montgomery, yesterday afternoon. MT. w. J. Taylor, general agent of the Western Railroad of Alabama at Mont gomery, was in the city yesterday. Mir s. w. Lanier soliciting freight agent of the Plant System at Montgom-
 cry, was on a business trip to the city yesterday, s.,i..e.a sut A home-seeksrs' excursion on the Lou isville and Nashville will leave Chicago
 next Tuesday and will arrive in Alabama Thursday.
 A Railroad Deal
 Charleston, s. C., Jan. 1.-The nego- tiations which have been pending for the past three weeks between the Green wood, Anderson and Western railway and the Carolina Midland railway, for the lease. and option to purchase the latc ter road were concluded yesterday. winch all the papers connected with the matter were approved by the respective counsef of the parties in Interest and arrangel ments were made for the turning over If the possession of the property on next Wednesday. The parties who have leased the road and who contemplate purchaS- ing it and extending 1t westward, are said to be men of large means and con. siderable railroad experience, and car9s fully examined into the situation before concluding their negotiations. It yfs stated that immediate arrangements will be made to extend the road in the direc- tion of Greenwood, and so far as the southern terminus is concerned it will probably be either Charleston or Savan9 nah, dependent upon what encourage ment is given to the projectors of the ems terprise to go to those cities. The lease has been guaranteed by the American | Banking and Trust company of Balti. more. and it is understood that this cor poration will also be trustee under the mortgage. when the. extension Is begun and the new bonds issued. The officers of the new road are:' Mike Brown, presi- | dent and treasurer; J. l.. Villagona, vices | president; .T> M. Mordeeai, general coun- Sal. II. G..tIJu rrir cuporfntapdapt- ona