The age-herald., 1897-11-13
HE BUSY RAILROAD WORLD The Freight Traffic Is Unusually
 Heavy. CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN There Is Again Talk of an Extension The Railroads Are Fixing Their Winter
 ScheduIes-0ther Notes.

passenger and freight, is greatly inn
 proved On all the roads.
 The passenger trains recently resumed are doing fair business. All southbound tdains ae heavily loaded with returning
 refugees. The travel from the south consists mainly of people who are moving through necessity.
 The heavy freight traffic on the Kan sa.s City Memphis and Birmingham has continued all through the epidemic. It is somewhat increased, an1 gives prom SC of eortinuing.
 When the quaranines were established the Afabalma Great Southern road was
 on the eva of the greatest era Of acsiv- ity in fas freight department t had ex- l perienced in Sume time. This was sud
 denly shut off Now the business is ag1in 1 increasing and bids fair to approach the activity promised at the outbreak of the | epidemic.
 A Big Freight Business l The Louisville and Nashville road is | doing an exbta heavy business. lts rec l ord for one day. including the Binming- l ham Mineral, is 152 trains. Of IJhis num- l Der 109 were harldled in and out of this
 dtiztr.ot Tn all, 2,7SS cars were hauled,
 exclusive of the pa sss nger trains iIhere is a deart'h elf cacs needed in
 handling the coal and ron output in this 1 distriot.
 Fixing Winter Schedules All of the railroads will change their
 schedules in the near future for the win ter montiis. Practically the same sched-
 uls that was in openaition last writer | l,,. ;,-l, afl l cials of the Alabama Great Southern, l New Orleans and Southeastern, South srn and Cincannati, New Orleans and Texas | Pacific railroads are in conference in l Washington in an effort to complete the schedule. From that city l. has been announced that the change will go into effect Sunday, Dec. 5.
 The Chattanooga southern The talk of iJhe extension of the Chat l tanocga Southern road to Morl gomety, 1 which IS periodically induiged in las l again gained circulation. This time it l appears to Ihave some foundation, as General Manager w. s. Ho-lins is mak- ing tour of inspection over the pro- l posed routes.
 The ownets eff the road have mapped | oll five different routes but it IS prob
 able that the one that will be adopted | is that over which MT. Hoskins is now ftrayellng in a buggy with an experienced | eneineer. If this route is adcEtad the | e1tension will brandh off from the pres
 er1iy road at Round Mountain, and pass | l.. g tAIIugn Cer.L c-ntinu'e Il at.l2 to | tho east of Gadsden. MT. Hoskins will
 decide which of the routes is the most l suitable and report to New York tts can- | dition Abou, one north will be con stunned in making this tour. Points Open to Freight The following statement has been furn-
 ilfled utIe railway oentets as to the rules
 governing the shipment of freight into
 points in Alabama:
 The state elf Alabama has raiSstl quar-
 anttne against infected points cn ship | msnts destined to points in Aiaball-a
 nonth of line drawn through Calera and
 Maxwell All shipments may be rec,'lycd
 and forwarded to such territory as uSil-
 al. Freight fer points south of line de-
 soi9bed can only be aldmitted when in-
 cludsh in list set forth in circular 1,7S4 | W.
 1. The state of Alabama wal admit
 freight from infected points in aecord-
 ance with the regulations of the Urlted States Marine Hospital service. g. On account eff quarantine restrlic-
 tions established at Selma, Ala, the | Western Railway of Alabama cannot re- l celve freight Of any desarlption destired
 to stations between Montg and | Selma, Ala AM freight dsstin:d to Sel- | ma, Ala. should be foliwarded via the Southern railway.
 1 8. The Kareial, City, Memphis and Bir- l mfrslaafm railroad win not accept any
 freight alt Memphis destined to amy | point on its fine lgn the stat- of Alabama.
 west of but not including Birmingham.
 4. The Abbeviie Southern railway has
 discontinued all trafns, arid no freight | can. thet,elfore, be received for points on
 or reacG14d via that railway.
 5. The Southern railway advise that 1 they are now in position to f1andhe
 fre1gidt business between aal points on
 the Anmiston-Me and O. S. M
 division, and for points beyond subject
 to local quarantine restrictions; also.
 that they cannot handle into Mfefaissfppd
 frehgahH destined to points in that state
 which is turohjlbited, as specified in their
 previous circulars.
 l Live Stock and Dressed Beef
 The amount of live stock and dressed beef shipped east from Chicago during 1 tlpe mout1s of October presents some tre- l memioms figures During thait month 52S7S tons of live stock, 6s.04 tons of I dressed be=f were moved eastward. This ks an aggregate of 121.922 tons. The | Lake Shore handled 29 per cent. of tlds amount and the Nickel Plate ousy S.9 per l cent.
 This immenss tonnage of dressed beef was handled in 7,209 cars. New England pcInts lreceived 2704 oars, wthd1e New York centers was the destination of B. 1 584 cars.
 Lamont the Now President II has been rumored among the rai1- road men tfat Daniel Lamont. vice. ] president of the Northern Pacifio road. w.li succeed President HHi on January l. MT. Lamont has just completed trip over the road and 1t Is claimed tt was