The age-herald., 1898-09-22
TWENTY -FOUR
 CARS OF CATTLE Shipped Over the K. C. to Indian
 Territory NEW DIVISION ONS C. OF G. The Earnings of the Tennessee Goal Iron and Railroad Company
 Show an Increase Over
 the Past Yaar.
NEW DIVISION ONS C. OF G.

The first movement of cattle out of th1s section to the country to the west for the season of 1S9S-1S99 was made yesterday by the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- nam railroad
 Twenty-four cars of beef cattle were shipped to Rogers Ranch, Indian Territory. Nearly all of them came from Donnells- vile, Ga These cattle will be held in the h. u4an Territory, where they will be fat tened, until after November 15, when they will be driven across the border line into Kansas and there slaughtered. The gov ernment quarantine, which forbids the shipment of all southern cattle above a certain line except between the dates of November 15 and January 15, prevents the shipment of Alabama and Georgia cattle direct to the packing houses of Kansas at this date. They will aeeordinly be held in a cattle ranging country just south of this line until the quarantine is removed. The quarantine against southern cattle is en- forced because of certain cattle diseases which they are said to carry with them during summer months.
 The cattle shipping industry from this state has grown to tremendous proportions in the last few years. Last year over hundred thousand of them were shipped from this state alone. It costs nothing at all to raise these cattle; they run wild'' in many parts of the state, and though for the want of proper grazing, they are unfit for beef until they are fattened up out west Their owners receive an craze of s5 a head for them. This means a revenue of at least $50O,OO Ca year coming into the state annually from this source
 It is thought that these shipments will be greatly increased this year, and from now on the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- ningham railroad expects to handle them out of this state by the thousand.
 New Divisions on the C.ofG.
 The Central of Georgia railroad has just issued Q circular defining the new divisions into which the road has been divided. The lines between Savannah and Macon, the Savannah terminals, the road between Millen and Augusta and the Braton and Pineora railroad, will constitute the first division, with T. S. Noise, Savannah, as superintendent.
 The lines between Macon and Atlanta, including Macon terminals, between Grif- fin and Carroton, Barnes file and Thomas ton, Macon anu Athens, and Gordon and Covington, will constitute the second di- vision, with B. c. Epperson, Macon, Ga., as superintendent.
 The lines between Macon and Eufaula Montgomery and Eufauia Smithvllle and Columbia, Cuthbert and Fort Gaines, Fort Valley and Perry, Fort Valley and Colum- bus, and Eufaua and Ozark, will consti- ute the third division, with J. II. Hall, Macon, as superintendent.
 The lines between Columbus and Birm- ingham. Opelika and Roanoke, Columbus and Greenville, Columbus and Americus, Columbus and Searight, will constitute the fourth division, with J. T. Johnson, Co., lumbus, Ga., as superintendent.
 The appointment of H. B. Crawford as trainmaster of the fourth division has just been officially announced. MT. Crawford was formerly supervisor between Colum- bus and Macon.
 The net earnings of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company for the month of August were $52 ,246, as compared with the $47,777 of August 1897. This shows an increase of $4,469. The net earnings since January 1 have been $51S,57S, showing an increase of $l57Ol1 over the same months of last year.
 The northbound Louisville and Nashville | train, due here yesterday at 11:S5 was four | hours and ten minutes late, owing to the | breaking down of an engine on the Mont | gomery and Mobile division. The train | had several coaches on it with yellow fever | refugees in them from New Orleans. The | cars were all kept tightly locked. All of | the through trains from New Orleans on | the Alabama Great Southern roads also | have numbers of refugees on them who |