The age-herald., 1898-01-01
ANOTHER ROAD
 PUTS AN AGENT HERE
TEXAS PACIFIC LOCATES A TRAVEL
 ING PASSENGER AGENT.
Special Rates For Mardi Gras- Railroad Ans pointments-Hoiiday Among Employees
 A Fast Run to Tuscaloosa.

The big railroads of the south are rapidly realizing that Birmingham is a great rail. road center and are establishing their agencies here. Yesterday morning The Age-Herald announced the appointment of soliciting freight agent for this city by the Seaboard Air Line.
 Now 1t is announced that the Texas Pa. cific has appointed a travelling passenger agent for this city. Charlton Morgan is the agent appointed, and hig duties will be- gin this week. MT. Morgan has been for a long time connected with the Illinois Central, but resigned to accept a position with the Texas Pacific.
 Mardi Gras Rates
 Yesterday information reached the city that the following roads would give re- duced rates to the Birmingham Mardi Gras to be held Feb. 22:
 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern, Atlanta and West Point, Central of Georgia Geor- gia Southern and Florida, Louisville and Nashville, Mobile and Birmingham, Plant system of railways, Southern railway, Tiff ton and Northeastern, Western and Atlan- tic and Western Railway of Alabama.
 These rates will be good from points in the Southeastern Passenger association territory as follows:
 Alabama-All points.
 Georgia-All points, excepting points on the Southern railway, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia Railway company. Georgia railroad, and Northeastern of Georgia railroad, situated north of main line of Georgia railroad, Atlanta to Au- gusta.
 Tennessee-Knoxville and points inter- mediate.
 For individuals a rate of one first-class fare for the round trip. tickets of iron clad signature form, limited to continuous passage in each direction, to be sold Feb- ruary 19, 20 and 21, with final limit March l, 1898.
 For military companies and brass bands accompanying them. rate of one cent per mile per capita in each direction. short line mileage, with arbitraries added, twenty, five or more on one ticket; date of sale and final limit to be same as for individuals.
 Railroad Appointments
 The following appointments have been arl- nounced to take effect today:
 On the Central of Georgia, F. J. Robin- son has been appointed travelling passen- ger agent with an office in Chicago. MT. Robinson was once connected with this road in Birmingham, and is well known here. James Freeman has been appointed city ticket and passenger agent for Atlanta.
 By the Southern, A. H. Plant, formerly auditor of the Memphis and Charleston. has been appointed auditor of the Southern. This looks as if it was one of the first steps in the long talked of consolidation of these two roads. w. H. Green, formerly gen. eral superintendent. has been appointed as- sistant general manager. J. H. Barrett, formerly superintendent of transportation, to be general superintendent of transpor- tation. w. H. Peddle, formerly with the Central of New Jersey, to be general su- perintendent of maintenance
 Minor Facts and Matters
 All the employees of the local offices of the Alabama Great Southern will have holiday today. There will be no local nor extra trains, nothing except the through passen- ger trains and the fast freights.
 ''That was fast run made by the Com mercial club special from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa" said an official not connected with that road, yesterday. "The run of fifty-six miles was made in sixty-eight min utes. and seven stops were made during the trip. This speed is very seldom attained on any of the southern roads, and speaks well for Engineer Spencer, who was at the throttle and for the excellent condition Of tho roadbed"