The age-herald., 1899-11-05

 ern railroad systems and the branche lines which they control, compose the greatest | railroad mileage in the state of Alabama. These systems are noted for their splendid | schedules in the passenger service and for l the remarkable rapidity with which they l handle freight. As will be seen from the accompanying map, the lines of the South ern railway system extend in every direc- tion from Birmingham, and compose the shortest and quickets lines to almost every point in the country.
 The Southern railroad has in recent years grown to be of the greatest railroad systems in the world. It is progressive and up-to-date in everything. It has done much to develop the mineral district of Alabama, and it will do much more.
 The Southern Railway company was or ganized in July, 1894 and with all the lines that 1t owns, operates and manages, con- ssts of 66S7 miles, Into this magnificent system hay ebeen merged the Richmond & Danville railroad systems and controlled lines; the East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor- gia railroad; the Georgia Pacific railway; the Memphis &s Charleston railroad; the South Carolina & Georgia railroad; the Mobile & Birmingham railroad; the Allan tic & Danvile railroad and other smaller lines
 All of the seperate lines that have been merged into the Southern railway were in the hands of receivers, and their property was in a dilapidated condition, prior to the
 
 way has taken charge of these properties, and merged them into one magnificent sys- tenn, under a progressive and energetic management, they have been wonderfully improved The roadways have been inn proved by remodling the grades, curves, etc. and by the relaying of a large portion of the track in new so and S5 pound steel rail. Thousands and thousands of new ties have been put under the rails, and many Hundreds of miles of track have been re- 1..ll -tad. r1af SAnthRrn railway lines a the present time is strictly modern fn Is track construction. the improvement sis being continued every day and no ex- Dense care is being spared to bring the road in every way up to the highest stand ard of excellency. Since the Southern rail- way has acquired the many smaller lines, 1t has improved the rolling stock and edulp- rnent In every possible way. New and pow erful engines have been purchased, and some of the most powerful locomotives that hay eever been built now running on Southern railway lines, hauling their fast limited passenger, mail and express trains. Hundreds of coaches of the most modern type have also been purchased, and recent " they have turned their attention to im- proving the standard of the Pullman sleep ing cars running over their lines. and have required the Pullman people to build and remodel many new cars for service on their ines The improvement of freight equip nent has also been carried on as exten- vely as the improvement in passenger
 
 luipment.
 The Southern railway proper is managed I fifteen operating divisions as follows: Washington division. headquarters Char ottesville. Va; Norfolk division. headquar- CTS Greensboro, N. C.: Charlotte division, lcadquarters Charlotte, N. C.; Danville di- -ision headquarters Norfolk, Va: Atlanta iivision headquarters Atlanta. Ga. Rich nond division headquarters Richmond, "a; Asheville division, headquarters Ashe- lille, N C.; Colubia division, headquar- kors Columbia. s. C.; Charleston division, f7cadquarters Charleston. s. C.: Knoxville .iNision. headquarters Knoxville, Tenn; Macon division, headquarters Macon. Ga; Birmingham division, headquarters Bir- sningham. Ala; Anniston division, head ssuarters Selma, Ala; Louisville division, Headquarters Louisville, Ky; Memphis di- tsslon including Northern Alabama rail- Sav, headquarters Memphis. Tenn. The f 'nbama Great Southern railroad is also F ntrolled by the Southern railway, but opera ted separately, with headquarters al Birminefh Ala.
 Southern Railways Headquarters $sThe general headquarters of the South ern railway system are In Washington. D. E. with the presidents office in New Sork city, The general officers are as fol- lows: Samuel Spencer, president; A. B. An Strews. first vice-president; w. w. Finley, Second vice-president; Frank S. Cannon, third vice-president and general manager: A. H. Plant, auditor: H. c. Ansley. treas rrer; J. M. Culp, traffic manager: w. A. Furk general passenger agent; T. c. Pow ell. assistant freight traffic manager, with Headquarters at Louisville. Ky, while E. A. Neil is general freight agent. with head quarters at Washington, D. c. The general freight agent has four assistants follows: J. H. Drake with headquarters at Rich mond Va; R. l.. McKellar, with headquar- ters at Memphis, Tenn; l.. A. Emerson, with headquarters at Charleston, S. C., and Edward Fitzgerald, with headquarters at Louisville, Ky.
 The general passenger agent has three as- sistants S. H. Hardwick, Atlanta, Ga; C. Benscoter, Chattanooga, Tenn, and William H. Tayloe, Louisville Ky.
 T., Green, division freight agent of the sixth traffic division, has charge of all the territory tributary to Birmingham, with R. l.. Simpson, soliciting agent, located at Birmingham, reporting to him. and solicit ing agents at other points in the Alabama and Mississippi territory
 Chattanooga Tenn, has charge of all the passenger business on all lipes west of Bristol Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga., in- eluding all the lines in Tennessee, North Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. He is assisted at Birmingham by c. E. Jackson, travelling passenger agent, with other trav- cling and soliciting agents located at yari- ous poins.
 A. J. Frazier, superintendent of the Br- mingham division, has headquarters in this city: and his trainmaster, Charles s. Hayden Is also located here.
 Superintendent C. L. Ewing, with office at Selma Ala, has charge of the Anniston di- vision, one branch of which reaches Bir- mingham from Selma through Montevallo and Woodstock.
 Passenger Service
 The Southern railway radiates from Bir- mingham in almost every direction, and operates twelve passenger trains Into and out of Birmingham daily; and operates double daily schedules between Brming- 2 ham and the east, with through sleeping cars from Birmingham to New York The time between Birmingham and eastern points Is as follows: Washington, 2S hours