The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-21
EXPORT Pig IRON
RATES ADVANCED
Fifty Cents Addition VIII be
Charged to Gulf Ports.
JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS
Elected President of Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroads.&c. &c
West to be Extended
Dewey Rates

Export pig iron rates, in keeping with
general advance in rates for this class OF
freight, will be advanced, effective Novem-
Der l, so far as the South Atlantic and Gulf
ports are concerned.
This information was given out yester-
day, and the advance will be fifty cents
per ton, making the rates to New Orleans
$780, to Mobile and Pensacola $1.5O and to
South Atlantic ports 1925.
This advance will not materially affect
the export business, which is already lit
tie weak on account of Increased domestic
consumption, because after all the ocean
rates control the through export rate Then
again the rates at which this class of bus
mess has been moved to Gulf and South
Atlantic ports have not been exceedingly
remmerative to the roads handling the
business.
There is still little export business con-
tinually moving but not in quantities equal
to that of six months ago.
John shelton Williams
John Shelton Williams, president of the
Seaboard Air Line and the Georgia and
Alabama railroad, has been likewise made
president of the Florida Central and Pc
ntnsula railroad. He is now at the head
of one of the greatest railroad systems in
America.
The East and West railroad of Alabama,
from Cartersville, Ga, to Pell City, Ala,
is practically in the hands of the Williams
syndicate, and it was given out yesterday
that this read would soon be extended to
Birmingham. The plan Is to build from
Coal City, few miles Month of Pel City,
directly west, by Branchvllle and Truss
vile, into Birmingham. By this route 1t
will go through valuable unopened coal
fields.
LII will probably get into the union depot
and to the various manufacturing plants in
and about Birmingham over the lines OF the
birmingham Belt railroad, which is now
being put into condition for full operation
by Messrs. Halls, Whitaker and their
Hanover National bank syndicate. 1t is
said THAT Mr.. Williams made arrangements
with the Belt line people several weeks ago
for terminals.
1t is also given out that extensive i'm
provements will be made ON the Gate CITY
properties by the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron company, in which Mr.. Will
liams is largely interested, when his rail-
road system gets into Birmingham. 1t is
on une programme 10 Dulld TWO 4UU-t0n
iron furnaces near Gate City. Already three
ore mines have been opened ON these prop
critics, and the Alabama Consolidated bids
fair to become within year one of the
greatest iron producing companies in Ala
bama.
Southern Dewey Rates
The Southern Railway company has put
in a rate of one cent a mile to Atlanta for
bands and military companies of twenty
five and over and return on account of the
visit of Admiral Dewey to that city, and
also on account of the state fair.
Dewey day will be October "a, and be-
sides the putting into effect of these rates
the southern will in all probability run sew
eral special trains out of here on account of
this occasion.
One of the trains will probably leave here
about a. m. on the day of the celebration,
which will enable those who want to run
over and see the hero of Manila and return
the same day.
United States Fish Commission
One of the United States fish commission
cars was in the city yesterday and made
several paintings of black bass in this vi
cinity.