The age-herald., 1900-03-20
ORGANIZATION IS BEING PERFECTED North Alabama Railroad Con-
 pany Elects Directors WILL SOON BEGIN WORK
Regular Passenger Service from Selma to Flomaton-Special Rates An nounced-January Earnings
 Show Large Increase

The formal organization of the North Alabama Railroad company has been eff
 fected by the election of board of direc-
 tors and the transaction of other business
 bearing on the details.
 At meeting held on Saturday directors
 were elected as follows: M. H. Smith, c. Quarrier, J. II. Ringgold, II. w. Bruce, w. D. Hines and W. ". Thompson, of
 Louisville, Ky, and J. M. Falkner, of Montgomery.
 The directors will meet in few days and
 elect officers, after which active prepara-
 tions of building the road will be begun The North Alabama road will run from l Phelans, Cullman county, to a point on the Birmingham Mineral road somewhere be- | tween Bessemer and Boyles. Regular Service Inaugurated
 A regular passenger train was put on the
 Selma and Pensacola road yesterday with
 the following schedule: Leave Selma at 8
 a. m., and arrive at F1omaton at p. m. Returning train leaves Flomaton at 2:45 p. m. and arrives at Selma at S:45. The train connects at Flomaton with trains for Mo-
 bile and Pensacola.
 It Is stated that the officers of the Mobile
 and Ohio Railroad company are contem- plating the acquisition of the $6,5000O0 of St. Louis and Cairo stock, whereby they
 may control that property a fixed charge rather than as now on the basis of per centage of the gross earnings. The pres ent arrangement under which the road is leased it is said interferes with the proper
 development of the business and expendi- lures on the property./ Special Rates Joseph Richardson commissioner of the Southeastern Passenger association, has is sued notice of the granting of special rates of one first-class fare plus g for the round trip from all points in the association ter ritory to St. Louis, Mo-, on account of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. which convenes in that city on May r. The tickets will be on sale May
 15, IS and d7, with final limit of June 3.
 One fare for the round trip has been an nounced from all points in the Southeast ern Passenger association territory to Hot Springs, Ark, on May 6, ', s and 9, on ac- count of the annual convention of the Bap tist and Auxiliary associations which sembe there in May.
 The Burlington Route has announced that | commencing today the standard tariff sec | ond-class rates will be in effect The sec | ond-class coonst rates which have been | quoted to points in the west were with | drawn yesterday.
 January Earnings | Railroad earnings for the month of Jan | uary have been reported as follows: | Mobile and Ohio-Gross, $562, ,941; increase, | $1s5,O19; operating expenses and taxes, $3S2, | SS3.
 | Georgia road-Gross, $149 634; increase, | $1S,090; operating expenses, $S9,717. | Western of Alabama-Gross, SIP ,664; in- l crease, Sl5, ,454 operating expenses, $45472 Atlanta and West Point-Gross, $64,11S; | increase, $11, ,4S5 operating expenses, $SO,5S9. Linl and Pins | It is announced that the Southern rail- way, the Louisville and Nashville the | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and l Illinois Central railroads have decided not l to issue any passes to delegates to the dem ocratic and republican national conventions | this year.
 Coffee E. Jackson, travelling passenger | agent of the Southern, Is confined to his | room al the Arlington hotel with the grip. | w. B. Meeks, travelling passenger agent 1 of the Monon Route at Louisville, was in | the city yesterday.
 The Louisville and Nashville has ordered | ten new locomotives from the Cook Loco | motive and Machine company.