The age-herald., 1900-11-27
ANOTHER ROAD MAY
 ACQUIRE INTEREST
K. C. to Become Joint Owner of
 Birmingham Southern
FREIGHT BUSINESS ON BOOM
Change of Schedule on Sleeping Car Lines EffectiVe-Fast Schedule to Texas Points-Rumb-
 lngs of the Rail.

'The freight business of the Southern Railway in this territory is the heaviest for several seasons past" said Division Freight Agent G. R. Browder yesterday afternoon, and the prospects are good for continued heavy business. The movement of coal to New Orleans by river is the heaviest since the establishment of the line of barges"
 The Southern is doing an immense bus mess in this section this season, and its carrying capacity is being taxed almost to its limit. Several new engines and a large number of cars have been added to the rolling stock of the Birmingham division this fall, but still there is no surplus equip ment
 Several unimportant changes in the sche- dule of freight trains on the Southern and Alabama Great Southern roads went into effect last Sunday. None of the passenger trains were affected.
 Cotton Rates.
 The cotton rates from Alabama and Mis- sissippi to the mills in the Caroinas is still being discussed by the traffic departments of the roads interested. A meeting of gen. eral freight agents of the lines handling this business was held in St. Louis last Friday and Saturday and it is believed that an amicable settlement will be made at an early date. At the beginning of the pres en-, season the mill men in South and North Carolina appealed to the roads to give them lower rates from Alabama and Mis- sissippi, but at that time the traffic asso- citations would make no reduction. The Southern Railway made a slight reduction fOI1 hxya p reduction to the Gulf ports by the lines ter minating at Mobile and New Orleans. Slight reductions were also made to the in- teror mill points in Alabama. Here the matter was permitted to rest until a few weeks ago when the question was brought before the traffic association controlling the lines in Mississippi and Alabama. The conference at St. Louis last week followed. The result of the conference has not yet been announced, but 1t is believed that all the lines interested will come to an agree ment whereby all will be satisfied The slightly reduced rates will likely continue in force
 Birmingham Southern
 The visit of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham officials to Birmingham Sunday and their trip around the Birming- ham Southern Railroad has renewed the talk of the Kansas City people acquiring an interest in the Birmingham road It will be remembered that the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern Railway bought the railroad lines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company over year ago and incorporated them under the name of the Birmingham Southern. The price paid fO ago the Central of Georgia acquired an in- terst in the Birmingham road and now it is stated that the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham will do likewise The Ala bama Great Southern is interested in this road, so that when the Kansas City people come in the Birmingham road will be the joint property of all the lines coming into the city. The Birmingham Southern has about seventy miles of road which touches nearly all of the mining camps and the manufacturing plants in Jefferson County
 Rumblings of the Rail.
 The Mobile and Chattanooga sleeper heretofore operated by the Alabama Great Southern and the Southern Is now operated only between Birmingham and Mobile Pas sengers can now retire at o'clock in the evening dil1 6Vb o 5OOo iiBhl SlSCP pS- fore arriving at Mobile. Returning, they can sleep until o'clock in the morning.
 The Queen & Crescent's new fast sched- ule to Dallas and other Texas points is proving very popular. Travelling Passenger Agent R. M. Ellis of the Alabama Great Southern states that the train is doing a heavy passenger business, especially in the emigrant line. By this line passengers ar rive at Dallas, Fort Worth and even as far west as Fl Paso, twelve hours earlier than by any other route.
 The first through sleeper of the season from Kansas City to Jacksonville will pass through Birmingham this afternoon. It will arrive on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham train at 4:30 o'clock and depart over the Southern at 440. The Southern will carry the sleeper to Jesup, where it will be turned over to the Plant System, over whose line 1t will be hauled to Jacksonville.
 Passenger business is heavier than 1t has been in five years" says Travelling Passen- ger Agent R. M. Ellis of the Alabama Great Southern. "The travel to the west Is unus- ually heavy and local business is not far behind it. Everybody seems to have money, and when the people have money the rail- roads do d good passenger business"
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