The age-herald., 1900-07-29
SOUTHERN ROADS
 REPORT EARNINGS And But One of Them Shows
 a Decrease. GENERAL PASSENGER AGEN ] For the Louisville S1 Nashville May be Named When Traffic Manager Van den Berg Returns from
 Europe-Other Items
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT

Traffic Manager Y. Van den Berg of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Is eX- pected to return from Europe in a few days, and it is believed that the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel C. P At more general passenger agent or the Louisville and Nashville for twenty-five years, will be filled in a short time. Since the death of Colonel Atmore, Assistant General Passenger Agent J. A. Boyd has been acting general passenger agent. He has been with the road number of years and is familiar with it's business, and 1t is the general opinion that he will be placed at the head of the passenger department He is said to be filling the place with en- tire satisfaction at present.
 Southern Roads t1arnings
 The temporary depression in business does not appear to affect the railroads in the South to any material extent, if the reported earnings are to be taken as an in- 6ication as to the volume of business they handle. With one exception all the roads in the South reporting earnings for the third week in July show increases over the corresponding week in July, 1899. The one road showing a decrease is the Alabama Great Southern, which earned $35,Ss1 the third week in July, decrease of $1, ,606 from the earnings in the third week of July, 1Sg9 Other roads reporting earnings for the third week in July are follows: Louis- vile and Nashville, gross earnings, $51s225; increase. $11, ,es5. Norfolk and Western, gross earnings, $277, PA; increase, SS1,s43 Southern Railway. gross earnings, $5SS 45S; increase, $61,:2s.
 Special Rates ~ss-'- Chairman Joseph Richardson of the Southeastern Passenger Association has announced special rates as follows:
 To Kansas City, October 12-19, account of the National Convention of the Christian church; one first class fare plus $4.
 To Black Mountain, N. C., August 12-26, account of the Montreal Bible Conference one fare for the round trip
 To Colorado Springs and Utah points, account of special excursions July S1, Au- gust ' and 21; one first class fare plus S2 from Montgomery and points west of there.
 To Richmond, Va, September lslss- -eic- count of the annual convention Of the Ma tional Baptist Association (colored).
 
 account of the Farmers National Confer ence; one first class fare for the round trip plus s2.
 To B1octon, Ala. August 1-6 account of the Baptist State Sunday School Conven- tion.
 Excursions
 The Alabama GIeat Southern Railway will run an excursion to Knoxville, Tenn., next Thursday, the fare for the round trip being fixed at g to Chattanooga, and s. 50 to Knoxville. The train will leave Br- mtnsHa1n at O clock Tuesday morning and return Wednesday night.
 The Southern Railway ran an excursion to Huntsville last night. The train went over the Southern to Parrish and from there to Sheffield over the Nortfren Ala bama road and from Sheffield to Huntsville over the Memphis and Charleston. 1t will return tomorrow.
 Dan F" McDonough, travelling freight agent of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road, with headquarters at Atlanta, is in the city.
 c. F. Austin, commercial agent of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road at Atlanta, is in the city