The age-herald., 1900-06-03
4 MEETING OF
 9. & C. OFFICIALS Monthly Conference Held in This
 City Yesterday. BIDS FOR g MILES OF A. 6 0. Travelling Passenger Agent Hammet of Central of Georgia Has Arrived
 Changes and Appointments
 Special Rates s-Personals
BIDS FOR g MILES OF A. 6 0.

tenn held conference in this city yester day, at which business matters connected with the freight and transportation de- partment were discussed. The officials of this system hold these conferences month
 y usually in New Orleans on account of the greater number that have their head quarters in that city. This time, however, they decided to come to Birmingham for the meeting, and incidentally to look over the district At the conclusion of their conference yesterday some of the officials took a trip to Ensley and Pratt City and, returning to the city, left for their re- spective homes the afternoon trains. The officials at the conference were | President c. C. Harvey of the New Or | leans and Northeastern, the Alabama and Vicksburg and the Vicksburg. Shreveport | and Pacific; D. D. Curran superintendent | of the New Orleans and Northeastern; T. F. Steele, general freight agent of the | New Orleans and Northeastern, the Vicks- burg, Shreveport and Pacific, and the Ala bama and Vicksburg; George P. Biles, | general freight agent of the Cincinnati, | New Orleans and Texas Pacific; E. A. | Ford superintendent of the Alabama and Vicksburg; E. Schryver, assistant general | freight agent of the Queen and Crescent;
 l., NJ Keso, soliciting freight agent at Meridian, Miss, of the Alabama Great l Southern and Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific; L. Sevier, general freight | agent of the Alabama Great Southern. Kids Received Fred Marston, Jr., chief engineer in charge of construction in Alabama for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, yester- day received bids for the construction of the first nine miles of the Oneonta and Attalla road, recently mentioned in The Age-Herald to be built by the Louisville | and Nashville. Bids for doing this work were received from a large number of con tractors from all over the south. Among the contractors bidding on this work are Dunn & Lelande Bros and Smith Bros, of this city. The awards for the construc- tion will be let in a short time, and it is understood that work will begin imme- diately thereafter.
 Centraps Passenger Agent w. D. Hammet, recently appointed travel ing passenger agent of the Central of Geor- gia road, in this city, arrived yesterday and assumed the duties assigned to him. MT. Hammet has filled a similar position al Ma con, Ga., for some time past, and is a splendid passenger man. He will work un- der the direction of Comemrcial Agent So- lon Jacobs, who has for so long a time rep resented the Central in both passenger and freight business at this place. Travelling passenger agent at this place is an office recently created by the Central, the in- creased business at this point rendering it necessary.
 Appointments and Changes
 MT. Emlay, the new private secretary to Superintendent Frazer of the Southern, has taken charge of his office The former sec retary MT. Newman, has gone to Washing ton, where he has been given a place in the office of General Freight Agent Neal
 Official announcement has been made of the appointment of w. L. Law as acting superintendent of the Birmingham and At lantic road, with headquarters at Talladega, to succeed G. A. Mattison. The appoint ment was effective May 26. Special Rates
 Special rates have been announced by the Southeastern Passenger Assoication for the following occasions:
 Commencement exercises, Southern Uni versity, Greensboro, Ala, June 1913.
 Independent Telephone Association of the United States Cleveland, O., June 12-14
 American Institute of Homeopathy. Washington, D. C., June 1922. Young Peoples Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church of North Amer ica, Denver, Col, July 25-30. Personals T. r. Hale, general freight agent of the Gulf and Ship Island road, with headuuar- ters at Gulfport, Miss, is in the city.
 W. J. Taylor, general agent of the Vest ern of Alabama and the Atlanta and West Point roads, of Atlanta, was in the city yesterday.
 G. M. Williams, travelling passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville, returned yesterday from Louisville, whither he went with the Confederate Veterans early in the week.
 c. s. Walker, general southern agent. and J. J. Campion, travelling freight agent of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton. with headquarters in Cincinnati were in the city yesterday.