The age-herald., 1900-07-31
RESIGNATION OF
 ROUTE AGENT AGEE
He Leaves the Southern Express
 Company Tomorrow
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONS
Of the Southern States Will Have a Conference on August 29 to Dis cuss Shows and Rates-Ex-
 cursioniSts Return Home

w. c. Agee, the past several years route agent for the Southern Express Company on the Southern Railway between Atlanta and Greenville, Miss, has tendered his res ignation to take effect tomorrow. After that he will engage in other business MT Agee has been connected with the Southern Express Company for ten or twelve years, during the greater portion of which time he has been located in Birmingham. He will be succeeded as route agent by E. c. Spence, at present manager of the Savan- nah, Ga., office of the company.
 State Railroad Commissions
 The conference of State Railroad Com missions of the Southern States, agitated for several weeks past, has been called for August 29. It is understood that the object of the conference is for the purpose of the commissioners of the different states to get together and discuss laws that, if enacted, would give better protection to the shippers of the respective states and, also, prevent any injustice to the railroads. Freight rates, it is said, will be the principal sub- ject of discussion. This conference was first suggested by the Texas Commission and after communicating with the com- missions of the other Southern States the conference was called.
 Railroad Earnings
 The Central of Georgia and the Cincin- natl. New Orleans and Texas PaSifc Rail- reads have reported gross earnings for the third week in July, and each shows gain over the corresponding week in 1899. The increase in earnings of the Central was 36S37, and of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, s5,s05. This makes six Southern roads that have reported gains for that week, and only one decrease.
 The sixteen miles of road from Pine Hill to Sweetwater, Ala, known as the Pine Hill and Sweetwater Railroad, is being graded, and it is stated will be completed in a few months. This road will connect w.-A the Mobile and Birmingham division of the Southern Railway.
 One of the first acts of General Manager Metcalfe on taking charge of the Denver anu Rio Grande Railroad was to increase the pay of the section hands from $1.45 a day to s1.75 MT. Metcalfe left the Louis vile and Nashville on July to go with the Denver and Rio Grande.
 General Manager Evans Here General Manager George F. Evans of the l Louisville and Nashville is in the city or 1 tour of inspection. This is MT. Evans 1 first trip to Birmingham since assuming the general managership of the road The three excursion trains that came to Birmingham Sunday morning over the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern left about o'clock last night, carrying with them the four thousand or more per sons who came to town on them. There was an animated scene around the Union station from o'clock until the time of the departure of the trains. The streets and sidewalks around the station were blocked and rendered almost impossible | by the immense throng of ueople, nearly all 1 of whom were negroes
 The courts of New York have been call l ed upon to settle the question as to wheth CT a railroad is assessable for the portion l of the track that is crossed by public high l ways. This question was raised by tho 1 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail l way Company, which has secured a tenn l porary injunction restraining the town o1 l Alden, N. r., from assessing the road, un- l der the Ford bill, on its franchise for the ] portion of its tracks crossed by public streets.