The age-herald., 1900-12-14
A FAST THROUGH
 TRAIN TO FLORIDA Change in Schedule on the 1, &
 N. to be Made EFFECTIVE JANUARY 7TH )Freight Traffic Men Discuss Cotton Rates-southern and seaboard Air Line Have Adjusted Differ
 ences-Links and Pins.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 7TH

For sometime past there has been more or less talk of a chance in the schedule of the passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville road, and it is now stated defn- 1 itely that such change will occur on Janu- | ary T. As stated at the time this change
 was first noted, No. 1, which now arrives l here at S:22, a. m., will after January arrive several hours earlier What other changes win be made have not yet been | announced.
 conference was held in Montgomery l Wednesday between officials of the Louis- | ville and Nashville, the Plant System and
 the Chicago and Eastern Illinois relative | to the new schedule. Present at the con-
 ference were M. J. Carpenter, president of the Chicago and East Illinois, and General | Passenger Agent Richardson of the same | road; R. G. Irwin, president of the Plant | System; B. ". Wrenn, manager of the pas senger department; W. J. Haylow. supern- tendent of transportation, and w. B. Den- ham, general superintendent of the Plant System; C. L. Stone, general passenger | agent; George E. Evans general manager l c. D. Phelps, superintendent of transpor- | tation, and A. W. Graham traffic manager | of the Louisville and Nashville
 Chicago and Florida Limited It is stated that the officials of the roads interested agreed definitely upon the sched- ule of the fast train from Chicago to Jack sonville, and that this teain will leave Chi- cago considerably earlier than at present and that the running time on the different roads will be shortened. The train will be known as the Chicago and Florida limited, and it will leave Chicago at about 10 o'clock in the morning instead of 1:5O p. m., at present. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois will bring the train from Chicago to Evans vlle Ind., where it will be turned over to the Louisville and Nashville, over which line it will run to Montgomery and there be turned over to the Plant system. This train will arrive in Birmingham about five hours earlier than at present, or between and o'clock in the morning. It will arrive at Montgomery at o'clock over the Plant System at 6:30 a. Connection will be made at Montgomery for Mobile and New Orleans and the west with the train now leaving there at 710 a. The train leav- ing Montgomery at 11:22 a. m., which car ries the transeontinental mails and with | which No No. 1 now connects, will continue to leave there at present.
 When this schedule goes into effect mail from Chicago and the west, which is now delivered in the business district of Birmng ham about 10 o'clock in the morning, will be delivered at the first round, or fully two hours earlier than at present.
 Cotton Rates.
 The freight traffic men of the roads in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia held a meeting in Montgomery Wednesday at | which the question of lower rates on cot | ton to Atlantic ports was the principal | question discussed It is stated that the | agents decided to grant rate to the South | Atlantic ports from Montgomery based on | the Louisville and Nashville's rates to\ the | gulf ports This would be equivalent to a | reduction of II cents from Montgomery to | Brunswick. Rates from other points | would be adjusted on the same basis.
 A report comes from Louisville that J. | T. Thompson is to be made fourth vice. | president of the Southern Railway with of | flee in Washington. MT Thompson is now | general agent of the Southern at Atlanta. |
 Michael OConnor has been appointed | Southwestern passenger agent of the Sea- | board Air Line at New Orleans to suc- | ceed R. H. Tate, who was recently ap- 1 pointed assistant general passenger agent. |
 The Cullom interstate commerce bill | will not be passed by Congress at the | present session. It is stated that Senator Cullom has been advised to this effect and that he will not press the bill.
 Links and Pins.
 It is stated that the Southern Railway | and the Seaboard Air Line are to be op- | erated in perfect harmony hereafter so far | as freight rates are concerned. All talk of | the consolida ton of the two roads is de- | clared untrue. Regarding the changed re- lations between Thomas F. Ryan and John | Skelton Williams, representing the two sys- tems in certain litigation, no official an nouncement will be made. The matter will | be simply dismissed and more will be | heard of 1t.
 It is stated that President Spencer of the | Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific | will at an early date officially notify the | board of directors of the Cincinnati South | ern road of the rejection by the lessee com | pany of the proposed terms for an exten- | sion of the lease. This will doubtless end | the negotiations. The lease has six years | to run from last October. The lessee con- | pany will pay s1,09O,00O rental for the pres- | ent year, and from October of next year | until October, 1906, will pay an annual rem |