The age-herald., 1900-03-30
LINCOLN GREEN
 GOES UP A STEP Made Assistant General Freight
 Agent of Southern. A NEWLY CREATED OFFICE Headquarters Will be in Washington Will be Succeeded be George R.
 Browder of Raleigh, N. 0.
 Other Promotions
A NEWLY CREATED OFFICE

The Southern railway has created a new sistant general freight agent, with head quarters at Washington, D. C.. and has pro-
 noted to the place Lincoln Green, division freight agent at Birmingham MT. Green, who had been in Washington for several days, returned to Birmingham Wednesday night and brought with him the first infor nation of the new office and his promotion. Mir Green came to Birmingham four or five years ago to succeed Haiden Miller,
 who was transferred, and later went with the Mobile and Ohio at St. Louis. MT Green came from Traffic Manager Culp' office in Washington to take the division freight agency at this place. He assumes
 his new duties on April l, but win not go | to Washington until about the 10th. His family will remain in Birmingham until | about June l, when they will remove to Washington to join MT. Green. MT Green will be succeeded by George | R. Browder, of the Raleigh division, who | comes to Birmingham on April l. MT. Brow | der Is a brother of F. G. Browder, division
  Selma.
 G. G. Thompson, brother Of AsslstahI General Superintendent J. s. B. Thompson Jr, wi succeed MT. Browder as oiNisio" freigh, agent at Raleigh
 Other Changes Other changes necess!tated by the promo tion of Mr. Green are follows; R L, Simpson, traveling freight agent at Rirminerham, goes to Columbus, Miss.' as travelling freight agent in place or cap tain P. J. Martin, deceased Frank M. Mitchell soliciting freight agent | of Birmingham, takes MT. Simpsons place as travelling freight agent Frank M. Pittman, chief clerk to MT. | Green, becomes soliciting freight agent MT. PIttman has been with the Souuherh | Railway freight department for number | of wears and was for long time secre- l tarv to MT. Green and later rate clerk. John D. Patterson, rate clerk succeeds | MT. Pittman as chief clerk to- Hle dlVlsloh
 freight agent.
 | Other minor promotions have not yet l been decided upon.
 | Tine local promotions give recognition to l several efficient and accommodating young | men. who have won the good will and es- l teem of their superior officers by constant l and intelligent attention to their duties | They are all fine young business men and | deserve the promotion given them. | Industrial Agent The Louisville and Nashville has created | the office of industrial agent, to which po- | sition R. J. Wemyss, former land commls7 l sioner, has been appointed. It Is said the | company will do great amount of boom l work for the sections of country through | which it's lines run. MT. Wemyss is thor | oughly acquainted with the character or | work required of the new office, and Will be of great advantage to the road in that 1 position.
 The executive officers of the lines in | cluded in the Southeastern Mississippi Val | ley Traffic association will meet in St. l I<ouis today or tomorrow to consider, l among other matters, the notice of the | withdrawal of the Mobile and Ohio from l that association. It is said there will be | a discussion of the causes leading up to
 the action taken by the Mobile and Ohio. | The roads comprising this association are | the Alabama Great Southern, the Alabama | and Vcksburg, the Cincinnati New Or | leans and Texas Pacific, the Illinois Cen
 tral, the Kansas City, Memphis and Btr- | mingham, the Louisville and Nashville, the l Mobile and Cihio, the Nashville, Chattanoo- | ga and St. Louis, the New Orleans and | Northeastern, the Southern and the Yazoo
 and Mississippi Valley.
 Links and Pins
 Railroad earnings for the third week in | March have been reported as follows: | aar 1iT1er l $39, ,153; increase $3,337.
 Central of Georgia-Gross earnings, S133,
 245; increase, s16,766.
 Southern Railway-Gross earnings, $617,-
 BPS; increase, $75,000.
 | Norfolk and Western-Gross earnings, | $242, 3S7; increase, I7,S64.
 Louisville and Nashville-Gross earnings, l $51S.soo; increase. $46,515.
 The Mobile Ohio Railroad company has
 recently purchased a lot in Meridian, Miss, l on which will be erected a $60,000 freight l depot. The price paid for the lot was $l5, ,OOO The Louisville & Nashville Railroad conn l pany has begun the removal of its shops | from Bowling Green, Ky, to Paris, Tenn. l Tho monthly pay roll at this shop is s30. .0o0
 The Texas railroad commission is hearing l argument on the recent law passed by the
 legislature of that state. prohibiting double l headers.
 A New York telegram states that the
 Norfolk 6 Western railway has passed into
 the hands of the Pennsylvania road This
 statement was made on the authority of
 an influential man in the Pennsylvania cor
 poration. It is said that with the expira-
 ton of the voting trust which will occur
 soon, the new board of directors to be elect
 ed will have liberal representation of
 Pennsylvania interests on 1t.