The age-herald., 1901-10-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Enormous Traffic of tho [. 6 N.

Enormous Traffic of the L. 6 N.
 Seventy trains daily are now run over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad be- tween Birmingham and Montgomery, number far in excess of any previous record" said a Louisville and Nashville man yesterday.
 Mot only is the present traffic beyond all previous business in magnitude, but there Is a certainty of immediate and enormous increase over the business now being done; and having this in view the company is making extraordinary prepa- rations to meet the demands upon its re- sources. And there Is this fact, which is deeply appreciated by business men and the general public, the Louisville and Nashville never fails to handle its busi- ness promptly. No matter how great the pressure upon It's carrying capacity, 1t never keeps it's patrons waiting. Where all the increased business comes from can't tell you, but of course it de- notes wonderful business activity and prosperity in the South, particularly in Birmingham and the Birmingham dis trict. This much Is clearly demonstrated by the eloquent fact that seventy trains pass up and down one division of one railroad every day-that is, over the Louisville and Nashville between Bir- mingham and Montgomeryl
 And one important thing in the way of development Is this: The Louisville and Nashville track between Birmingham and Montgomery will soon have to be doubled, and the same necessity will exist as to the track between Birming- ham and Decatur. Whether the company is contemplating immediate steps in this direction I do not know; but I do know of the increasing necessity for doubling the tracks,
 AIabama's Proud Record at Buffalo.
 With four times the space allotted to Alabama in the Pan-American Eposition, Buffalo, and with an appropriation of $50.0o0, as against Alabama's little s500o allowance, the State of Illinois receives in the awards only one medal more than Alabama receivesi
 Attention is drawn to this remarkably satisfactory showing from an Alabama viewpoint, by R. W. German, the Ala bama commissioner at Buffalo.
 Alabama has 2ox25 feet space, but got two of the highest gold medals and three ordinary medals, and I believe we will get the gold medal for fruit" says MT. German.
 We are acknowledged to be the lead CTS here. Millions of visitors have thronged the exhibit. Two hundred thous- and pieces of literature have been given out, as well as 25o.Ooo souvenirs contain ing seed cotton. We have fought good fight
 Certainly the Alabama representatives at Buffalo have fought good fight. Commissioner of Agriculture Poole and his assistant. Jesse c. Adams, were in- defatigable in their labor to get the Ala bama exhibit, and they were In the high est degree successful, considering the paltry $5000 at their disposal There Is but one opinion regarding Com missioner Germans work in the exposi- tion: he has discharged his duties most admirably. None could have done bet | teri
 The Youngest Telegraph Operators The youngest regular telegraph opera | tor in the United States. and one of the l brightest of all American boys, Is Irwin 1 Cohen. aged 13, who Is employed in the | Western Union office in Eutaw, Ala, and | singularly enough the second youngest 1 regular operator is Master Irwin Cohen s | brother, Jerome Cohen, aged A. who has l charge~of the Columbus wire in the Bir-
 mingham train dispatcher's office of the Georgia Pacific division of the Southern Railway. west from Birmingham. The father of these remarkable boys is l Ben Cohen, manager of the Western
 Union office in Eutaw; and thus 1t came
 about that while other baby boys were | playing with nursing bottles and mud pies the little Cohens were lingering tele- graph keys.
 Irwin Cohen Master Thirteenyears, was in Birmingham yesterday. Several times of late he has come to town and register ed at the Metropolitan Hotel, his name appearing regularly in this place as being amongst the Alabama arriyales. Certain | ly he was a distinguished visitor. Yesterday morning the two brothers
 were in the lobby of the Hotel Hillman Leon Friedman, the newspaper man, was with them, he being personal friend of their family.
 This Is the youngest telegraph opera tor in the United States" said MT. Fried man by way of introducing Irwin Cohen. Explanations followed and the aston ishing facts as to the boys age and work were developed MT. Friedman also in- troduced Jerome Cohen, who Is so eff1- cient that he holds regular position in a train dispatcher's office, position of great responsibility. Yet he is only Al You could take the Associated Press report, couldn't your MT. Friedman ask ed Thirteenyears.
 "Yes; have no doubt could" was the answer.
 This youngest of American telegraph operators is remarkably small for even his childish years. Apparently he weighs well under sixty pounds, and is not over | three feet eight inches in height. He is a l light haired, sunny-faced, laughing boy, l and is very modest and retiring; so much 1 so that he was very reluctant to relate any facts about himself when he discov- I cred that the information was desired for | publication. He Is very charming boy | withal
 The other brother, Master Fourteen | years, is himself but fairly well grown