The age-herald., 1901-04-19
SUME NEWS OF
 THE RAILROADS
St. Louis and San Francisco
 Acquires Mexican Central
BIRMINGHAM INTERESTED
The Frisco Lines Will Now Reach Mexico and Will Extend as Far East as Birmingham on the
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The St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- road Company or rather interests acting for that company. are said to have &C., quired a controlling interest in the Mexi- can Central Railroad, which has a line running from the City of Mexico to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River opposite Fl Paso, Texas. The St. Louis and San Francisco recently came into the control of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham and Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis lines, and therefore what ever action may be taken by its owners Is of interest to this section of the coun- try.
 The story of the acquisition of the Mex ican Central by the Frisco is told by the New York Herald In the article here re- produced. The Herald says:
 Ut can be definitely stated that further progress has been made in the great Southwestern Railroad deal, which IS being engineered by the Standard Oil- Gould Hartman interests.
 Just what properties are to be included In this new consolidation of railroads can not be accurately stated. but one thing Is certain, the prospective purchaser of the Mexican Central is. or isto be- the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company and shrf yd railway men state, If the Frisco haAN bought the Mexican Central. then some one has bought the Frisco
 For some time past-in fact, ever since W. L.. Stow announced that he had ac- quired control of the Mexican Central Wall street has been hazarding guesses as to the interest which would turn up eventually as the owner of the proper ty.
 By turn the Atchison. Southern Pacific and Rock Island have been mentioned In connection with the property, and by turn Rock Island, Southern Pacific and Atchi- son interests have put forth explicit de- nials. The strength and activity of Mexi- can Central issues, however, clearly indt- cated a purchase for some powerful in- terest.
 From one of the very highest banking authorities yesterday the information was obtained that eventually the St. Louis
  owner of the property.
 The St. Louis and San Francisco owns and operates 1859 miles of road, and until the reorganization of the Atchison. To- peka and Santa Fe formed an important part of that system. It was cut off in the reorganization, and such separation has always been sore point with the present Atchison management, for the Frisco gave the Santa Fe it's best entrance into St. Louis
 Acting as an independent property the Frisco has made great development, and under the existing management it has been building up an extensive sys- tenn of its own, adding to its properties here and there, the most recent case be- ing the acquisition of which are known as the Memphis roads, which extended the property to the east as far as Bir- mingham, Ala.
 No Appointments Yet.
 Assistant General Passenger Agent Alex Hinton of the Kansas City, Mem phis and Birmingham railroad was in the city yesterday He was accompanied by Travelling Passenger Agent c. w. Strain of Memphis and together they left over the Central of Georgia at 4:05 o'clock in the afternoon for Savannah, Ga. It was believed that while in the city Mir. Hinton would indicate who would succeed Charley Jones as travel ing passenger agent in this city, but he was non-committal on the subject. It is probable the appointment will be made in a few days.
 The railroads so far as ascertained up to last night were damaged by the heavy wind and the rain that followed Wednes- day night and yesterday. All of the pas senger trains arrived in this city on schedule time during the day. The telc- graph wires were blown down in a num- Der of places, causing considerable in- convenience, but these were repaired in time to prevent any delay of passenger trains.
 l.. c. Cardinal, travelling freight agent of the Mobile and Ohio at Montgomery was in the city yesterday.
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