The age-herald., 1901-02-12
COGHILL TENDERS
 HIS RESIGNATION
Was Paymaster of Southern
 Division of L. & N.
HIS SUCCESSOR NAMED
Mard Gras Travel Will Be Heavy. Florida Business Is Disappointing. Cafe Cars on the Kansas City
 Road-Links and Pins.

W. W. Coghll has resigned as paymas- ter of the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road ( mpany and is succeeded by J. M. Dawso@ of Montgomery, who formerly held that position.
 Mir. Coghill has been paymaster of the southern end of the Louisville and Nash vile for fourteen years during which time he has resided In Birmingham with his family Recently his health has been unsatisfactory, necessitatlng a trip abroad last year, and at other times in- terfering with him In the discharge of his duties. He also has considerable priv ate interests in Birmingham that require much of his time. Under these conditions he deemed 1t advisable to sever his con nectlon with the company which he had served faithfully.
 MT Dawson. who succeeds MT. Coghill, was paymaster of the Louisville and Nashville road for the divisions south of Decatur for a number of years prior to MT. Coghills appointment to that posi- ton. He resigned to go with the Josiah Morris Bank at Montgomery. of which institution he was paying teller until re- centl;.
 Mardi Gras Travel.
 The passenger agents of the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern Railway In this city state that the travel to New Orleans and Mobile next week on account of Mardi Gras will be the heaviest in the history of tho roads. The sleeping car &C., commodations from Birmingham to those cities is much greater than in former they will be taxed to take care of those who desire slch accommodations The Southern Railway will have four addi- tional sleeping cars, two of which will be run to Mobile and two to New Orleans. The Louisville and Nashville has also provided for extra sleeping cars for that occas sion.
 The Florida travel has dropped off con siderably in tho last two or three weeks, IluCll tO t1c SuTpIiSe Ol lilc pdSSciSct men. Extra facilities for handling this businecs were made early in December by all the roads running into Florida, or that have connections with Florida lines and the passenger men in the north and northwest worked harder for that class of business than ever before. Notwith- standing all this the travel to Florida so far has been but little heavier than last winter, and therefore has dislppoint- ed the railroad people. It seems that the lines to tho pacific coast offered unusual inducements for travel to the Occident this winter, and their agents in Chicago, Cincinnati Cleveland, St. Louis and oth- CT populous centers. which furnish the bulk of the winter travel have worked unusually hard to secure this travel.
 Links and Pins.
 The cafe car on the Kansas City. Mem phis and Birmingham Railroad will make it's first trip to Birmingham today, ar- irving here at s:55 o'clock in the after noon. This car will have flrst-class cafe equipment, and will also have an obser- vation compartment at the rear. Two of these cars will be run on the Kansas City road one between Birmingham and Joncsboro, Ark, and the other between Jonesbero and Karsas City. Superintendent H. NJ. Fickinger and Dr. A. L. Ludwick, assistant surgeon of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmng- ham Railroad. arc In the city. They ar- rived from the West in MT Fickinger' pr,yate car yesterday morning and spent the day in the city looking after the roads interests. North Carolina, at the end of 1900, had 3c37 miles of railroad, with 10,699 cm- ployes. During the year three passengers were kired, S5 injured 2S employees kill ed, S05 injured, 3l trespassers killed, A injured In all ST were killed and 992 in jured
 Superintendent J. l.. Welch, accompan- jed by Assistant Superintendent Sam Galloway and Roadmaster J. H. Johnson left yesterday in MT. Welch's private car for an inspection tour of the Decatur end of the Birmingham division. Assistant Geenarl Superintendent c. A returned to his office In Chattanooga af- ter a tour of his road in Alabama and Mississippi.
 
 SIX MEN IN JAIL.