The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-07
RAILROAD ITEMS.
Low Rates to Many Points of In
 terest,

A circular issued recently by the Southeastern Passenger Association with headquarters in Atlanta an nounces the rate for the annual con- vention of the International Typo. graphical Union, which will be held in Birmingham.August 18th to 17th. The rate in this territory will be one and one- third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. A special rate of one and one-third fare is announced also for the follow ing gatherings:
 Annual District Conference, Meth odist Episcopal Church. Anniston, Ala, July 24-29.
 Annual meeting, Grand Lodge of Ocd Fellows. colored. Troy. Ala. August to 8.
 Alabama State School Meeting, Bir- mingham, Ala, August 6-7.
 Grand Lodge Independent Order Of Immaculates. Huntsville, August 6-10.
 Meeting Western Synod, United Pres byterian Church, Knoxville, Tenn, Sep- tember 20-25.
 Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, Chicago. July 9-13.
 Ladies' Aid and Missionary Conven- ton. Geneva, Ala, July 11-15.
 Annual Convention National Amateur Press Association, Nashville, Tenn, July 16-1S.
 The Southeastern Passenger Associa- tion announces a special rate of one fare for the round trip to Cincinnati. on account of the Cincinnati Fall Fes- tival. which will be in full operation September 16 to 2S. The indications are that there will be big crowd. The tickets will be sold September IA and 15 and the limit for return has been placed September 2Sth.
 Because of the annual convention of the National Baptist Association, col- ored. a rate of one fare for the round trip has been named to Cincinnati. Sentember 11-1S. Tickets will be sold on the certificate plan.
 The Passenger Department of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad has just issued two very at- tractive folders, one entitled. "Ameri- ca's Summer Resorts" which gives description of the large number of health and pleasure resorts reached by this road. It contains AS pages and Is beautifully illustrated by half tone en- cravings and contains a large map in coiors. The other. entitled 'The Adj rondack Mountains and How to Reach Them" contains an immense amount of practical information about the Ad- irondAck Mountains It gives com plete list of hotels. boarding houses. camps ,etc., reached by this road and also embraces two maps of this re- zion. Copies Of these folders will he sent to any address upon receipt of a postage tamp by George H. Daniels. General Passenger Agent. Grand Gen. tral station. New York City.
 By far the most important industrial announcement of the day is that made by the Southern Railway Company that 1t has made arrangements for the planting of large colony in Georgia, says The Atlanta Constitution. The railroad has acted in the purchase of 10, 900 acres. upon which a large body of Films will be located. This scheme. carried into effect, will lead to others, and in time should become general not only with the Southern Railway Com pany. but with every other railway company in the South. which should take a part in filling the waste acres of the country. Almost the entire country west of Chicago owes its growth to the energetic work of the railway companies operating therein. These companies went to Europe to the homes of the people, aroused them to an interest Tn the united States, overlooked their emigration to New York and at that point had cars in readiness to transport them at once to their new homes, and 1t is largely to their persistence and sturdy work that we owe today the existence os such States as Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne- braska and others.
 The Savannah News Of last Friday says:
 "The Plant System would not accede to the demands made by the machinists in it's employ. The committee of the machinists and officials of the railroad had conference, but the result was a downright refusal of the company to at this time grant the request that was made for more pay. Ten hours pay for nine hours work was the demand made by the committee that waited on the officials. This was the chief of the re- quests the mechinists had to make. This was regarded as the equivalent of a demand for a vertical increase in pay. and this the officials did not think that they would be justified in giving at this time"