The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-27
SPARKS FROM THE RAIL
CHANGE IN SCHEDULE ON THE
 WESTERN ANNOUNCED
The Test of the New Fire Door on the Passenger Engines Of the
 Western Was Altogether
 Satisfactory Yesterday.

The most grauneo mdn III 'AO yesterday was Master Mechanic frahh walsh of the Western shops.
 ..It was an unqualified success In every particular" said he, speaking Of the new Bates fire door that he tested yesterday AS stated in The Advertiser yesterday he left here on train 2S at 6:D a. m:' going out in the cab of the engine with Engineer Hammell. Under his eye anu personal direction the fireman of the ny ing engine used the door and the greatest satisfaction was had from II.
 MT. Walsh says that there Is a won derful decrease in the volume of black smoke, a steadier and more evenly balanced fire is kept up. the laoor or feeding the capacious maw or the huge iron horse made much easier. In fact it comes up to every requirement-every claim made being sustained-and MT. Walsh says that he has ordered sup ply of the doors and will equip everyone of the big passenger engines with them. He went as far as Cusseta, seventy-seven miles from Montgomery, where he left the train and returned to Montgomery on train s5, arriving here at Il o'clock. He came back in the cab of that engine, watching and instructing the fireman ana also running the machine at times. for he Is a practical engineer.
 Superintendent Edwards of the Western yesterday morning received the omcial figures of the changes that VII take ef' feet on the Western next Sunday.
 Train 8, the local passenger train from Atlanta. which now arrives at 6;SO D. m., will get in at 6:25 p. m, live minutes earlier.
 Train ss. the fast through train which leaves at GAO D. m., carrying the Trans continental connection of the Louisville and Nashville to Atlanta where the Southern takes it to Washington deliver sng 1t in tnrn to the Pennsylvahia road which takes 1t to New York, VIII leave at 6:so D. m., instead of GAO, ten minutes earlier.
 The local Plant people have not re- ceiyed any notice of a change and it IS not known whether there will De a change or not.
 Montgomery friends of Commercial Agent $. H. Dare of the Plant System | in Cincinnati, were delighted to learn oi | a merited promotion that he received yes. | terday. He has been made General | Western Freight Agent of the Plant witf | several clerks and a contracting freight l agent under him in his office at Cincin' nnti.
 | T, F. Shea will be appointed Contract ing Freight Agent of the Plant in St | Louis, the office of Commercial Agent | there having been abolished. MT. Acos | ter who succeeds MT. Kirkland us Com mercial Agent in Montgomery was for meriy Commercial Agent at St. Louis MT. Dare was formerly Commercial 1 Agent of the Plant in Montgomery, be ing succeeded by Mir. Kirtland, wht now goes to Savannah. MT. Dare wal | one of the popular railroad men 1T Montgomery and his friends here hearti | Iy congratulate him. The circular VII be issued and the appointment will talk | effect on December 1st.
 The Southern Passenger Association ha | granted reduced rates on account of tn following events:
 Grand Lodge Ancient. Free and Ac cepted Masons of Alabama, to be held il Montgomery December 2-5. | Alabama Women's Christian Temper | ance Union, to be held at Fort Payne | December 3-5.
 ~ Alabama Conference, Methodist Epis copal Church, Brompton, Alabama. De cenlber 3-y.
 Alabama Conference A. M. E. Ziol Church, to be held at Talladega. Decem Der lily.
 Alabama stockman's Association, Tal ladega, January 22-23.
 Statements of gross earnings issued b. the Southern Railway, the Central O Georgia and the Alabama Great South ern all show encouraging increases. Tn | figures shown are as follows:
 Southern Railway. gross earnings Jul to November T. 1900, SIP, S65; same pc riod of 1901, s13, ,2S1 ,s55; increase. STO5. 49O Gross earnings first week of November 1900, $6S7, ,657; same week of 1901, $73S, 422 increase, $50, 7G5 Mileage, 19OO 6,737.6a 1901. 6,740.N.
 Central of Georgia-Gross earnings Jul to November [, 1900. $2,5 02S.25; sam period of 1901, $2.727 6l6.75; increase, N6S 5sS. 50. Gross earnings first week of NC vember. 1900, $162 250; same week of 19O
 $174,a10; increase. $l2,060 Mileage. 19C 1G69. .53; 1901, l.S4f.67.
 Alabama Great Southern--Gross carr
 ings July 1 to November ', 1900, $7S6, 46'
 same period of 1901. $S63. .435; increas'
 s126,9 ,964 Gross earnings first week (
 November. 1900 s44.052; same week of 19
 $51. .675; increase, S,62S Mileage. bot
 years, 3094 fl.