The age-herald., 1901-02-14
HANDLED FORTY
 THOUSAND CARS
Report of the Car Service Asso-
 citation for January
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
General Agent ]. s. B. Thompson of Southern at New Orleans In Inter. est of Coal Trade-Llnks
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The report of the Alabama Car Service Association for the month of January shows an increase of 1oio in the number of cars handled. as compared with the month of January, 1900 The report shows that in January, 1901, the railroads lu the territory of the association handled ao,6io cars, as against aa,6a cars handled in January, 1900, The following roads are members of the association;
 Alabama Great Southern, New orleans and Northeastern, Alabama and Vicks- burg, Louisville and Nashville, Southern, Northern Alabama, Central of Georgia, Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham, Western Railway of Alabama, Alahama Midland Seaboard Ar Line, Mobile and Ohio. Illinois Central, Yaaoo and Mlsss- sippi Valley. Birmingham and Atlantic, Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis, Chattanooga Southern
 Alabama Coal at New Orleans.
 General Agent J. & B. Thompson of the Southern Railway Is In New Orleans looking after coal to be shipped over his line from the Birmingham district. In referring to MT. Thompsons trip to New Orleans, the Plcayune says;
 General Agent J, s, A. Thompsn of the Southern Railway arrived In New orleans yesterday morning, and spent the day with several of the big local eoalmen. Indeed, his visit was dictated by the coal business done by the Southern.
 General agent J. s. B. Thompson of she be loquacious regarding the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Mobile and Ohio by the Southern, He was not pres ent at the conference held the other day in Jackson when the opposition to tho consolidation manifested Itself, He said, however, that the complications In that State had been much exaggerated, and that he understood the results of tho con- ference had been most satisfactory, The Southern had been able to show pretty clearly that the Southern and the Mo- bile and Ohio were not competitors un- der the constitution of Mississippi, and that there was nothing for the state to complain of
 { "on the contrary" said Mir. Thomp- son, "the consolidation means tthe i'm. provement of the Mobile and Ohio prop erty the spending of great deal of money and the general betterment of conditions along the llne.'
 MT. Thompson could see no reason why the people of Mobile should feel apprehenslve about the deal. As u mat ter of fact, the Mobile terminals would be enlarged and improved under the new arrangement
 As for the plans of the Southern re- garding New Orleans, Mir Thompson said there was nothing to give out. When he was asked the fiat-footed question as to whether or not the Southern would buy the New Orleans and Northeastern, and what the intentions of the road were in connection with Port Chalmette, he smiled sweetly and vouchsafed no further reply.
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 The Memphis routes first dining car left Birmingham yesterday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock For an hour previous to It's departure the car was under the shed nt the Union passenger station and nt- tracted the attention of the people who gathered about that place, A number of railroad men and other persons who were permitted to pass through the gates in- spected the car. It is one of the hand somest cars ever brought South and Is elegantly fitted up for the purpose for which 1t is intended. District Passenger Agent Charles Jones and Passenger Agent c. M, Blrhelmer took pleasure in showing the visitors through the car and never tired answering questions
 The Alabama Great Southern and the Louisville and Nashville passenger trains