The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-03
RAILROAD BUSINESS
COTTON SEASON OPENED UP
 SUNDAY.
First Meeting of the Local Gotten Association Held Yesterday Morn ing-Assistant Passenger Agent ' Appointed on Mobile & Ohio.

With the local railroads as with, every tping else in Montgomery and this sec ton of the country, the business year may be said to run from September to September I- t-s.s
 On the first day of September the cot ton season opens up in earnest and bus mess in every branch receives q great impetus. The regular cotton season with the railroads began Sunday morning and yesterday every detail for the handling
 first n meenS of tSs mittee was held yesterday morning these meetings to be held daily at 12 clock noon from now until the close or the season. This Committee is an as sociation composed of representatives of all the initial lines in Montgomery and a uniform system of rates and other de coming into and going out of {Montgom- cry is adhered to. Periodical meetings have been held by this Committee for rn the past few months. but yesterday the mittee is composed of the following: General Agent Taylor of the Western. General Agent Jackson of the Mobile Adams of the Seaboard. Commercial Agent Fred White of the Central of Georgia, Commercial Agent Fred Kirk ing Freight Agent Davis or Local Agent Jenkins of the Louisville and Nashville About the only thing that is changed from last years rules is the cent
 
 the Committee. explaining this said yes terday: 'lWhen a lot of cotton from one of the stations. on the line of one gomery and after being Compressed here shipped out to one of the ports or some other point. the railroad handling 1t makes no charge for bringing it from 1t is shipped out. however, an additional charge of 3 cents Is put on the regular rate from Montgomery to wherever the tA AAt CT the cost of bringing the cotton from the local station to Montgomery"
 Major James Geddes. Superintendent of the Nashville and Decatur Division of the l.. and N. Road, has been continu- ously with the road for fifty years. He has seen the system grow from line of close of the war. with a few small en- zines. cars and coaches. to the follow. ing mileage and equipment:
 .Lensth q lines owned absolutely or ital stock. 279s.2s miles: lines over which the company runs its trains. the earn ings of which accrue to the company iss34 miles; lines operated for account of the Sheffleld Northern Alabama Railroad 1887 miles; total mileage under sase for sseont of ys rious companies, s5.03 miles: lines in which the company owns a majority of the capital stock of the companies that operate the roads. 945.1s miles: lines in which the company Is interested 624 miles; lines in which the company owns one-half the stock, 6S.s7 miles; lines owned but not operated by the company, S2O90 miles; lines owned by the company. earnings accruing to the Sheffield & Northern Alabama Railroad. 362 miles; total mileage, 5.1SS.e0 miles.
 considerable increase will show next year from lines now being built
 The last annual report shows tho fol- lowing equipment: Locomotives, 557: passenger coaches, etc.. AT; freight ears, B, 402; road department cars. 525.
 Expended past few years equipping with air brakes and automatic coupiers, S211, f6646.