The age-herald., 1901-04-17
JONES TENDERS
 HIS RESIGNATION Has Been Passenger Agent for Memphis Route Several Years CREWS MOVED TO DECATUR Quarterly Meeting of the Alabama Car Service Association Meels Here.
 New General Manager for Mo-
 bile and Ohio Appointed.
CREWS MOVED TO DECATUR

Charley Jones. for long time Passen- ger Agent. of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad at this place, has rendered his resignation and will go to New York where he has formed other business connections. Uncle Charley as he is familiarly known by his hundreds of friends in Birmingham. Is good pas senger man and carries with him to his new field the best wishes of every one.
 It is not known yet who will succeed him as passenger agent of the Kai<sas City, Memphis and Birmingham road in this city. c. M. Billheimer, who has been, with the Kansas City lines for the past year or two as passenger agent, will look after the business of that system un- til a successor is named for MT. Jones. He is live and energetic man and the interests of his company entrusted to him will not suffer
 Car Service Association.
 The quarterly meeting of the Alabama Car Service Association was held in this city at the Morris Hotel yesterday. Only routine matters were considered. Twenty of the twenty-four roads embraced in the association membership were repre- sented
 The dispatchers office of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and of the Birmingham Mineral road will be moved into the new building which is nearing completion today The new office is much more commodious than the one to be vacated today and will afford more room for the men employed therein As sistant Superintendent Sam Galloway will have an office in the new building be gotten ready for him, which will be in few days.
 Moving to Decatur.
 It is stated that eighteen men running on the through freight trains between Montgomery and Decatur have been re- moved from Birmingham to Decatur. It IS understood that eighteen more will be removed in a few days These removals include engineers, conductors, firemen and brakemen. all of whom receive good wages By this change thirty-six men who have resided in Birmingham will have to remove to Decatur, where they Will hereafter have long layovers This means quite loss to Birmingham mer- chants with whom the men have in the past traded. The crews under the new order of things will run through Birming- ham. stopping over here only long enough to take water and to make necessary transfers of cars.
 New General Manager.
 c. H. Ackert is to be general manager of the Mobile and Ohio after May | Re- garding this appointment the Chicago Record-Herald says:
 z "G H. Ackert has been selected for the position of general manager of the Mobile and@ 0hio. and will assume the duties of his new position May I. At present Mir Ackert is president and gen erai manager of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern and the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroads with general offices in Chicago. Official announcement of MT. Ackerf's appointment has not been made. but yesterday he admitted that he was to go to the Mobile and Ohio, which was recently purchased by the Southern, and which has for some time been without a general manager MT. Ackert has been in the railway service since 1872, beginning his career as telegraph operator. No vember l. 1888, he went with the Iowa Central as general manager In April. 1895, he was made general manager for the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. and has occupied his present position since April 1, 1S99."
 The Brunswick and Birmingham.
 The promoters of the Brunswick and