The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
PAY CAR ABOLISHED
Ip1ANT sYsTEM WILL ADOPT
 CHECKS FOR PAYMENT.
Changes in Schedule of Louisville & Nashville Did Not Take Effect Yesterday as Was Expected.
 Other Railroad Items.

Jf1xLzl& 0EEG Q6y OI 0NuudEy thS <At6D0r sfha Midland. division of the Plant System will discontinue the operation of the pay car, inaugurating the check system.
 The Plant System has used the pay car on this division from the day that Major Woolfolk turned the Alabama Midland over and that road was merged into the Plant System. Many years ago the late pr. Lsgrand operated a little narrow gauge road from place near where the present shops of the Plant are in West End to the little station of Ada, twenty miles south. James Andrews was, con- ductor of the little train that left Mont gomery every afternoon for Ada, return in the next morning.
 That was some years before the Ala bama Midland project was thought of. how the narrow gauge railroad was ex- tended and finally became broad gauge, being now the Luverne division of the Plant System, is local railroad history. frr1nd abeing conductor of the narrow gauge Mr. Andrews .bSratne cashier and pay master of this division for the Plant, position that he has held ever since. For six years Cliff Judkins was chief clerk in the cashiers office, going with the Western road on the 1st of last May. Richard Butt. Jr.. succeeded him in MT. Andrews's office, where he Is at present.
 The check system seems to be growing in popularity all over the country. all of the local roads except the Louisville and Nashville and Plant System using it. The Western, Central and Seaboard Air Line uses the check system. Checks made out to the thousands of employees are mailed from the headquarters of the dif- ferent roads to the agents in towns at both ends of the several divisions.
 Agent Hunter of the Western and Gen. tral handles the checks of these two roads in Montgomery while Agent Bur gess of the Seaboard does that work for his line. .
 These checks are turned over to their owners,yvhe have, them eashed at the lo- - -cal1 barking housess the same thing be- ing done in Selma, opeiika and other points on the Western, and in Eufaula and Macon on the Central. and Americus and other points on the Seaboard.
 While the Mobile and Ohio still uses the pay car still they do not carry any cash in the car, simply bringing the cheeks and turning them over to Agent R. H. Jones instead of mailing them This | leaves the Louisville and Nashville as the l only road bringing a7car filled with gold and. silver and paper money into Mont | gomery once month
 | Today was the day for the changes in | the, passenger trains of the Louisvill l and Nashville to take effect. As was stated In The Advertiser the other day I these trains were the through passen gers. Ne.'s and e-they were to leave New Orleans earlier and arrive here labOitt4 ten minutes earlier. The changes were to be made to con- form to change in the Pennsylvania road from Washington to New York, and of. course the Western out of Montgom- cry and. Southern out of Atlanta would have had to change. The local Louis vile and Nashville schedules had already been completed in the Master of Trains office of the. Montgomery and Mobile di- vision and were in the hands of the printers. At the last minute telegram was received countermanding the order and the changes will be held up for the present.
 The Plant System will make a change today, but 1t will not affect the arriving or leaving time of any of the local Ala hama Midland trains. The running time between here and Port Tampa will be frightened nearly two hours. The time be- formerly twenty-five hours and thirty | five minutes. while under the new ar 1 rangement it will be twenty-three hours and forty minutes, a saving of one hour and fifty-five minutes. ! 1 Beginning this morning the people oi 1 Elba win have double daily passenger service Heretofore the Plant people
 
 a day between Newton and Elba. but be 1 ginning this morning a regular paBsen. l ger train ln addition to the mixed trair | will be added to that run.
 The local passenger office of the Plant has been advised that the name of tht New York and Florida Limited operated
 between the East and St. Augustine Fla.
 will be called ''The Southerns Paln
 Limited" This train, operated by tn, Southern and Plant, and the St. Angus
 tine Limited of the Atlantic Coast Line will both be resumed in January.
 The Southeastern Car Service Associa
 tion held it's semi-annual meeting in tn,
 Association's rooms in Atlanta a few days ago. A number of prominent train
 officials were in attendance and the meet
 ing was a very successful one No in
 crease was made in demurrage rates
 this matter not being mentioned durin,
 the meeting Of course the car famin,
 came in for some attention. and a reso
 lutioh was passed by which the mem
 bers agreed to call upon their operatinl
 officials to use ali possible speed in hand
 ling cars 1t is the opinion of nearly al \ Jhc members of the Association that tn Q S'ar situation could be greatly improve 4f shippers would be more prompt il f6aaing and unloading.
 kssAspiser is known by the money he keeps.