The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-08
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
 DOUBLE LINE TO NEW ORLEANS
Mineral Branch from Birmingham to BlOctOn to Be 7" Extended to Selma Other News and
 Gossip of the Railroads.

done near Selma on this road Is the cut ting down of a very heavy grade at Salt marsh Hill, near the Cahaba River; Dunn. Leland X Co. of Birmingham having that contract. Everything else Is aA right for the running of trains through from Selma to the beautiful little capital of Marengo County-Linden.
 The announcement of the approaching marriage of Assistant General Passenger Agent Brooks Morgan of the Southern, Is pleasant topic of conversation among railway men just now. Mir. Morgan Is one of the most popular railway men who ever lived and he has a host of friends.
 The following Chicago telegram to The Washington Post would indicate that the Governor of Illinois is a thrifty man:
 Does an express frank cover the trans portation of a COW? is question which Is causing comment and smiles in politi- cal circles. Governor Yates opinion that it did. but the express company took the other view, and its opinion held.
 When Richard Yates was elected Gov ernor of Illinois he was presented with a pass from the Pacific Express Company, which entitled him to a complimentary service over it's lines. The general under standing of the use of these franks is they are like telegraph franks, and are to be used only for personal matters. The Governor. however. seemed to take diff ferent view of 1t.
 When MT. Yates moved his household belonging from Jacksonville to Spring field he sent most of them to the express office to be dead-headed to the State capi- \ tai. Cook stoves and parlor sets were a little out of the ordinary kind of stuff handled by express companies, but it was the Governor of the State who was using the frank, and the work was done.
 Afterward an elderly, respectable. and amiable COW was presented at the office of the express company in Jacksonville to be franked to Springfield under the Gov ernors pass. Here the company baked It said it was not in the live stock trans portation business.
 Whether the COW ever got to Springfield or how is not recorded. but if 1t did tne express company did not carry 1t.
 A little after o'clock yesterday morn ing Henry Leroy died after a lingering illness of several months at his home in West Montgomery. For a number of years past he has been general yard master of the Plant System in West Montgomery and was one of the most reliable and respected employees of that road. Before entering the service of the Plant in Montgomery he was for some years a conductor on the South and North Division of the Louisville and Nashville. His wife was formerly a Miss Allen of Jemison in Chiffon County, and besides his widow he leaves three chil- dren, all girls. MT. Leroy was well known in the railroad world and deep sympathy is extended the bereaved family.
 When a railroad spends $S31, ,293 in one lump for equipment and rolling stock, 1t shows that either they are in decidedly healthy financial condition or that some body is behind them. In another column of The Advertiser is shown where the Seaboard Air Line has put the above bunch of money with Vermilye & Go. of New York. There is evidently some thing doing in John Skelton Williamss railroad. and it looks like the lines are being frightened.