The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-29
RAILROAD WORLD.


 recently in Memphis, Is authority for z statement that the Frisco system is aftel a through line from Kansas City to New Orleans. with connections from Chicag, and St Louis. If such a plan Is a real ity its. consummation will mean more tt the Frisco than may appear on the sur. face. It may mean great changes in the traffic conditions between the territory surrounding Kansas City, St Louis Memphis and New Orleans. It will open up another route to the gulf.
 The belief that the Frisco is working toward New Orleans is founded on the recent development backed, according tc public opinion. by the Frisco. The St Louis, Memphis and Southeastern is the line through which the operations are being made. This road has been conceded by railroad authorities to be a Frisco property.
 Important railway conventions for Sep tember and October have been announced as follows:
 September 7-Roadmasters' and Main tenance of Way association, at Milwau- kee.
 September s-Traveling Engineers as- soeiation, Chicago. III.
 September 14-Master Car and Locomo- tive Painters Association, Boston, Mass. September 16-Eastern Maintenance of Way association. Boston, Mass. September 21-Aeademy of Railway Sur geons, Kansas City
 October s-American Street Railway as- sociation. Detroit. Mich.
 October 14-American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents Portland, Me.
 October 21-Association of Railway Su- perintendents of Bridges and Buildings, at Minneapolis, Minn. The advance in pig iron and cast iron pipe rates to Ohio and Mississippi river crossings proper and beyond, made by the southern iron committee at Its meet ing held this week in Chattanooga was 50 cents per ton instead of cents, as was sent out from that place, and is er- fective September 15, instead of September l. Notice to this effect has been sent to all the railroads interested and to repre- sentatives at points where the product originates.
 The freight rates are advanced 50 cents per ton on pig iron and cast iron pipe to the Ohio and Mississippi river crossings and far beyond, except to Missouri river
 
 tenn, and points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, the Pacific coast, Texas and Indian and Oklahoma territories. A corresponding advance in rates is also made on all manufactured iron articles from this district.
 The cause of this advance is the strong position now held by the pig iron market It Is usual for such increases when prices rise as they have done recently. The Constitution of yesterday has the following special from Savannah:
 The lure that drew Traffic Manager w. H. Peasants of the seaboard Air Line to the Ocean Steamship company as vice president and general manager was $1o,- coo year and the prospect of an ad- vance in few months to the presidency of the company
 Mir. Peasants will assume the duties of the vice president and general manager on September 15, it being found that he cannot leave the Seaboard sooner.
 Capt. P. E. LeFevere, at present gen. eral manager of the company, may leave the service, either retiring or entering | the employ of some other steamship com pany. Overtures have been made him by other lines.
 Traffic Manager E. H. Hinton of the Tennessee Central, formerly traffic man ager of the Central of Georgia, has been mentioned as a possible successor to MT. Peasants.
 A large number of freight officials are now in Atlanta attending a conference at which cotton rates and a number of problems concerning the handling of that product are being informally discussed.
 The gathering is not a regular meet ins and though it Is being held in the rooms of the Southeastern Freight asso- citation. none of its actions will bind that organization.
 Among the officials who are attending I
 | the conference are First Vice-President l and General Manager W. A. Winburn and | General Freight Agents w. E. Estes of | the Central of Georgia; General Freight | agents R. A Brand and James Menzies of the Atlantic Coast line; General Freight Agent c. R. Capps of the Sea board Air Line; General Freight Agent E. A. Nell of the Southern; Traffic Man | ager R, E. Lutz of the West Point route Traffic Manager H. F. Smith of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis General Freight Agent A. G. Jackson oi the Georgia railroad; General Freigh Agent J. M Cutler, General Freigh Agent E. K. Bryan. Jr., of the Georgia Florida and Alabama; General Freigh and Passenger Agent Ernest Williams O the Charleston and Western Carolina, anC I. s. Crews of the Albany and Northern
 The Hartford, Conn.,, Post says:
 It was not until 1S47 that tallow can dles were given up as means of light ing cars at night. oil was introduced a that time and with 1t came the frs tyne of lantern. The first lantern useC on the road between New Haven anc Hartford is still preserved in the collec ton of relics guarded by Station Master | Collins. It weighs six and one-hali