The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-21
RAILROAD WORLD.

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 The Alabama Car Service associations s, report for the month of July follows: Alabama Great Southern ............ s,al2 Alabama and Vicksburg .... =. .... I52 Atlantic Coast Line ................... 90l Birmingham and Atlantic ..... ...... 95 Birmingham Belt .... .... ............ 5S1 Central of Georgia e. ..... ............ 1,O46 Chattanooga Southern .... -. ...... 109 East and West .... ..,............... oS Frisco system %. .....'...... ......'.' l4h illinois Central ........ hO9 Louisville and Nashville .... ......20997 Mobile and Ohio .......... ............ 4,652 Mobile and Bay Shore ................ 137 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. L.... 757 New Orleans and Northeastern. 409 Northern Alabama ....... ............. l,obl Seaboard Ar Line ..................... 59 Southern Railway ......... ...........l2,946 Western Railway of Alabama ....... SA Yazoo and Mississippi Valley ........ 561 Total ...... ........ ...... ............ POP The report of the association for the month of July. 1902, showed 42.549 cars handled
 
 completed it's plans for making a connec- ton with the Southern railway at Harri- man, and will begin the work as soon as the contractors are ready.
 The eastern terminus of the Tennessee Central is now at Emory Gap. on the Cincinnati Southern railroad. To reach the Southern railway, cars have to be run over the Cincinnati Southern to liar riman Junction. The Southern railway joins the Cincinnati Southern at the june tion, but 1t is about two miles from there to Hartman.
 A Clarkville. Tenn, special to the Gin cinati Enquirer says:
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad will begin work at once on rebuilding some of the spans to it's railroad bridge over the Cumberland river at this point, so as to accommodate the heavier en- zines that will be placed on the Mem phis division of the road. This work win interfere with navigation on the Cumber- land river and the United States govern ment has granted permission to stop nav igaton for the period of six weeks for this purpose. The stage of water being very low at present, the running of boats will not be materially interfered with by this work.
 The Clyde Charleston fast freight line has decided to establish offices in Bir- mingham, and to this end Benjamin Evans, the soliciting agent of the com pany with headquarters in Meridian, Miss, has been here for a day or two making arrangements.
 It is said that MT. Lewis will be the agent in this city and that he expects to open his office about the first of Septem- Der. He will at first occupy temporary quarters, but on October 1 will move into the new First National bank building.
 The general freight agent of the South ern lines of the Illinois Central railroad has sent out the following order:
 Louisville August 15, 1903.
 Effective this date MT. l.. w. Collier is appointed commercial agent at Birming- ham, Ala, with office in Woodward build ing. He will look after business in the Birmingham district, including Talladega, Tuscaloosa and Cordova; at Chattanooga, Tenn; on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, Chattanooga to Birmingham, in- cluding Attalla, Gadsden and Alabama City, at Anniston, Ala, and on the South ern railway. Anniston to Birmingham.
 C. c. CAMERON, Approved: General Freight Agent.
 T. J. HUDSON. Traffic Manager.
 Mir Collier has opened his offices on the seventh floor of the Woodward building and has already begun an active cam paign to gather in the share of business to which he believes his company is en- titled from this district. He says that he is now a full hedged Birmingham man, and as proof of his assertion called attention to the fact that he rooted for the Birmingham team against Atlanta in yesterdays ball game
 It cannot yet be stated when the Illinois Central will begin It's passenger service here. as all the arrangements have not yet been completed.
 Referring to the fact that the Clyde Line had decided to open offices here a prominent transportation man said last evening: "It has been known for some time that the Clyde people were contem- plating having headquarters here. and in very short time the Ocean Steamship line. which discontinued It's Birnngham office some time since. will eopen 1t again. I should not be surprised to see their agent here in thirty days
 A prominent railroad man in speaking of the Rock Island-Frsco's method of do- ing business remarked: "I was in Chicago a few days ago and gentleman who was trying to give me some idea of the rapidi- ty with which these people do business said: "A few days ago they employed sign painter to trace q new Rock-Island- Frisco sign. but while the artist was out getting his lunch MT Yoakman acquired another road and so when the painter returned he had to add the words seaboard Air Line"
 r. O. Becker. general agent of the Frisco system in Birmingham, has gone north for few days on business.