The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-02
RAILROAD WORLD.


 Capt. Jack w. Johnson. union ticket agent, reports that the receipts for the sale of railroad tickets at the Birming- ham Union Passenger Station in Decem- Der amounted to s1O2359 as against sss,- 704 in December 1901. Last month was the best of the year. The best previous month was July when the receipts were $10o1S9.
 The receipts for the year just ended amounted to s992.sO5 as against sS2s, ,2ss in 1901, difference in favor of 1902 of $169- 506.
 Mayor Henderson and the committees of the board of aldermen and the com mercial organizations of Anniston that went to Portsmouth. Va, few days ago to confer with Vice-President and General Manager J. M. Barr of the Seaboard and urge that his line build in to Anniston are understood to be very hopeful that their mission will prove successful. MT. Barr did not commit himself, but he will keep the matter under advisement and give a decision later. Anniston is only twelve miles from Jacksonville which is on a four mile branch of the Seaboards East and West road The people of An niston want not merely Seaboard con- nections but they urge the Seaboard to run its through line from Atlanta to Bir- mingham via. Annston. This they say could be done if the East and West would detour from Jacksonville to Anniston and then strike the line again at the Coosa river.
 The traveling-car man is the latest posi- tion created by the railroads, as a result of the per dieum system, the encumbents being charged with the duty of hastenng the hcyne movement of foreign cars found on sidings and out-of-the-wa puaces.
 The New Orleans correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in @ long dis patch concerning the Frisco systems plan for entering the Crescent City, says:
 Within thirty days the Frisco will be in Winfield, La., which is only matter of couple of hundred miles from New Orleans. The laws of Louisiana exempt every mile of railroad built before 1904 from taxation for ten years so that there is every incentive for hurrying the work through
 The entrance of the Frisco into New Or leans will mean the handling of half a million bales of cotton through New Or leans, which business Is now being divid- ed, and will bring millions of bushels of grain this way, which now seeks other outlets. 1t will build up the exports of live stock and packing house products through New Orleans and will greatly in- crease the exports of lumber Already the Frisco has expended in the neighborhood of million dollars in securing terminal facilities here, and when it's rails reach the city it will be in an enviable position in this regard. In the matter of export terminals, nothing has been officially given out but 1t is safe to assume that the Frisco will make some arrangements with the New Orleans Belt and Terminal company, by which the exports may be handled through Port Chalmette. Whether the Frisco will enter New Orleans on the east or west bank of the river has not | yet been determined. President Yoakum | night said that there were several survey | ing parties in the field It may be that | the line will be extended from Winnfic'd | to Natchez and cross the river there. It | may be that it will parallel the Texas and | Pacific from Alexandria and cross at Ba- | ton Rouge, or the crossing may be ef- fected Just above the city. This ques- tion will be determined very shortly. The extension of the Frisco into New | Orleans signifies great deal both for | the territory traversed by that line and | for New Orleans, as thf Frisco will then | have its own rails between Chicago and | New Orleans, between St. Louis and | New Orleans, between Kansas City and | New Orleans, between Memphis and New | Orleans, between Birmingham and New | Orleans. between all the commercial cen- ters of Kansas. Oklahoma and Indian | Territory and New Orleans and Dallas | and Forth Worth. Tex, an aggregate of | more than coco miles comprised in the | Frisco system, all made tr,buntary to this point.
 "The Frisco railway system will have | trunk line from Minneapolis and St. | Paul into New Orleans before the cose of another year. although we are not yet quite ready to say just how we pro- pose to get into New Orleans. a mere | matter of detail" said one of the of- | ficers of the Frisco in this city today.
 General Superintendent M. W. Mcguire | of the Queen and Crescent has appointed | w. H. Starr superintendent of the 1 Chattanooga division. Vice c. W. Berry 1 assigned the position of trainmaster,