The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-06
RAILROAD WORLD.


 c. A. Darlton, superintendent of teie- graph on the Southern. with headquar- ters in Washington, was in the city yes- terday.
 w. A. Winburn, vice president and traf- fic manager of the Central of Georgia, with headquarters in Macon, was here yesterday.
 N. B. Beard, travelling passenger agent of the Cotton Belt, with headquarters in Atlanta, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 James G. Cantrell, general western agent of the Seaboard Air Line, with headquarters in St. Louis. spent yester- day In the city on his way home from Atlanta, where he has been attending a rate conference. He stopped here visiting his old friend R. c. Hicks, commercial agent of the Seaboard. MT. Cantrell and Mr. Hicks were formerly associated in the railroad business in the west.
 The Democrat has the following to say of the Frisco's entrance to New Orleans:
 The city council tonight adopted by a vote of IA to the ordinance of the New Orleans and San Francisco Railroad com pany granting to that corporation all the concessions, rights and privileges asked by 1t for the purpose of entering New Or leans. The ordinance gives the Frisco a depot site in the heart of the city on city property. The right to close a number of streets and to build and manage five and one-half miles of double track on the river front, which is to be turned over 70 the city for use as public belt when the city builds the rest of the road to com plete the belt.
 "In any event, the management of the track will revert to the city in 1907 The ordinance was passed In the face of the protests of the commercial exchanges of the city, which contended for municipal management of the portion of the belt the Frisco offers to build from the mo- ment of their completion. After the ordi- nance had been passed the Shreveport and Red River Valley introduced It's or dnance, offering to build the tracks the Frisco Is to construct and turn them at once over to the city It is probable that Mayor Capdevielle will veto the Frisco ordinance tomorrow, but it seems to have enough votes in the council to pass the ordinance over the veto. The passage of the ordinance tonight attracted a world of attention.
 The opinion prevails that the Santa Fe is seeking to gain entrance to New Or leans. The Globe-Democrat says: For several days last week party of capi- talists and Santa Fee railroad officials visited New Orleans and were busy in real estate matters, just as the St. Louis and San Francisco people had been be- fore them. In the party were Vice Presi- dent Paul Morton os the Santa Fe, l.. A. Potter T. F. Shonts and Joy Morton of Chicago It is stated that a definite proposition was made to extend the Santa Fe to New Orleans. Vice President Mor- ton held conferences with a number of real estate men after making a tour of inspection of the river front and harbor facilities. The whole matter is believed to hinge on whether or not the Santa Fe can get the facilities 1t wishes.
 Reports are current that the Big Four is to enter Pittsburg. The scheme is man. aged by the Vanderbilts and involves two of the roads they now own. It is planr~<$ to build a cross-country line from Gallon. Ohio, to Youngstown. This would connect two of their important roads. The cutoff would strike the Big Four at Gallion and meet the Lake Erie at Youngstown.