The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-22
RAILROAD WORLD.

C. A Benscoter of Chattanooga, assis- tant general passenger agent of the Southern railway Is in Birmingham. A. H. Plant. auditor of the Southern railway, arrived in the city from Wash ington yesterday.
 E. B. Shelby travelling passenger agent for the Queen and Crescent, with headquarters in Meridian Miss. is in the city.
 W. G. Davis. commercial agent of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, with offices in Atlanta. was in Birming- ham yesterday.
 President M. II. Smith of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad was in the city yesterday. MT. Smith makes many visits to this district every year for the purpose of keeping directly in touch with local interests.
 Capt. I. M. Falkner was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Through service is to be inaugurated October IS between Chicago St. Lotus and the City of Mexico via Laredo ana between Chicago, St. Louis and Los An eeles via Little Rock, Fort Worth ana El Paso. reducing the time to the Paeihc coast twelve hours. Time will also De shortened to Texas points. Trains that now leave St. Louis at 2:2l D. m. and Memnhis at & D. m will reach Dallas 12 30 moon and Fort Worth ;30 p. m the following day. The California tram VIII leave St Louis at a. m. and Memphis $50 a. m This gives the Iron Mountain as quick service from Atlanta Chat'a- nooga. Birmingham, Knoxville SaVaii''ah and other points in the southeast to .aH- fornia as any other line. The latest pat torn coaches and chair cars VIII DC ih- clnded in the makeup of these tralhs' which. in addition to the regulation 'our- ;at and standard sleeping cars, Will make the service frst-class in every way
 The Globe Democrat says:
 The American Association or lfafehns Passenger Agents will hold its annual convention In New Orleans NoVeinoe, to ts The association has prepared
 
 comics of it nave been received pS passeh- OCT agents here. A special train Will run from Chicago via the Chicago ana Eastern Illinois railroad in connection With tue Louisville and Nashville road, Vla Mash. vile and Birmingham. This special VIII make side trips from Montgomery' Nia.' to Pensacola, Fla, enroute to New UT leans. In addition to the special tram starting from Chicago. there VIII De oper- ated special sleepers from New forR clty' Ruffalo Cincinnati and Kansas City these ears to be attached to the previous ly mentioned train at Nashville, Birming- ham and Montgomery. There will also be special sleeping cars from San Fran cisco to be likewise attached to the spe- cial train at Birmingham At the close of this convention the delegates will visit Hot Springs, Ark, two days, reaching there via the Illinois Central via Memphis and thence the Choetaw. Oklahoma and Gulf.
 The annual meeting of the Evansville and Terre Haute and Evansville and Indanapolis was held here today, and di- rectors were elected as follows: B. r. Yoakum president of the Frisco: D. G. Reid, w. R. Leeds w. II. Moore, all of the Rock Island, New York. and J. H. Moore of Chicago. The following were reelected: George II. Ball Henry s. El- bert F. w. Winter, George II. Brewster, H. H. Porter, Jr.. J. D. Donald, r. s. Flower, all of New York, and k. K. Dunc- kerson of this city Of the above the fol- lowing were elected as directors for the Evansville and Indianapolis which is con trolled by the Evansville and Terre Haute: B. F. Yoakum. George H. Ball. w. B. Leeds, w. H. Moore, Henry Sci bert D. c. Reid, R. K. Dunckerson. This Is the first meeting of the stockholders since these lines passed into the hands of the Frisco.
 An opinion was handed down in the fed eral court of appeals yesterday in the case of Jesse A. Harper against the Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad company. in which the decision of the United States circuit court of Arkansas was affirmed. The plaintin asked for damages for fail ure to furnish him with cars in which to ship coal The verdict was in favor of the railroad company
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