The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-13
RAILROAD WORLD.

Birmingham this morning.
Capt. ]. NJ. Faulkner of Montgomery,
counsel for this division of the Louisville
and Nashville, was IN Birmingham yes
terday.
b. S. Hay. southeastern passenger
agent of the Mobile and Ohio, with head
quarters in Montgomery. was here yester-
day.
s. S. Fitzsimmons of Savannah fuel
agent of the Atlantic Coast line, is at
the Hilman.
J. p. Bnlups, general passeiger agent
of the West Point, with headquarters in
Atlanta, who is well known in Birming-
ham, was here yesterday en- route to
Columbus. Miss. to visit relatives
Alexander Hilton, general passenger
agent of the st. Louis and San Francisco,
who has many friends in Birmingham.
has been offered a similar position with
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
| The Globe Democrat says: The statuto-
ry meetings of the directors OF the
Frisco and the st. Louis. Memphis and
Southeastern took place yesterday at the
general offices in this city, Commercial
building The board directed that the an
nual reports be forwarded to the railroad
commission as required by law and then
adjourned to meet In New York. Presi-
dent Yoakum Is at this time in New York.
but he expects to be at st. Louis head
quarters in a few days. 1t is reported
that the Rock Island directors will meet
In New York in few days and effect
a reorganization among the officers,
which will place Mr. Yoakum at the
head of both properties, the Rock Island
and the Frisco. Mr.. Leeds, 1t is said, will
be made chairman of the Rock Island
board, but Mr.. Yoakum will take active
charge of the two great systems. The
Frisco will be maintained as a separate
organization in every other respect.
President Milton Fl. Smith of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad arrived in
Birmingham from New Orleans yester-
day and left last night for the north.
There was a rumor in northern railroad
circles yesterday that there was disa-
greement among the directors of the
Rock Island regarding the assumption of
control by that system of the Frisco and
that there might be some hitch in the me-
gotiations after all.
Some of those interested In the subject
seemed to feel that the disagreement was
genuine, while other rumors ran that 1t
was simply a ruse to stave off the agita-
ton arising against mergers in general.
In connection with this agitation,
dispatch from Topeka, Kans. will be in
teresting which says that the state sem
ate has decided to make an investigation
of the supposed merger of the Frisco rail-
road lines and that committee for this
purpose was appointed early in the sess-
| Ion, but reported that they had not time
enough to investigate. The senate au-
thorized them to continue their investi-
cations during the recess.
The announcement which is practically
official is made that the extension of the
! Louisville q Nashville from Altoona to
Alfalfa is now assured and within a short
time the work will be actually under
way.
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important to the country Immediately
contiguous to the line, will mean much
for Birmingham because of the new
channel for trade 1t opens up. It gives
shippers another route from Birmingham
to Alfalfa, Gadsden and Huntsville.
The present route to Huntsville Is via
the Louisville & Nashville to Decatur and
then over the Southern. This route Is
! Ill miles.
when the new extension is In operation
traffic can go to Huntsville via the
Louisville and Nashville to Alfalfa, and
then over the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis. This route will be about
I'D miles, only 43 miles longer than the
old way but as 43 miles make a matter
of slight consideration in freight ship
ping, the route will probably get its full
share of patronage
| The building of the new line will also
be great relief to the present Louisville
and Nashville route to Gadsden and At
ITALIA via Calera. A great deal Of the
coal and coke traffic for those points
will be sent over the new line rather
J than being hauled on the main line of
the Louisville and Nashville to Calera
and then over that branch to north Ala
bama points.
The route to Alfalfa by Calera is 1872
miles, which is 81 miles longer than the
new one will be.
The definite announcement that the
Louisville and Nashville is to extend the
Altoona branch to Alfalfa would seem
to brand as mere rumors the recent
statements that the extension would be
directly from Altoona to Huntsville.
While the proposed extension will give
Huntsville another route to Birmingham
and will not allow one road monopoly
on traffic this way, it is not direct
line by any means and it seems Hunts
Vile must wait awhile yet before 1t can
get ''bee line" to Birmingham.
r. A. Love of Denmark, s. c., has been
made cashier of the Southern at Bir-
mingham.
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