The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-14
RAILROAD WORLD.

General Passenger Agent c. L. Stone of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route for New Orleans. MT. Stone has gone to attend the convention and may stop off here on his return.
 Fulton s. White, industrial agent of the Frisco system, was In the city yesterday. MT. White is a Birmingham man and has been very successful since his ap- pointment.
 Sid Jones, district passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, re- turned from Nashville yesterday. MT. Jones was dispatched to that city to bring back the crack troop which is to be one of the great features of the fair.
 A dispatch dated October il, says: A special train bearing more than 100 gen. eral passenger agents representing rail roads from Maine to California, and from Canada to the Ohio river left on a special train over the Illinois Central tonight for New Orleans, where the forty-eighth an- nual convention of the American Associa ton of General Passenger and Ticket Agents is to be held The schedule calls for the run of 923 miles to be made in twenty-two hours, three hours and twen- ty minutes faster than the time of the roads fastest regular train. The com pdHy ildS COHlDltleu iiiOSl bl llS hOuplc track work, and the purpose is to treat the passenger agent 10 a record breaking ride on its long double track system.
 R. s. Lovett, attorney for the Southern Pacific in Texas is in New York city, it is said, to transfer the Houston and Texas Central and the Houston East and West Texas properties to the Rock Is- land control. It is the opinion of railroad "a .4.9-. L. d.. .r the Texas railway commission in the transaction Is the cause for the delay in making the announcement of the transfer The matter may result in the railroad companies going into court and asking for a restraining order to prevent the railway commission of Texas blocking the deal between the Rock Island and the Southern Pacific company.
 The full board of the Central of Georgia elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders held in Savannah Monday Is as follows: w. c. Bradley Columbus, Ga; John M. Egan, Savannah, Ga. J. w. English, Atlanta, Ga; John F. Han son, Macon, Ga; Uriah B. Harold, Amer icus, Ga; George c. Haven, New York; Ross c. Smith, Birmingham, Ala; Evan P. Howell, Atlanta, Ga.; Joseph Hull Sa- vannah, Ga.; Samuel R. Jaques, Macon, 1d.' AleAdHuer h. IdWtOn, SdVdnndn, Ga; George J. Mills, Savannah, Ga.; Sam. uel Spencer, New York; Charles Steele, New York; James A. Blair. New York.
 At the conclusion of the meeting the board of directors met and unanimously elected the following officers, which are the same that served the company last year:
 Chairman of the Board-J F. Hanson.
 President-John M. Eagan.
 Vice President and Traffic Manager w. A. Winburn.
 General Counsel-Lawton & Cunning ham.
 Secretary-C. c. Williams.
 Assistant Secretary-T. F. Smith.
 Treasurer-T. M. Cunningham.
 Cashier-W. c. AslSew.
 Auditor-W D. Beymer.
 Referring to the Ocean Steamship com pany, Major Hanson says the new ships of the line were bought by the Central Railway company because 1t could buy them on more favorable terms than the steamship company could. The Ocean company bought them from the railway company.
 The report of the president goes into detail regarding the many Improvements that have been made during the year. Among the most striking and expensive are the following:
 One hundred new side tracks, aggregat- ing 17.05 miles, and the extension of fifty eight other side and spur tracks
 A steel truss bridge was built across the Little river, near Meriwether, Ga
 125 trestles were filled with earth at an expense of $SS,S61.13.
 7,963.S4 tons of the 10, GOO tons of S0-pound steel rails contracted for was received and placed in track, aggregating 6S.s5 miles.
 During the year there were located on the line 26i industries, aggregating in capital the sum of $3,O56000. furnishing employment to 39S7 persons.
 During the year 2'057,142 fruit trees were added to the orchards along the line.
 A general and marked improvement in every industry along the line is noticed.