The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-19
RAILROAD WORLD.

the St Louis Globe-Democrat, the stockholders annual meeting of the Chi 1 cago, Indianapolis and Louisville, or Monon, railway company was held here today. Gilbert B. Shaw of Chicago, James Murdock of Lafayette and Volney T. Ma lott of Indianapolis, whose terms as di- doctors expired. were reelected. The officers announced that the Monon had 1 just completed the most prosperous year in it's history. The annual report showed l the gross earnings to be So,066 131. com pared with S4, 5s115S the previous year; net earnings for 1903, $1949, TIA; for 1902 $1, ,72S, | 025; operating expenses and taxes for 1 1903, 8 116,357; for 1902, $2,S3 1SS. There was l an increase in gross earnings of $4S4973.57, ! in operating expenses of S264 .S3; in net earnings of s221. 74956; in dividends of S26,- 1 30469 and in total surplus of s223, ,05767 An Austin, Tex, special says: General 1 Attorney Stedman of the International and Great Northern. has submitted an elaborate argument to the railroad com 1 mission in which he contends that the commission has no right to claim jurisdic- tion over contracts for equipment. He admits that the commission has the right | to take cognzance of them and to know | the details, but this Is as far as it has | power to go, according to his view. The commission claims the right to veto if the l terms agreed on by the road and the | company with which the contract Is made come to terms inimical to the interests of the road. according to the view of the | commission This right of veto has never been exercised, but it Is taken from the remarks of Mr. Stedman that if 1t ever | is the commission will be asked to ex- 1 plain in court where it gets it's authority. l However. the roads are all submitting 1 their contracts, the International asking permission to buy 100 cattle cars. A special from San Antonio, Texas to the New Orleans Picayune states that A. C.. Bird. vice president and traffic director of the Gould lines In company with party of International and Great Northern officials, returned to the city this evening from Laredo, where they had conference with officials of the Ma tional of Mexico regarding an improved 1 fast service between Mexico City and St. Louis and Chicago. As the National will not have it's broad guage completed into Mexico City before November 1. no definite action was taken. Another meet ing at later date will be arranged.
 
 A deal has just been closed whereby all property of the American Association. Limited, of Middlesboro, including sev- eral coal mines in Claiborne county. Tenn, and the Mddlesboro section, passes into control of the Southern rail- way. This deal has been in progress sev- eral months.
 The annual report of the Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis tthe Big FouD just issued shows a remark able increase of earnings, without any increase in mileage. The gross earnings were $20, 39O, 76l for the fiscal year of 1903, which Is an increase over 1902 of $1,- 673,690.
 The freight carried shows an increase | of 21 per cent and the revenue from freight shows an increase of Il per cent There was an increase of Is per cent in 1 passengers carried, with an increase of i revenue from that source of 5.3 per cent.
 The following circular has been issued
 by the Frisco:
 St. Louis, September 5, 1903 1 Conductors
 In all cases where signature tickets are | of other than the original purchasers and it is found necessary to lift them and collect fare, we are anxious to obtain wherever possible the correct name and address of the passenger presenting the | ticket You may state to the passengers that 1t is the intention of this company to protect them. so far as possible. against imposition by ticket brokers and that it is the intention of this company to prosecute brokers. under the law, whenever it is possible and wherever an injustice has been done to any or our patrons A. HiLioN' General Passenger Agent F. II. Thayer, superintendent of the cafe car service of the Frisco System. with headquarters in Springfield, Mo, Is | in the city.
 | An order recently issued by c. IT. Ackert, general manager of the Southern railway, and which took effect on Sep tember 15, transferred the Ashevllle division from the eastern to the western district of the Southern.
 1 The Asheville division covers 490 miles of road and extends from Salisbury, North Carolina, to Ashevile and various other points in North Carolina and as 1 far south as Spartanburg Junction, s. C. ghis makes the total mileage of the western district a little more than 3265 miles.
 This order is made in view Of the l change of the headquarters of General l Superintendent c. s. McManus from Chattanooga to Birmingham. MT. Me 1 Manus will come to Birmingham with his | staff about October 1.