The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-24
RAILROAD WORLD.

The northwestern tourists rates will be taken off on November 30, and those in- tending to take advantage of the cheap rates must do so before the first day of next month. Winter rates to Florida are already in effect the return limit being May 31, 1904. It is expected that great many people from this city will take ad- vantage of the warmer climate of the Land of Oranges during the more ex- treme portion of the winter. The opening and closing list of the tourist hotels in Florida have come to hand and are as follows:
 St. Augustine-Ponce de Leon, opens Tuesday, January 12 closes Tuesday, April 12.s Alcazar Annex, opens Wednes- day, November 25; closes Saturday, April 30.
 Armond -on-the- Halfax-Ormond opens Monday, January Il: closes April Il.
 Palm Beach-The Breakers, opens Mon- day, February |; closes Saturday, April 2. Royal Poinceiana, opens Thursday, December IT: closes Saturday, April 9. Royal Palm Hall, opens January Il; closes Monday, April 4.
 NaSSau-COlonldl, OptnS bt- cember 24; closes Monday, April 2
 Many enquiries have been made at the Southern railway office in this city re- garding the rates to Florida. District Passenger Agent J c. Lusk said yester- day that the railroads and hotels are full ly prepared to handle the crowds that were anticipated.
 E. K voorhes, assistant general freight agent for the Frisco system at Memphis, was in the city yesterday.
 w. J. Rosser travelling freight and pas senger agent for the Burlington route with headquarters in Atlanta, was in Birmingham yesterday
 The Southern railway will place a special car on its westbound train today for the accommodation of the Methodist ministers who are going to conference at Tuscumbia.
 H. D. Crawford, trainmaster for the Central of Georgia at Columbus, was in the city yesterday.
 Mrs. w. c. Kilgore the wife of the chief clerk of s. E. Cowan. commercial agent for the Central of Georgia railroad who has been seriously i'll for some time is now improving.
 The Vail Street Journal says:
 Traffic officials of the Rock Island sys- tenn look forward to year of we'll main tained earnings on almost all lines of the
 
 to be made on the new southwestern lines, many of which were opened in the spring of this year and several hundred miles of which are now in shape to carry their first harvest.
 "The entire Red river division of Frisco formerly Arkansas and Choctaw, has within the past ten days been thrown open to the lumber traffic from the south. eastern pinelands of Arkansas and Louis iana. 1t will enjoy this year nine montns of operation under these conditions as against a year in 1903 disconnected with out feeders. beginning nowhere and end ing nowhere. Practical benefit to Rock Island and Frisco lines from the co-opera- ton of these systems Is now beginning to be felt Vice President Winchell. of the combined system. is our authority for the statement that the cooperation has re- Sulltu III BlNlHB ID many lucdl lTdIHC Cen- ters, Kansas City and St. Louis. for in- stance, and in more economical use of equipment on both lines"
 The St. Louis Globe Democrat says:
 Tn a circular issued by the Interstate Commerce commission on the matter of application of certain railroads for extension of time in which to comply with the amendments to the safety appliance act. Chairman Knapp's statement of the opinion of the commis- sion says: The large additions to rolling stock, coupled with the requirement of the law in question, have created de- mand for air brake equipment which manufacturers are perhaps unable promptly supply. This inability to pro- cure the appliance is urged. as further reason for granting an extension. and this reason appears to be based to some e~ tent on probable facts. Ho' showing made in this regard 1 convincing. because of it's ind unstfupOrted character"