The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-17
RAILROAD WORLD.


 General Passenger Agent c. L. Stone of The Louisville and Nashville railroad ac- companied the members of the Louisville Roard of Trade in their special to this citv MT. Stone is registered at the Hillman.
 c. F. Austin. commercial agent for the Frisco system with headquarters in Att lanta. was in Birmingham yesterday.
 E. T. wilcox, commercial agent for the Frisco, is back at his desk in the Morris building. MT. Wilcox has been away on leave of absence for two weeks in New Jersey and New York and returns much improved in health by his trip.
 Frank Griffiths, travelling passenger agent for the Frisco system, is out on the road again.
 Paul McBinnon, the city passenger agent for the Frisco system, will leave Birmingham on Wednesday for Memphis to occupy the position of travelling pas senger agent for the same road in that city. Lawrence B. Washington, who has succeeded Mfr. McKinnon, has arrived and taken up his duties in this city. Mir. Me- Kinnon is leaving Birmingham with the well wishes of a host of friends here who, though regretting his departure, express great hopes for his future advancement.
 F. D. Becker, general agent for the Frisco, left for Chicago yesterday.
 H. w. Emrick, superintendent of the Birmingham Belt railroad, has returned to his office after an absence of ten days.
 J. c. Lusk, district passenger agent for the Southern railway in Birmingham, left for Knoxville yesterday.
 The Railway World says:
 Charles s. Mellen, the new president of the New York. New Haven and Hart ford, at banquet rendered him in New Haven, Conn.,, Wednesday evening, by the Chamber of Commerce of that city, said, among other things, the following:
 My opinion of a railroad corporation Is that it is simply a partnership between those who have and those who have not. Individuals furnish money and the com munity makes grant of rights. rail- road is entitled to earn for those who have invested in it proper returns, and the public should have ample facilities, reasonable rates. satisfactory service and courteous treatment The man at the head should enjoy the confidence of both parties, giving to both their just dues, and the position would be most desirable were it not for the unreasonable element in human nature that wants an undue advantage, that desires to obtain some thing for nothing. I bring to the task some little patience-I wish it were more considerable experience, a desire to please, and capacity for hard work that has never been tested to it's limit An equal amount of patience on your part, and equal desire for improvement, a little encouragement now and then, and we will together make of this child of Connecti- cut your most efficient public servant, appreciated as highly by the community as by the stockholders. I know of no more undesirable and deplorable asset of railroad corporation than a discontent- ed. complaining and hostile public and I shall be deeply humillated if I am una ble to convince the reasonable portion of the community of our desire to meet every reasonable expectation, and shall study hard to anticipate your require merlts, and remove all just cause for com-, plaint "