The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
RAILROAD WORLD.

l
 It Is announced that in the near future
 the engineering office of the seaboard Air Line will be removed from Roclmart Ga. to Atlanta.
 Rooms have been rented in Atlanta and 1t is said that the removal will be made soon. All the construction work now in progress between Birmingham and Att lanta is directed from the Rockmart of- fee, so that the announcement of re- movai will be of especial interest to rail road men. The large force of engineers employed in the office will of course also be taken to Atlanta.
 The thirty-hrst annual convention of the American Association of Travelling Passenger agents will be held at New Orleans November 10 says the Globe Democrat This association claims a share in advancing the education of the passenger agent by its selection of meet Ing places each year. in the various sub jects discussed and the diversified itin- erary prepared The hearty cooperation of the railroads in arranging the trips is an acknowledgment of the merits of the organzatio ton. A special train will be pro- vided over the Chicago and Eastern nii- nois Louisville and Nashville Illinois l Central and Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf leaving Chicago on Saturday. November 1 :. at D. m. The delegates will be en-
 tertained at Nashville Tenn, and at Bir- l mingham, Ala They will proceed via Montgomery to Pensacola and will have
 a steamboat trip down the bay. At New Orleans they will be received by the
 mayor, and the convention will be held
 at the St. Charles hotel, followed by a
 ball Returning via Memphis the pas
 senger men will make a side trip to Hot Springs. Ark, where they will be enter l taned at the Arlington with a ball. There will be special cars from Kansas City. l New York. Cincinnati, Buffalo, San Fran ] cisco and Boston
 The ticket and freight soliciting de- partments of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway. which have been lo- cated in the Chamber of Commerce buiId- ing in Cincinnati for the past fifteen years, have been removed to the corner of flfth and Walnut. in the new Traction building. This building which is the 600 ond of the so-called "slky-scrapers,, in that city is a magnificent one. The To- cation is on the public square in the bnsi- est corner of the city. The offices are Furnished In mahogany with tile floor and contain all modern improvements. The character Of the furniture and the magnificent frontage of fifty-fve feet on Fifth street, will enable them to show
 their friends what is now and will likely l be Tor some time the finest railroad solic- l itng office in the country.
 The following condensed summary. ta-
 ken from the records of the immigration
 and industrial department of the South.
 ern railway. illustrates the general ex-
 tent and wonderful growth along the
 company's lines: NH
 The number of new industrial plants ofys various classes completed during the year was 73o and the number under construc- ton at close of the year 146. Prev- ously existing plants to the number of 2S were materially enlarged during the year. There were 29 cotton mills under construction on June 30 of this year. an increase in number of eight mills over corresponding date of the previous year.
 These new mills, when completed will place In operation 12, ,537 looms and 443, 002 spindles; an increase over similar equip ments in new mills under construction on June 90 last year of 1887 looms and 100SO2 spindles. There were large investments made during the year along the compa- ny's lines in new mineral developments and in enlargement of old ones. The tons or mine products hauled during the year increased 1,19O 166 or 1GS5 per cent over the preceding year. During the year in- vestments in lumber and other wood work Ing enterprises completed. amounted to over s5,O00000, and in additions to existing PidHlh tO aDoul OZiOuViOOv. me capital vested in tanneries completed during the year amounted to about s6Oo O00 and in additions to existing plants to about s3SO- 600. The sale to northern and western purchasers for investment, development or settlement of timber mineral and farm lands contiguous to the company's lines aggregated over 100000 acres. valued at about s13O00,0O0.
 Newspaper men from New York and other cities were recently taken over the Baltimore and Ohio system by James H. Moddy that they might see the work of improvement at various points. The par ty included several foreign writers.
 As an evidence of their appreciation. they have presented Mir. Moddy a. loving cup. Another group who went out on like journey earlier in the season under MT. Moddys pilotage sent him a grand fathers clock. The truism that ''seeing IS believing Is understood in its value and significance by President Loree and his associates and they utilize MT. Mod dy's services and his experience as a well