The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-12
RAILROAD WORLD.

w. J. Murphy, vice president of the Queen and Crescent, W. c. Rinearson. general passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent, G. P. Biles. general freight agent of the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific and j. c. Conn, division pas- i senger agent of the Queen and Crescent, were in Birmingham for a few hours yes- terday. These officials had been attending a conference in Atlanta and left in the af- ternoon for Cincinnati. M. M. Richey, superintendent of the | Birmingham division of the Southern ral- way. has returned from an inspection tour l in Mississippi, where he has been for the past few days. MT. Richey reports a very healthy movement of cotton in the Delta, and general traffic to be exceeding l ly heavy.
 | J. T. Johnson, superintendent fourth division of the Central of Georgia was in the city yesterday. MT. Johnson said that like all other roads the Central was being 1 inconvenienced by the lack of cars. The l fact that cotton, grain, and pig iron usual ly move together at this season of the year is responsible for the strain on the roads 1 facilities.
 J. L. McCallister. comm mercia agent for l the Norfolk and Western railroad with headquarters In Chattanooga, was in Bir- mingham yesterday.
 Ray Knight. commercial agent for the 1 Queen and Crescent, with office in Atlanta was in Birmingham yesterday. c. A. Coles, general agent of the Nor l folk and Western railroad, with headquar- ters in Atlanta, was in the city yesterday.
 The St. Louis Globe Democrat of Tues day says:
 At the annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company, held at headquarters here yesterday, the following yere elect ed directors of the company for the en- | suing year: James A. Blair. New York; l William K. Bixby. St. Louis; Benjamin | P. Cheney, Boston; James Campbell St. Louis; Charles W Hilard, New York; Francis l.. Hine. New York; William B. Leeds, New York; William H. Moore, New York: J. Hobart Moore, Chicago; H. Clay Pierce St. Louis; Daniel G. Reid, New York; Nathaniel Thayer, Boston, and B. F, Yoakum, St. Louis. l The only change made in the board Is the resignation of Mark T. Cox of New York and the election in his stead of Charles w. Hillard. Mir. Hillard is comp troler of the company, with offices in | New York. The vote boiled was consid- erably in excess of last year. ballots rep resenting more than 325,000 shares being cast
 It was announced that the officers for the ensuing year will be elected at a special meeting of the board to be held in New York city within the next ten days.
 Particulars of the annual report have already been given in the Globe-Dem crat. The growth of earnings has more than kept progress with the extension of the mileage in seven years, the percent age of the former being 3O527 as con- pared with 27 for the latter.
 The Wall Street Journal says: The Illi- nois Central has contracted with the Lord x Ayres Tie company of Chicago for L. oO00 railroad ties and the tie company will obtain them from leading saw mill operators In Mississippi.
 Before being used these ties are to be chemically treated and they will, 1t is stated, be sufficient for 300 miles of track. Some of them will be used for repairs and some for the new double track an important piece of which is being put in between Memphis, Tenn, and Fulton. Ky.
 
 miles are under contract. As fast as the new track is completed it will be put in service as the business of the road, par tcularly at Memphis Is showing up heavily.
 It is said that from 400 to 1900 cars of freight are being handled through the Memphis terminals daily as compared with an average of 120O cars per day last year.
 General Superintendent c. S. McManus of the Southern, has returned from Wash ington.
 The Southern railway has received this week six new engines for the Birmingham division. Three of them were constructed by the Baldwin works In Philadelphia. and three at the locomotive works in | Richmond, Va. This installment Is part of thirty engines that have been ordered | for the Birmingham division. They will be delivered at the rate of one day until the contract is completed. They are the largest engines built for any southern road. Each weighs 100 tons and the cyl finders are 22x3O
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