The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

increase of F per cent All overtime will be paid pro rata.
 Through freight conductors now get 8 45 per 100 miles and brakemen S2.S0 per 100 miles. Passenger conductors will get now $40 per month instead of sl25' and rassenger brakemen Sl08 % instead of s9o.
 By the agreement the Frisco agrees to abolish the running of double-headers.
 H M Fickinger, superintendent of the southeastern division of the Frisco, J. H. Ashley car service agent, and c. R. Cray, superintendent of transportation. with headquarters in Springfield, Mo. were In the city yesterday.
 General Manager W. J. Murphy and General Superintendent NJ w. Mcguire cf the Queen and Crescent were In Blr mingham for a short time yesterday cn an inspection trip.
 Among the out-of-town railroad men in Birmingham yesterday were c. A. Ben scooter, assistant general passenger agent of the Southern with headquarters in Chattanooga; J. F. VanRensselaer, gen eral agent, and J. A. Lane, travelling freight agent of the Union Pacific, both with headquarters In Atlanta
 R. c. Rogers, travelling passenger agent of the Central of Georgia, with headquarters at Montgomery, has re- signed, and has accepted a position with the Savannah. Florida and Western di- vision of the Atlantic Coast Line, with headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.
 The southern's tourist flyer, the Palm Limited, ran by the station of Pineland in Georgia, Tuesday. and had to back for twenty-two miles to take Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and some friends into Sa- vannah to spend the night. The train was delayed nearly three hours.
 The Globe Democrat says:
 B. F. Yoakum. James F. Campbell and H. C. Pierce, who control the Frisco, have purchased from John H. Kirby an interest in the Kirby Lumber company of Texas The check to cover the deal was drawn on J. Pierpont Morgan. The first public announcement regarding 1t will be made tomorrow by MT. Yoakum. This deal would indicate that the St. Louis and San Francisco will handle the entire Kirby company's output the Frisco peo- pie say Is S0000O tons of freight year.
 Another increase of notable proportions on top of the marvellous increases of pre- vious years is the record of railroad gross earnings for the calendar year which has recently closed. If the improvement made in the years preceding was such as to att tract universal attention and furnish evil perity which the United States has been enjoying for so long time the results for 1902 must be regarded as still more noteworthy in the same respect, afford ing striking proof of the continuance of this marvellous era of industrial advance ment, says the Financial Chronicle. For the fact should not be overlooked that the 1902 gains were made in face of some adverse conditions of wide influence and importance. In the first place, there was a great shrinkage in the volume of agr- cultural products as a result of the pre- vious seasons extraordinary crop short age, and in the second place the an- thracite coal miners strike proved one of the most disturbing events of its kind of which trade annals furnish any record. This labor conflict, as will be recalled. lasted from the 12th of May to the 2Sd of October and so diminished the supply of fuel, both during its continuance and for a long time subsequently,, as to con-s stitute a serious impedment to industrial activity-many industrial establishments using anthracite suffered from shorten ed supply nearly the whole time and some actually were forced to close up for longer or shorter periods.
 The aggregate for 1902 runs consider ably in excess of s1 50O O0O coo ($1. 542 725 S32), affording an idea of the size and extent of the railroad industry. The increase of $93, 0000 900 in 1902 follows the most extra ordinary series of large and continuous gains of which trade annals furnish any record. For instance, it succeeds $143,- or, 7,SO1 gain reported for 1901. $100 9l5, 767 gain in 1900, s1O1, ,316, ,Ss3 gain in 1899, ST. s47, 7l9 gain in 1898 and s54. 49O 563 gain in 1S97