The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-25

c. l.. Stone of Louisville, general pas senger agent of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad; John Scott of Memphis, assistant general passenger agent of the Illinois Central railroad, and George H. Smith of New Orleans, general passen- ger agent of the Queen and Crescent route spent a short while in Birmingham yes terday. They came here from Atlanta, where they attended meeting of the Southeastern Passenger association.
 c. A. Benscoter of Chattnooga, assist ant general passenger agent of the Southern railway, was In Birmingham yesterday. He is making tour of in- spection of the territory.
 General Manager W. A. Garrett of the Queen and Crescent route spent yesterday in Birmingham. While here he held a conference with L. Sevier, general freight agent of the Alabama Great Southern railroad; F. c. Lyon of New Orleans, soliciting freight agent: L. N. Kelso of Meridian, travelling freight agent; P. A. Wright of Atlanta, commercial agent; w. c. Stephens of Chattanooga, commer- cial agent; E. T. Steel of Birmingham, commercial agent, and J. c. Armistead of Birmingham, soliciting freight agent. At the conference matters pertaining to the freight department work were dis cussed.
 c. H. Morgan, travelling passenger agent of the Texas and Pacific railroad with headquarters In Birmingham. turned yesterday afternoon from a short trip to Huntsville and Decatur.
 Copies of the February number of the Frisco magazine have been received in Birmingham The issue Is quite artistic. Special attention is given to Oklahoma, Indian Territory and the west.
 F. M. Griffith. travelling passenger agent of the Frisco system, spent yes terday in Montgomery.
 J. c. Cornatzer general agent of the Rock Island Frisco systems, with head quarters In Memphis. was in Birmingham yesterday en route home from Atlanta
 Warren 1T. Rohr of Chattanooga, travel Ing passenger afent of the Norfolk and Western: Renfro Jackson of Atlanta, gen eral southern agent of the Monon route; J. F. Douglas of New Orleans, general agent of the Colorado Southern: L. s. GreYes of New York. travelling freight agent of the Canadian Pacific. were among the visiting railroad men here yester- day.
 The merger of the Southern Railway and the Mobile and Ohio Railway Is now up before the house committee on cor porations of the, Mississippi legislature Representatives of the roads are being heard by the committee against the Foster resolution requiring the attorney general to proceed against them 10 break their merger on the grounds that they are parallel and competing lines.
 The pension department of the Penn sylvanla railroad reports that in the four years of It's operation there has been paid in pension allowances to retired em- ployees of the company the sum of s1. 1.224. 0S7. 59. made lip each year as follows 1903, 1859, ,374s2; 1902 $32s. .40e1o; 1901, s2s2 20. and 1901, s244, 019.97.
 Tn railroad circles the completion of a rush order of the Japanese government for seven engines in one day. by loco- motive works in Philadelphia is being generally commented on. The engines ordered by Japan are for the military rail- road to connect Fusan on the southern coast of Korea. The order which called for twenty locomotives withlr> thirty days time was received late in January.
 The Atlantic Coast Line reports gross earnings for the six months ending De- cember 3l, amounting to 8 ST GOO. which is an increase of s4l6.Oo0 for the same period of 1902.
 According to the annual report of the Alabama Car Service association for last year a total of s95 AZ cars were handled from the city of Birmingham Birming- ham of course leads all other points in the state In the number of cars handled.
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