The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-09
ESTEEM FOR MR. LUTz
HANDSOME GIFT FOR A RAIL.
 ROAD OFFICIAL.
Employees of Western Railroad Re- member Retiring Traffic Mana per-Mr. HowelI Appointsd
 Dispatcher at oeorgiana.


 In one of the show windows of local jewelry store yesterday informing was a magnificent oak cabinet with an unus- ually handsome silver service. It is a rift from his fellow employees to former Traffic Manager R. E. Lutz of the West ern Railroad-those who we're associated with MT. Lutz in thes traffic depart ments.
 rfbe handsome testimonial will be sent to inc residence of MT, Lutz to-day. No formal presentation will be made, only the card voicing the sentiment and spir- 1t of the givers.
 Mir. Lutz has been with. the Western for something like twenty. years, and' the deepest love and respect is felt for him by every one of his co-workers with whom he has been thrown in con tact. , q When MT. Lutz resigned the position of traffic manager. MT. Smith being made general freight agent, he accepted Ia we'll earned months leave of absence. The leave of absence has about expired and in a day or two MT. Lutz will enter on his duties as general agent in the Commerce street office of the Western.
 MT. Howell Promoted.
 5 This morning G. L. Howell with his family, leaves Montgomery for his new home in Georgiana, where. he takes charge of the night dispatchers' office of the Alabama and Florida division of the Louisville and Nashville. For several years Mir. Howell has been one of the force. of dispatchers at the union station here, having charge of the downstairs office in the general wait. ing room and later being in the office of Eunerintendent Mckinney.
 Size of Freight Cars. !.
 The size of freight cars is to be les sened. 2 f Radical changes in the rules governing the construction of regular freight cars have been made recently, This is in the nature of decreasing the standard size of these cars and is controlled by the Master Car Builders Association, the recommendation of this body governing the situation.
 In a word, these cars are now being constructed on standard lines with de- creased night. The standard box car is now forty feet in length, with 5000 pounds capacity. Under former conditions some of these cars were fifty feet long and had a capacity of only 5000 pounds.
 Not only were they unwieldly, but their length with the heavy. weight, al though 10000 pounos under the capacity at present. displaced the timbers. and caused them to sag. Added to this, the old cars took up space that is now saved
 It will be readily seen that, with their decrease of ten feet to the. car, almost it's full length is made tip In every, four of those of new dinpensions. This is a great saving, not only in storing space but also a convenience in the matter of switching.
 With the additional night the car loses nothing of its capacity, but on the other hand gains 20,O00 pounds to the car and is better capacitated to carry 5000 pounds than was the old car to carry 60,0O0. .. F Considerable opposition, has arisen to the colonist rates which the Rock Island purposes to put into effect. for 'TexAs. Oklahoma and Indian Territory, several of the Chicago lines insisting that the rates are lower than there is any call for. and that therefore iit wtll be throw ing away revenue.
 .-y.s ..i>s .iL- --- " I 's $ ' Last year 1oo,5OO steel cars were built IIh 1897 the principal steel ar''manufae- tarihg 'cornpany turned out but 5Oi of
  | Statements of somewhat sensational character are contained in affidavits filed broker. and others fa 4 suit brought , by several raifroads, in the, Federal Court to prevent ticket scaJping,, during the Carnival and snbsequentiy. Kelsko swears that his firm had business rela- tipns with the Louisville and Nashville 'Railrood, made direct. with e. P. At more, its then general passengof agent, whereby 1t was agreed that, in cons.d- eFation of the. firm routing and ticket irG passengers Wa the Louisville aid Nashville, the road would agree to stamp End validate without question all rotun tickets both iron-clad and otherwise. which the firm woulI purchase and sell, and If, from any cause, tfcse tickets should be refused on the traih, the fare paid would be reimbursed to tho nrm. = Kelsko charges that relnIbursements were at all times ma ic to himg lie also states in the affidavit that it was agreed that the firm could make any rates 1t pleased for two or more persons. The selling rates agreed to. it iS charged. were in some instances B I-3 per cent. below the regular fare Kelsko >swears the agreement was verbal and that MT. Atmore terminated 1t when the Louis vile and Nashville joined local asso- citation. 'i'a' Five other affidavits similar in char acter, were filed, the other roads affect ed being the Queen and Crescent and tho Texas and Pacific. t .it' @
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