The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-23

ana llelsHl oepot at second avenue ana l Fifty-hrst street, Woodlawn. It will cost | when completed not less than seoOo
 The Louisville and Nashviih railroad | Is considering the advisability of trans | ferring the shops of the Atlanta. Knox | vile and Northern from Blue Ridge Ga. to Chambria, Tenn.
 The Southern Railway has placed an order with the American Locomotive company for 60 locomotives. They are to be- simply consolidation locomotives and will weigh in working order 1970oO. The water capacity Is to be 5000 gallons and tho coal capacity F tons.
 If pending inquiries for steel rails ma teriallze into contracts, orders for near ly 100000 tons will soon be booked by the steel rail mills. The inquiries are for rails. this years delivery, and are scattered among a number of northwest ern and southwestern roads. It is under stood the rails are to be used mostly for repair work.
 It is estimated that since the first of January of this year. that 15,0O0 railroad employees have been discharged in the United States, and the curtalling process is still going on Traffic officials declare that in several years traffic has not been so light as 1t Is now, and they believe that they are entering a period of traffic depression which has not been equalled in years.
 
 An executive officer of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad says that the com pany's statement for April shows fall ing off In gross earnings of about per cent from April 1903, the figures being still little over s5OOO,Ooo mark, Present indications point to an increase in gross earnings for the fiscal year. while the net may be substantially more than H,- OOO,OOO smaller than that for the year end Ing June 30, 1903"
 Coach excursions operated by the various railroads so far this month have been better patronized than was expected.
 Saxby's Travellers Magazine says:
 "The railroad editor of the average daily newspaper is a fiend on publishing personal items concerning passenger off, cials and "the small fry of the rail'' which are of no earthly interest to any body but the hired girls of the aforesaid gentry, who, by pernsing this column are able to find out whether the boss will be home to dinner or not.
 "The editor confers on every one the title of Colonel Let me give few spec linen items from the mileage column of the Daily Jolly:
 "'Colonel Bill Blazer of the l. D. & O., arrived home yesterday after four hour trip to Lexington, Ky, where he lost an umbrella
 "'Colonel P. o. McConnaughey. P. T.. NJ, of the M. T. P, left last night for College Hill. where he will attend the Spring Grove Cemetery rate meeting The genial colonel expects big travel to and from the worlds fair, if the public will only decide to go
 Colonel V. A. Lise, chief clerk to Advertising Agent Cheek of the R. l. F.. did not get to his office until 10:3O yes terday morning.
 Colonel T. R. Unk, 18th V. P. of the P. ", attended an anti-scalping banquet at Lafayette last night. He Is expected home about noon today if the train Is on time. If not he expects to be a little late.'
 "'Colonel B. I. G. Dubb found a bou- auet of choice flowers on his desk one day last week. He had purchased them cheap. in the market, His many friends will appreciate the colonels fore thought. 1"
 "Colonel Dooem Upp, A. G. P. A. of the R. A. T., took his whole family to Flori- da last Tuesday in the G. Ms private caboose. They will be away ten weeks This will reduce the coloneIs household expenses considerably.
 Colonel M. E. MoIy recalled the as- founding circumstance that he was Tn Chicago on April 15 last year, and was in that city on April 15 of this year.
 "The S. l.. o. & E. z. R. R. has order ed ten quart cans of axle grease rom the B. AIdwin Locomotive Works
 'It is rumored that two small roads in the west may be bought up by the Rock Island fin course of time And yet again 1t may not be so
 "General Manager S. c. Half, of the Big Sandy, has ordered four new box cars from the Dayton Casi Register O. They will not have any buifcts in them"
 'It Is not unlikely that Colonel B. LJrst, P. T. M. of the M. I P, will not visit the worlds fair accompanied by his wife and his little daughter Eva, who. by the way, is bright youngster of only years and says some awfully cute things at times'
 We regret that an item recently stated Colonel Littlehead. G. P. A of the A. P. A. Air Linz left for Oshkosh last Tuesday. It should have read Wednesday,"
 Colonel R. E. Morse has decided not Island. He will remain in New York and get even with q few guys. The colonels friends will be glad to know he has money yet to throw at birds. Houston exchange please copy"
 Colonel J. Wayback. president. ex- alted ruler, grand potentate. P. T. M. and chief engineer of the Wapakontea Central, came to town yesterday to pur- chase summer underwear for his fami- ly. Next month he goes to New Castle Ind, to attend rate meeting That is he may. He can't say just now for sure"
 reduce the price of cheese on their din-