The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-01

The management of the Southern rail- way announces that delayed passenger trains are now thing of the past. Until recently the southbound trains on the Southern reached Atlanta late every af. ternoon, frequently arriving there three and four hours late, necessarily delaying connection for points in the west. The trains lately, however, have been running on scheduled time.
 The Queen and Crescent has recently completed at it's Ludlow shops a new din- ing car for use on the Florida special. It is capable of seating thirty-six people. and is equipped with steam heat and elec- tric lights.
 President Mellin of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, has been asked to introduce rules for etiquette in dining cars. Complaint is made that .'passengers are disguested by seeing oth- CT patrons of the dining cars eat with their knives" Another compalint is that trainmen keep tooth picks in their mouths in the presence of passengers.
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 It will take years to complete the double tracking of the Queen and Crescent from Cincinnati south, which work is under headway. It will represent an investment of millions of dollars, and is considered one of the biggest problems in railroadlng. The contract for double tracking two miles of the line was recently let. This will cost $1OOOO per mile.
 Within thirty days time the offices or the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company will be removed to the Wood- ward building. Ten rooms have been se- cured for the use of the superintendent inc trainmasters and despatchers. The offices are now located in the building owned and partly occupied by the South ern railway on First avenue and Twenty second street.
 The conclusion has been reached py George E. Tunell after exhaustive inves- tigation that there can be no question as to the superiority of American rail roads over those in Europe in the matter of speed. He has prepared an elaborate array of tables to prove this.
 Several engineers and conductors on the lower divisions of the Lackawanna have recently been discharged for disre- garding test signals.
 The Southeastern Passenger association meets tomorrw at Pal Beach.
 
 Fourth Vice President Stevens of the Rock Island has extended the jurisdic- tion of General Manager H. l.. Miller over the southwestern district. MT. Mil Ter is now the general manager of the three districts into which the Rock Island has been divided for operating purposes.
 The Queen and Crescent will spend over s2Oo OOO enlarging it's shops at Chatta- nooga and Ludlow.
 An order has been issued by the 1lli- nois Central that persons in charge Of live stock shipments may ride on pas senger trains immediately preceding or following the freight train transporting the cattle. Other roads will likely make a similar rule.
 The earnings of the Alabama Great Southern railroad for the third week of January amounted to $56,O75, which is an increase of s9S10 for the same week last year. The earnings of the Mobile and Ohio for the third week in January amounted to s1SS,7SS against s13s,02o dur ing the third week in January. 1903. 
 President J. M. Barr of the Seaboard Air Line, who arrived in Birmingham Sat urday, left in his private car at 11:50 last night. He goes to Savannah The con tracts for the Seaboards roundhouse and freight depot in Birmingham will be let within the next ten days. The depot will be located on Avenue A between Nine teenth and Twentieth streets. It will front 35 feet on Twentieth street, extending to Nineteenth street, about $50 feet. The company owns the property on Avenue A as far as Eighteenth street and it Is the purpose of the management, as the business expands, to double it's depot. The building will be constructed of brick and corrugated iron.