The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
RAILROAD WORLD.

No announcement has been made as to who will succeed Theodore S. Kline as general manager of the Central of Geor- gia railway. Officials of the road who reported to MT. Kline are now reporting to T. S. Noise. superintendent of trans portation. c. A. Wickersham, president and general manager of the Atlanta and West Point. with headquarters In Atlanta, denies that he has been offered the posi- ton of general manager of the Central.
 The gross earnings of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad for the week ending January 14 were $194, ,656, as compared with $171, ,SO9. .93 for the corre- spending period of the week before.
 The Rollins. Hefin and Sylacauga rail- road has completed an extension from Wildwood to woodbine, three miles, and is building from Woodbine on to Rock ford, twenty-four miles.
 In the circuit court at Nashville, judg- ment for s4O0O has been entered against the Louisville and Nashville railroad for injury to adjacent property by smoke of locomotives in the company's yards. A number of other similar suits are pending.
 The Railway Age in its current issue gives the following sketch of the late Theodore D. Kline, general manager of the Central of Georgia railway: He was born at Columbia, s. C., on March 26. 1S4S and had been engaged in railroad work since March 15. 1858. He was for many years connected with the Charlotte and South Carolina, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, Atlantic Coast line, Rich Virginia and Georgia roads, and in Octo- Der. 1885, was appointed superintendent of the southwestern division of the Gen. tral of Georgia. He resigned in August, 18SS to go to the Mexican National as di- vision superintendent and was appointed general superintendent of that road in June 1889. He was made general manager in January, 1892, but resigned the last named position In December, 1892 and the following August was appointed general superintendent of the Central of Georgia. lie was appointed general manager of the Central last December.
 The Railway Age says: In unfriendly reciprocity for the rule requiring shippers or consignees to pay the moderate charge of S per day for detention of freight cars above the free time allowed for unloading them certain organizations of shippers are supporting bill in congress which proposes to compel railways to provide shippers with cars within five days from application under penalty of $10 per car for each days delay, and also to move loaded cars at a rate of not less than fifty miles a day under a similar penalty. It is argued that as shippers sometimes suf- fer loss from inability to secure cars when wanted and also from delay in transmits sion and delivery, therefore it would only be fair to make the carriers pay when the detention Is on their part. Aside from the discrepancy between the penal ties, in the ratio of s1 to s1O, the proposi- ton lacks equity. because the detention of cars by shippers is voluntary and for their own benefit, whereas the failure of carriers to furnish all the cars needed and to move them without delay is as a rule involuntary and against their interests, being the result of delays on the part of connecting roads, extraordinary increase in traffic. the legal obligation of carriers to serve persons and places without dis crimination, and detentions or delays caused by accidents and the clements If railway intentionally neglects to furn- ish or move cars for any shipper it can be punished under existing laws; but to put the roads at the mercy of everybody who may demand cars without regard to conditions and needs on the entire lines and to make them pay enormous penalties for their misfortune or failure to do inn possibilities would be gross injustice.