The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

B. Parsons private car, and consisted or L. B.. Parsons, superintendent Y. M. Martin, trainmaster; w. Il. Hamilton' chief clerk to the superintendent; J. A. Williamson, chief dispatcher: T. W. Par sons, J. B. Crumley and J. R. Tilley, operators; Miss Blanche Hobler, secre- tary to the superintendent; and Miss Ma rie Stevens, secretary to the trainmaster. The families of MT. Parsons and MT. Martin will be removed to Birmingham in a few days.
 The superintendent's office har been established in the freight depot on Ave nue A and Twentieth street and all the wires of the road from Atlanta have been run into the office. The trains for the division are being operated from birm- ingham now.
 J. G. Cantrell, assistant general freight agent, went to Atlanta yesterday to meet c R. Capps, general freight agent of the Seaboard, who is headed this way and is expected in Birmingham today or to- morrow. F. D. Kyle. assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard at Jack sonville, will be in the city today.
 Information has been received here that E A. Egley, commercial agent of the Queen and Crescent route at Pittsburg has been made eastern passenger agent at New York. He is well known in Alabama.
 Representatives of the Frisco system and the Queen and Crescent route, expect an immense Texas and Indian terri tory business today, and both roads are making arrangements for extra equip ment to handle those who are seeking homes in the west.
 The Alabama Great Southern expects to carry about 200 people to Texas and special coaches are to be put on the train this morning and tonight. The exact number to go to Texas is not known, as the number of tickets sold have not been reported.
 The Frisco puts a special coach on it's train at noon today, and tonight it will have one of its own special coaches on the regular train, and the Southern will deliver a special coach full of home | seekers to the Frisco at Birmingham. The Southern delivery is for Texas, the other two special coaches will be for the territories The Frisco expects to handle about 400 home seekers.
 Both roads have named rate of $13.5c to Texas, and the Frisco has rate of s11 to the territories. It is the regular monthly rate and in all about 800 people are expected to avail themselves of 1t.
 The A. G. S. has ordered a large amount of new equipment which will be | uellVereu Tn a snort tune, ana WHICH lHt road needs badly. A portion of the equip ment will be eight 100. pound freight engines, with the newest and most ap- proved patents and capable of a high speed. One fast passenger engine of the heaviest type and capable of pulling the fast trains from Chattanooga to Merid- ian is also expected soon. It will be of the type which the Southern is using a great deal now.
 A large number of freight. and cOal cars have been ordered also. The orc cars will have the drop bottoms, and some of them will be of steel with large carrying capacity The box cars will be large with all the latest improvements.
 President Bird M. Robinson of the Mo bile, Jackson and Kansas City will arrive in Birmingham tomorrow night on A. G S. train No. l, which arrives at 1922 o'clock, and he will leave on the Frisco train, due to leave at the same time.
 The M. J. and K. c. Is a new road which has just been opened recently anC which has practically a straight tracl from Mobile fo Jackson, Tenn. It is com pleted as far as Bolivar, Tenn, and work on the remainder of the line is beinl pushed rapidly. President Robinson il travelling in his private car No. 100 ana , has a party with him. They have beer extended the courtesies of the A. G. s. W. J. Prosser. travelling freight agen } of the Burlington Route at Atlanta, wa in the city yesterday
 John w. Wood, travelling passenge agent of the Queen and Crescent Rout , at Meridian. was in the city yesterday.