The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-17
RAILROAD WORLD.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat gives the following account of the annual meeting of the Frisco:
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- road company was held here yesterday at the general offices in the Frisco build- ing. There were represented at the meet ing 41S,1S0 shares out of total outstand- ing of 5OO,OOO shares of stock of the com terms expired were reelected: B. F. Yoakum, F. L. Hine M B. Leeds, Robert Mather, w. H. Moore and D. G. Reid of New York, William K. Bixby, James Campbell, A. J. Davidson and H. Clay Pierce of St. Louis. J. H. Moore of Chi cago and Benjamin P. Cheney and Ma thaniel Thayer of Boston.
 During 1904 the average mileage in- creased 541 miles. Of this increase, All miles represent construction for the most part in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. When the plans have been completed this, the most rapidly developing section of the country, will be fully occupied by the
 
 large increase in immigration into the states and territories tributary to the lines during the year. and notes further that 269 new industrial plants were To- cated along the lines of the system, rep resenting over s5, 5,0O0,vVV of investment cap ital, and employing over 6OOO men.
 The plans for entrance into New Or leans are about completed the necessary trackage agreements having been en- tered into and the financing of the New Orleans Terminal company having been completed The bonds of this company, amounting to $SOOO,OOO, are guaranteed Jointly by the Southern Railway company and the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- way company. As soon as the terminal Improvements of the New Orleans com pany have been perfected the St. Louis and San Francisco will be able to run through trains from Chicago and will compete for the large increased traffic originating and terminating at that point. The increase in speed of fast mall trains on the principal lines of travel Is re- markable. On the Pennsylvania between Harrisburg and Altoona, 13l miles have been covered in 1SS minutes. Just at this time the performances of the iocomo- lives and cars need to be excellent, as It Is reported in Washington that the post master general with ,Ae approval of the president, has been making an investiga- tion of this branch of the service, the 1 expense of which haG risen to $S6000'00C 1 d year. This country ought to have gen ] erous facilities for the handling of its 1 mails, and ought to make steady progress in the matter. But no money ought to l be wasted.
 l The Railway Age says:
 The attempt of the Atlanta freight bureau to induce the city council to defer action on ordinances permitting the Lou isvlle and Nashville road to build a street viaduct and a new freieht depot in the city until the road promised to reduce rates, and the apparent inclination of the city council to follow the bureau s suggestion, have induced the Louisville and Nashville to end all negotiations look ing toward the Improvements mentioned and it is stated they will not be made. | A mail train of six cars on the New l York Central and Hudson river road on October 1S made the run from Albany te the Grand Central station, New York, IA; miles, in 142 minutes. The train left Al bany one hour and ten minutes late, and made up the entire time except seven minutes. The schedule on this remarkable run indicates that, between Tivoli and Barrytown, 4.3S miles, were covered In ex- actly three minutes, or at the rate of S6.4 miles an hour and that the 369 miles from Croton to Ossining were covered in ex- actly two minutes, which would give the incredible rate of 110.7 miles an hour. It would be desirable to have a more detailed statement of this truly astonishing per- formance than the running schedule which is given as follows by the New | York papers: