The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
RAILROAD WORLD.


 The earnings of the Southern railway for the first week in May amounted to $S05, ,55O against $799,51O for the same week In 1903 The increase for the week is S6O4O
 It is reported that the Tennesse Central has made arrangements for the erection of it's new shops at Nashville, which will cost $2OO,0O0 A large electrically equipped plant of brick and steel is to be built There will be a twenty-stall roundhouse with 75-foot transfer table, to be oper- ated by electricity.
 The city council of Huntsville is urging the Southern and the Nashville Chatta- nooga and St. Louis railways to construct a modern union passenger station in that city. The railroads are now considering the matter.
 The Japanese government has recently purchased 250 American-made freight cars to be put in service on the Kobe rail- way. The order for the freight cars fol- lowed closely the rush order for the loco motives recently shipped by the Baldwin people.
 The Seaboard Air Line has recently placed an order for 800 ventilated box cars with the Western Steel Car and Foundry company and 800 steel unframed boxcars with the Pressed Steel Car com- pany.
 The Southern Pacific leads all other railroads for securing franchises in short time. It only required two weeks time for this railroad to obtain conces- sions in Mexico for an extension of the imperial branch of that company
 All hagmen and switchmen on, the di- visions of the Big Four that are affected by the St. Louis exposition traffic will hereafter work from a. m. until p. m, the working hours being increased about four hours.
 A special to the St. Louis GlobeDem- ocrat from New Orleans says:
 Hans Widmer of Horgen Zurich, Swift zerland residing temporarily in this city, applied today for a receiver for the Carondelet Canal and Navigation com pany in the civil district court, and also
 
 Orleans and San Francisco railroad, and the New Orleans Terminal company. The suit involves the battures of the canal, owned and controlled by the plaintiff company, which a new board of directors attempted to transfer to the Frisco peo- pie or to the Terminal company, nom- inally representing the Frisco system. The attempted transfer is denounced as a fraud upon plaintiffs rights and those of the other minority stockholders.
 The New Orleans Terminal company, which is laying it's tracks alongside the canal, will, in the event of an injunction being issued, be delayed in the work. This will delay the entrance of the Frisco. Anent the resignation of J. F. Wallace as general manager of the Illinois Cen tral- railroad to become chief engineer of the Panama Canal company the follow ing appointments are announced by the officials of the railroads in Chicago:
 w. J. Harahan, formerly assistant gen. eral manager, to be general manager; I. G. Rawn. formerly general superinten- dent of transportation, to be manager in charge of departments of operation, main tenance, bridges and engineering, report Ing to w. J. Harahan; D. w. Ross. form erly. purchasing agent. to be general
 
 ing MT. Rawn Clarence F. Parker, form erly coal traffic manager, to be purchas- ing agent. succeeding MT. Ross.
 The Railway Age says:
 The Atlanta (Ga) freight bureau and the Atlanta chamber of commerce are waging vigorous warfare against the railroads for the purpose of having ''the inbound and outbound rates for Atlanta reduced to a parity with other cities" It Is alleged that present rates from Cincln- natl, Nashville Chattanooga and Birming ham to Savannah and Charleston are low CT than from Atlanta; that rates to Chat tanooga and Birmingham from Richmond are lower than to Atlanta, and that in the matter of rates to and from various other points Atlanta suffers from discrimina- fion in favor of neighboring centers. The Georgia commission has listened to evil dence in the matter and will resume hear fngs on May 16 The fact that some of the rates complained of are interstate in na- ture and beyond control of the state com mission has led to a movement for hear ing before the interstate commerce com mission.
 completely equipped plant for the testing of engines forms a part of the ex- hibt of the Pennsylvania railroad system at the St. Louis exposition. It is located In the Transportation building. A director of tests is in charge. with an assistant md foreman. There will be large staff pf observers for the coal and water used Tor taking indicator cards, temperatures md readings from all the instruments forming the equipment of the plant In or Ter that all of the data obtained may be worked up promptly, computers will be lmployed so that the data coming from the observers ,on suitable blanks, will be tabulated and final results for comparison completed for each test <1nfpre similar data for the next run comes to the com putting room. A force of twenty-five men will be constantly employed.
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