The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
RAILROAD WORLD.

Announcement is made of the appoint ment of R. L. Pritehard as industrial im- migration agent of the Louisiana and Ar kansas Railway company, with headquar- ters at Hope. Ark.
 The Chicago and Eastern Illinois has opened It's new line between St. Louis and Chicago. Much of the new line is double tracked and it is 290 miles in length. practically the same as the Alton and the Wabash.
 The Central of Georgia has for the first time since it's reorganization declared dividend in the second income bonds. On the preferred bonds A dividend of 5 per cent was declared and on the second a dividend of 2 per cent. There are s4,000,00 worth of f1rsts, $7,0OO,0O0 worth of seconds, making the total dividends declared on the amounting to sS4OoOO The dividends are payable October 1. The annual re- port shows an excellent year. The roads management has shown special economy during the past year.
 Ten railroads have reported to the Wall Street Journal on dividends for the fourth week in July. The total dividends of the roads for the week amount to sS, ,7oO- S49, against $3 690,495 for the same week in 1903. The average gross increase in earnings amounted to 2.s0 per cent.
 It Is understood that the Louisville and Nashville railroad is about ready to let the contract for rebuilding the Atlanta, TT. tance of T miles. The right of way has been secured.
 Though the month of June of this year was considered dull month for railroad interpretations in the south, fourteen new companies were reported, making a total of 1O7 new companies reported during the first six months of the year.
 The railroads in the Western Passenger association received during the first six months of the present year s475,6 .2S gross revenue from immigration business, and paid the steamship agents a total commission of s53 7s1.56. The earnings of the Seaboard Air Line N railway for the third week in July of
  82S249 for the same week in 1903. The fncrease in earnings for the week amount Cd to $7S1.
 The amount of railway mileage to each thousand square miles of territory in diff ferent countries has been computed by officials of the German empire as follows: Belgium, p; Saxony, 1902; Baden, 14O5; Alsace-Lorraine. 120s United Kingdom. 1105; Germany 1885; Prussia, 10. 49; Switz- erland 9.04; Holland and Luxemberg, sO1: Bavaria. SOL France, sos; United States. 664 Austria Hungary, 5.O2
 Taxable valuations of railroad property In Nebraska have been increased for this year about s1OOOOOo. or about s4.ooO. GOO more than last year. The total is ST. 5SS, 2S2
 The Baltimore and Ohio has just com pleted it's new freight depot in Chicago. The improvement cost the railroad s11o,- poo.
 The effort which was made to abolish coach excursions between Chicago and St. Louis has failed utterly.
 The Vanderbilts have now under con- sideration plan to equip the entire West Shore railroad with electricity, and to adopt this motive power for the Niagara. Falls and Lewiston branch, the Rome. Watertown and orangetown. and the Oswego branch of the New York Central The scheme as outlined includes the con- struction of $24,0O0,000 power house at Niagara Falls.
 The Wall Street Journal says:
 The Chicago rumor that friction has arisen between Yoakum and Porter in- terests in Eastern Illinois over the re- moval of headquarters from Chicago to St. Louis is absolutely denied. There has been no removal of headquarters. nor has there been friction.
 The report is probably an echo of the quit brought by Gustav Kissei against the guarantee of Eastern nlinois on the new bonds of St. Louia Memphis and South eastern, and the traffic agreement. If may be stated that the Porter interests assented to the suarartee and are not at variance with the controlling interest on the matter.
 The Sioux City report that Rock Island plans a trolley system across Iowa is also made up of whole cloth. No such plan is under consideration.