The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-31

The earnings Of the Louisville & Nash vile railroad for the third week in July amounted to s66l,645, against s695, 66O for the same week last year. The decrease in earnings for the week amounts to S3O.- 015.
 Leonard Lippman, the ticket broker who was arrested recently in Savannah charged with violating the anti-scalpers' ordinance. has been released from cus- tody upon condition that he will leave the city immediately.
 Terminal facilities at New Orleans have recently been examined by officials of the Pennsylvania lines. The moving platform system used by the Southern Pacific for loading and unloading ships has been in spected especially.
 Pittsburg manufacturers of cars and other railroad equipment and supplies re- port that they are receiving more orders at present than they have for twelve months past.
 The accident Bulletin issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission for the first quarter of 1904, says that 40 passeng- CTS and 1S1 employees were killed, and 995 passengers and 1902 employees injured making, in all 221 persons killed and 2797
 
 The Louisville &, Nashville railroad Is now handling from twelve to fiften cars loads of coal daily from the Stouts Mountain mines in Blount county to Pensacola, thence by water to Mexico. The Louisville & Nashville has again se- cured the contract for supplying coal to the Mexican railroad.
 1T by the Kansas City Memphis and Brm- ingham railroad or the St. Louis and San Francisco will be removed to St. Louis and handled from that point. General freight agent D. K. Voorhees, of the St. Louis and San Francisco sys- tenn has issued a circular making the announcement of the removal Of the general freight records from Memphis to St Louis
 In the future the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham railroad is to be known as the St. Louis and San Francisco rail- road, and all references to the former company will be eliminated.
 A Chicago special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says William Campbell, general freight agent for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, has re- signed. Coupled with his resignation is the information not yet officially an nounced of the removal of the general freight department from Chicago to St. Louis, where it will be merged with the freight department of the St. Louis and San Francisco, of which system the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Is now a part. In Chicago an assistant general freight agency will be maintained. F. C.. Reilly now general agent for the Frisco in Chicago will probably be named for the new office.
 In line with the resignation of Mir. Campbell and the removal of the general freight department from Chicago to St. Louis 1t Is reported that all other gem eral departments of the Eastern Illinois road in Chicago will be shifted to St. St Louis assistants to general officers only remaining in Chicago. What Is to be done with the general passenger de- partment of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois has not been made known, but 1t Is the prevailing opinion that this de- partment also may go to St. Louis. It is said to be the intention of the Frisco management to make St Louis general headuuarters of both systems. MT. Campbell has been with the Eastern llli- nois about twenty years
 The Chicago and Eastern Illinois has always been q distinctly Chicago railroad Since it was purchased by the Frisco interests fin the Leeds-Moore syndicate it has been slowly merged with the latter road until now there remains in Chicago but two heads, the general passenger agent and the general superintendent.
 Another official change made by the Rock Island management today was the appointment of J. G. Jennings to the of flee of superintendent of telegraph. with headquarters in Chicago, succeeding j.. o. Crockett who was recently promot- ed to general superntendency. Mir Jennings comes from Ft Wayne Ind, where he was a train dispatcher for the Pennsylvania. This Is the seventh or eighth man who has been appointed to m executive office on the Rock Island 1 since l.. F. Loree assumed the chairman | ship of the executive committee of the | Rock Island Frisco.
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