The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
RAILROAD WORLD.


 After February IS or March Memphis and Atlanta will be at least three hours closer to each other than they are now. By that time the Seaboard will probably be in position to operate fast trains over it's lines from Birmingham to Atlanta and it will make close connections with the Frisco from Memphis.
 As soon as the road is ready to run Its fast through passenger trains the Frisco will change it's schedules to make the through service very fast and satisfac- tory
 By the present schedule. at night the trains leave Memphis at 9:1O D. m. and ar rive in Birmingham at $40 a, m: leave Birmingham at 6:1o a. m. over the South ern and arrive in Atlanta at 11:25 a. m.
 The return schedule is to leave Atlanta over the Southern at 415 D. m. and arrive in Birmingham at 1O:2O p. m. leave Bir- and reach Memphis at 7:15 a m. over the Frisco.
 The object of the new schedule will be to place travellers from Memphis and the west into Atlanta about o'clock in the morning so they can make connection for the early trains for the north and east, and In returning, for the train from Att lanta to leave there early a. night so as to get the travel from the early trains from the north and east. The Frisco will probably change It's schedules as soon as the Seaboard announces It's passenger schedule.
 The seaboard Despatch, operating over the Pennsylvania and the Seaboard Air Line. announces the following appoint ments effective on December 1: W. c. Sherman. commercial agent. Boston Mass; IT. M. Runyon. commercial agent, Rochester, N Y; Samuel Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia; John A. Murdock, commer- cial agent. Pittsburg. Pa. The Richmond and Danville Despatch. operating over the Pennsylvania and the Southern, an- nounces the following appointments: F. W. Parsons, manager, Philadelphia; Robert Mayo, Jr., travelling freight agent. Philadelphia; J. R. Mock, agent, Boston, Mass; W. M. Israel, agent, Rochester N. Y, and E. c. Morgan, agent. Pittsburg. Pa. The Atlantic Coast Despatch. operating over the Pennsyl- vania and the Atlantic Coast Line, an- nounces the appointment of commercial agents as follows: T. D. Parrack, Pitts burg; H. w. Harkrader, Rochester, N. r.; George P. croysant, Boston; W. R. Brown, Philadelphia.
 The three despatches formerly operated joint offices but these were dissolved recently, and the appointments follow the dissolution.
 The Seaboard Is asking bids on ten ex- press cars and four passenger coaches. The express cars will be of the stub end type and the passenger coaches of the wide vestibule. Empire style deck. They will be G feet long over end sills and g feet 8 inches wide over the side siIls.
 They will be equipped with O6-inch, steel-tired wheels. six-wheel trucks, Westinghouse brakes, National hollow brake beams. Janney- Buhoup couplers and other of the latest improvements The passenger cars will have Hale and Kilburn alkover seats and improved ven- tilators The Interior decorations will be plain with inlays of ebony.
 Chicago December 17.-George Nor ton, general passenger agent of the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas road. has been asked to resign as the result of his trouble with Mrs William Sprague, the original Katy girl" It is said that he will be succeeded by Clarence l.. Hillary. now assistant general passenger agent of the Big Four at St. Louis. and formerly traffic director for the St. Louis expo sition. When the scandal regarding Mir. Morton became public he was in Mexico with the travelling passenger agents who went in a special train from St. Louis over the Katy" MT. TIilleary has had a long and successful career with the Big Four
 John W. Wood. travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent route. in Meridian. was in Birmingham yester- day.
 From inquiries and indications at the passenger offices of the various railroads the holiday travel will be the heaviest in years. Two of the passenger agents state that the travel will be at least 50 per cent heavier than last year. and others state that their roads will do practically 50 per cent more business
 w. A. Fulwider has been appointed soliciting agent of the Seaboard's freight department in Birmingham. At present ba Ia filling the position of special agent Of the Alabama Car Service association. At one time he was local agent of the Southern. As his new appointment Is in the nature of an advancement his friends are congratulating him.