The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-28

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 M. M Richey, the retiring assistant general superintendent will return to- night from North Carolina, where he went in search of "big game" during the Christmas holidays. There quite party in the mountains of North Carolina on the hunting trip.
 People who think the position of traffic director of a great system is an easy portunities for luxurious comfort and de- lightful relaxation, will gather con- trary impression from the experience of J. c. Stubbs, vice president of the Har- riman lines. says the St Louis Globe Democrat. He all but sleeps in the sad dle." Since last March MT. Stubbs has travelled more than 39,5Oo miles, says the New York Commercial. On an average MT. Stubbs travels about 65,OOO miles during the year, or a distance equal to two and half times around the world in 265 days. On one trip he was six weeks in his car and never slept in hotel. On another trip there were four weeks in which he rarely left his car. and this ten weeks spent thus travelling was inside of three months. He spent about half the year in his car away from his '"'-''ly and the comforts of home All the while MT. Stubbs Is on his car he conducts the busi- ness of the vast system just as if he were in his office in Chicago. He has corps of stenographers with him. All weighty questions are referred l, him. He gets and sends messages mail is sent after him and telegrams are forwarded and received by the hundreds Not the least of his work is the making of ap- pontments, looking into trade conditions and meeting and discussing with different business men the requirements of their territory. Then MT. Stubbs wires ahead for the different representatives of their system to meet him, and, in speaking about this, a representative describes Mir Stubbs manner of questioning as fol- l lows:
 "He shoots questions at us like a Cat ling and he imbibes information like a suction pump"
 The representative is happy indeed, if he escapes this ordeal without being told of what is going on in his own particular territory
 The great eastern trunk line companies have once more and positively resolved to cease the practice of issuing free passes, outside of the railway service The New York Central. Pennsylvania, Balti- more and Ohio, Reading. Jersey Central, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western have already made public announcement of their purpose. The order of President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania, which initi- mates that the reform is based on legal considerations, reads:
 ''In view of the general agitation on the subject of legislation on railroad rates and the abolition of all forms of rebates and concessions, 1t has been decided by the management of the Pennsylvania rai1- road that all forms of free transporta- tion will be discontinued after the end of the present year.
 "Of course" says the Railway Age, transportation will be provided by each road for the responsible men who direct and operate its various departments; and no doubt interchange of transportation privileges between railway companies will be continued, under businesslil<e regula- tions. But what the great roads are try ing to do Is to lop off forever the fungus growth of free passes issued for political commercial, social and sentimental req sons, which has sapped their revenues lowered their own self-respect and that of the recipients, discriminated unjustly between railway users and tended to weaken if not to corrupt, public morals"
 It is said that the Pennsylvania com pany will go into locomotive building and will appropriate millions for shops and machinery to furnish motive power for all the lines in the system.
 The Canadian Pacific railway Is rapidly securing an increased amount of busi- ness in Washington and Oregon North western railroad men have reached the conclusion that this is due to a system of rebates whereby either eastern or west ern shippers, or both, are obtaining ad- vantages not allowed by American lines.
 S. E. Cowin, commercial agent of the Central of Georgia railroad, returned from Virginia last night.
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