The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-07
RAILROAD WORLD.

Effective tomorrow Central of Georgia
train No. l now arriving at Birmingham
at S:45 p. m. will arrive at 1915 p. m.
instead. This change is made to afford
daylight schedule to Birmingham from
Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus
and intermediate points.
+. A. Barren, agent of the Pullman
company at Chattanooga was in Blrm-
ingham yesterday on one of his regular
trips.
r. e. Morgan, commercial agent Of the
Georgia railroad with headquarters in
Chattanooga. was in Birmingham yester-
day.
j. B. Parker has been appointed as
sistant New England agent of the Cen
trail of Georgia railway at Boston. The
appointment Is effective January 10. He
was formerly located in Atlanta.
The Seaboard is asking for bids on ten
61-foot express cars and four 61-foot
coaches for the Birmingham Atlanta div
ision.
The Queen and Crescent route Is hav-
ing seventeen locomotive engines con-
structed by the American Locomotive
company. Several of these engines are to
come to the A. G. S. division of the
Queen and Crescent.
w. A. Turner travelling passenger agent
of the Southern railway at Augusta, has
been appointed commercial agent of the
same road at Columbus Ga, to succeed
]. r. Mock, transferred.
II. f. Latimer, city passenger agent OF
the Queen and Crescent route, will leave
this morning for his home near Atlanta,
where he will spend several days
J. B. Taylor, commercial agent of the
Atlanta and West Point railway at
Montgomery, has been appointed CONNER
cial agent at ST. Louis to succeed w. j.
Taylor, deceased.
Specifications and plans for new shops
for the Queen and Crescent route at
Chattanooga and Somerset. Ky, are in
the office of G. B. Nicholson, chief en-
gineer, Cincinnati.
In connection with its recent entrance
into New Orleans, 1t is said that the
Frisco will double it's terminal facilities
in the Crescent City. 1t is preparing for
heavy business.
Baltimore, January cit was learned
here today through an authoritative
source that the Ryan Blair syndicate had
abandoned the plan for holding COM
pany In connection with the reorganiza-
ton of the finances of the Seaboard Air
Line, and that Ladenberg, Thalmann n
Co. are now engaged in formulating a
plan for submission to the stockholders.
The new plan, 1t is said, will contain none
of the radical features of the Ryan-Blair
plan which aroused the determined OPP
position of the stockholders. The change
of front on the part of the Ryan Blair
faction Is due. it is said. to the disin-
faction is due, 1t is said. to the disinclina-
ton of the stockholders to surrender part
of the stock to the syndicate as compen-
sation for underwriting the proposed new
loan, which would have meant handing
without cost to Thomas F. Ryan, James
r. Blair and their associates.
The passenger traffic department of the
Frisco, which does very effective work in
advertising literature, has presented as its
New Years card a very handsome illus
trated treatise of fruit-growing along
that system. Prof. John I. Stnson, super
intendent of pomology, horticultural. de-
partment of the worlds fair, rendered
valuable service in the compilation.
/, Fruit farmers will be especially interest
! ed in the work. which deals largely with
! fruit growing in the Ozarks.
| All railroad papers in the country are
discussing the reports thai the Tennes-
see Central would build into Alabama.
making for the coal and iron deposits OF
the Birmingham district. 1t would pass
through some of the best timber and ag-