The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

tain trackage to Bessemer and other su- burbs was so slight that 1t could have easily been adjusted by letter. l had conference with MT. Richey of the South ern and everything was amicably settled. In fact we had most pleasant chat for a long time in his office. Reports about a big fight are incorrect"
 MT. Richey later said
 "The matter has been settled until the general officers of the various roads can come to Birmingham and have a confer ence concerning the of the track, when they will probably arrange for every road to get to Bessemer. The joint use of tracks was merely a convenience between the yard officers and there was no understanding at all between the higher officials. It was for convenience, and no fight existed or has existed MT. Gray and myself are the only people who know the entire status of the affair, and l assure you that all the talk of a big fight is without foundation.
 "Of courseh no road is going to load a gun for a competing road so it can shoot back, but then everything has been ami 
 be no trouble at all over this matter"
 The Southern railway is making some material improvements in it's yard facil ties in Atlanta, among other things build ing double track from Armour to How els, a distance of about two miles, and connecting two of the trunk lines. These l improvements will make it possible to run trains into the new passenger station and the new yards without backing in as some of the trains have to do at present, especially the Birmingham | trains.
 The bad weather for the past two or three days has caused a material delay | ill the various trains running into Bir- mingham. The wet tracks and some times the cakes of ice frozen on the rails make slow travel frequently necessity It is very hard for the fast trains to run on schedule time.
 There have been no very serious delays on account of the weather, but hardly train In the past two days has run exact ly on schedule The conditions now are improving, and by today, if the-e are no additional bad features to the weather, all the roads will be able to run on time except when held for northern and east err connections.
 George H. Lee general passenger agent l of the Choctaw Route of the Frisco sys- tenn; J. x. Cornatzer assistant general | passenger agent of the Frisco, and s. L. l Parrott, district passenger agent of the Frisco at Atlanta were in the city yes- | terday They are en route to Miami, Fla, where they will attend a meeting of the Southeastern General Passenger Agents association, when number of important matters are to come up for consideration, such as making rates for number of conventions and meetings
 Mr. Lee said that his road thought | great deal of Birmingham and this dis | trict, and that the business of the road in Birmingham was excellent.
 Itta Bena, Miss February 4-(Special) A corps of engineers of the Southern railway are now locating their line south l of the city The active work of construct | ing will. it is believed, commence not la ter than April l. It is hoped to have the line. in operation to the lower end of the county by the first osc September The opening up of this new territory will be a great card for Itta Bena.
 | I G. Kesheimer has been appointed chief train dispatcher for the Louisville division of the Southern railway. | Louis has equipped all it's engines with STOW blows in anticipation of continued | deep snow.
 Frank Saunders, well known in Bir- ningham, has been appointed traveling l freight agent of the New Orleans and Northeastern at Meridian. Miss. | The Cincinnati Southern has created Aae office of travelling freight agent at
 eksonville. Fla, and s. A. Williams
 ee first to fill the place.
 George Bratton who has been night gateman at the union station in Nash | vile for several months, has resigned and come to Birmingham to accept position with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company
 R. Montfort, chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville at Louisville, has been appointed consulting engineer and his assistant. w. H. Courtenay, has been made chief engineer j. Warness was appointed assistant engineer
 A tourists sleeping car between Birm- ingham and San Francisco will he in-. augurated by the Louisville and Nash vile commencing Monday, February 13, and a car will leave Birmingham each Monday on train No. 3, which leaves Birmingham each day al o'clock.
 tourist car was put on the Louis vile and Nashville between Atlanta and San Francisco. but for some reason it has been discontinued and will be placed | between Birmingham and Frisco. The