The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-13
H. H. MAYBERRY, President.

m connection With the deatn or Englheer B. F. Harrison, who was killed yester- day morning on the Louisville and Nash vile thirteen miles north of Birmingham. In Nashville several years ago Harrison and Warner Campbell another Louisville
 and Nashville engineer, were the best of l friends, always together. They were l chums, and when not out on the road
 were almost inseparable.
 Just four days ago yesterday Camp
 bell was killed at Ghana, Colo, in ex- l actly the same manner that Harrison met ! his death yesterday. His engine turned over on him, crushing his life out | almost instantly.
 The pecullarity of the manner in which they both met their death within four l days of each other caused considerable l comment in railroad circles yesterday.
 as death from this kind of accident is un- l usual.
 Fred J. Parmalee, travelling passenger l agent of the Great Central route. former
 ly the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton.
 and the Pere Marquette. was in the city 1 yesterday. Since the consolidation of these 1 two roads. MT. Parmalees territory has been increased somewhat.
 The consolidation represents one of the l biggest railroad deals of the past year 1 Three roads go to make up the new
 route, the Great Central. They arc the | Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and l Pere Marquette and the Chicago. Cinci-
 natl and Louisville. The route also oper-
 ates several boat lines on the great lakes
 and connects some of the largest cities
 in that portion of the country.
 The Mobile and West Alabama road Ia
 attracting a great deal of interest in rail-
 road circles. It will be a straight route | from Mobile through the mineral sections of the state and into Florence on the Tennessee river. with branch line into | Birmingham.
 This road was first suggested several
 years ago. when Judge II. M. Austil of 1 Mobile started to have 1t built. Recent l lF a contract was made with Terry & | Gahagan, firm of New York contrac-
 tors, to put 1t through and work Is being
 pushed. Speaking of the progress made.
 Judge Austil says:
 We are pushing the right of way work
 R D. Austill, who worked on the line | from Mobile to Demopolis, two years ago. | has started again on that work, as the l old grants of rights of way will have | to be renewed. Many of those who gave
 rights of way have expressed a willing l ness to do so again. Parties in each coun- l ty will aid in this work, so that 1t will be 1 pushed along the whole line from Mobile l to Birmingham and Florence. The corps | of engineers locating the branch from
 Birmingham to the main line have cbm-
 pleted the work and been paid off. It Is l probable that some of the parties con
 nected with the Terry & Gahagan Con
 structon company of New York will be | in Alabama within the next few days.
 The right of way business is the serious
 matter right now.''
 | M. M. Richey, assistant general super
 intendent of the Southern, will return to
 Birmingham from Atlanta this morning. |
 | Owing to a freight wreck on the New | Orleans and Northeast, a portion of the | Queen and Crescent route, train No 2 due l in Birmingham yesterday morning at 5:45 l o'clock did not arrive until 2:3o o'clock
 yesterday afternoon. The southbound train was also delayed slightly. The | wreck did not amount to much except | to delay the train
 Chicago. III, January 12.-Following the ammo. neement yesterday of the merg- , ing of fourteen of the b. gest mining cor porations in Illinois and Indiana, come l developments tending to indicate that the ] Frisco railroad is. in part, behind the | project, and that the coal operators. for | their part hope ultimately to be able to
 merge all of the big properties in the two
 states that they may control the trade | and fix prices. The consolidated company
 will be known as the Dering Coal com panY, ana II VIII nave HeduQudfitTS III | Chicago. It will be incorporated under
 the laws of Delaware, and will be cap italized at s5OOo.oOO.
 At present the merger includes those
 mines located on the Chicago and Eas-
 tern Illinois road in the Danville Qll)
 district the Vermillon district In Indi-
 ana. and on the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad line in Sullivan county, Ind This part of the merging. it is un- derstood, Is that promoted by the Frisco. The Frisco system according to report.
 has already secured the contracts for coal
 of the Illinois Steel company for mum
 Der of years.
 F. A. Barzen. general agen. of the Pull
 man Car company in Chattanooga was in
 Birmingham yesterday
 S. l.. Rogers. general agent at Nashville
 for the Chicago and East Illinois. was in the city yesterday.