The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-19

Chalmette and hereafter to be con- strueted.
 Among the lessecs or nominees elected by the Southe-~ railway is the Mobile and Ohio railroad, which has a very ad vantageous traffic agreement with the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad col4pany for the use of its line from Me ridian to New Orleans, under the terms of which it is accorded the privilege of being an initial line in the city of New Orleans.
 Two important movements of theatri- cal organizations were made between Bir mingham and Atlanta last night, or rather early this morning. The Ben Hur' company was moved from Birming- ham to Atlanta on it's special train over the Seaboard, and at the same time the Southern moved the Savage English Grand Opera company to Birmingham from Atlanta on a special.
 It seems clearly evident that the South ern Pacific is planning for an outlet to both the gulf at Gulfport and to the Atlantic at Pensacola. Recent acquisitions of land in the vicinity of Baton Rouge suggest this, in connection with the fact that the company Is known to be work ing to get adequate facilities for a bridge at that point that will give other lines beaides the Southern Pacific easy access t this side of t-.e Mississippi. Plans for this bridge are already under considera- ton, and although it will take from three to five years to build arrangements are already said to be made by which not only the Southern Pacific. but also the Texas and Pacific, the Frisco and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas will have the use of the structure.
 The Southern Pacific has recently &C., quired the entire right of way from La fayette, La, to Port Allen. on the west side of the Mississippi directly across from Baton Rouge This will give them the right to build line from Lafayette to the river bank. At that noint the river is less than 2OO0 feet wide, and almost in the middle is a sand bar. over which the depth of water does not exceed 20 feet.
 The building of bridge is a compara- lively easy matter from an engineering standpoint. but up to the present tune the principal difficulty had been in fin- ancial support necessary for the project. This difficulty, however, has been ar ranged and, 1t is said work will soon begin. It will cost considerably more than $1,OOO,0O0. but benefits expected from the Panama canal are deemed good cause for tke undertaking.
 According to the St. Louis Globe-Dem- ocrat the Louisville and Nashville is pre- pairing to do away with the private car lines and is building 200 refrigerator cars for it's own use.
 The earnings of the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific, the Queen and Crescent route, for the fourth week in December showed an increase of A7.043 over the same period in 1903. Birmingham added materially to this increase in earn ings, as the passenger department alone shows an increase of about thirty per cent during December, 1904, over Decem- ber 19OS and the freight department showed large increase
 The southern dfiu ooutnWcottih INdh- way club will hold its first quarterly meeting of the year in the convention hall at the Piedmont in Atlanta today. Pro- lessor w. F. M. Goss of Perdue Univer- sity, one of the most noted authorities on locomotives in the United States, will deliver a lecture to the club on the sub ject of "valves and Valve Gears" It is expected that full attendance will be on hand, as the lecture will be one of un- usual interest.
 The club is an organization of railroad mechanical men and representatives of railroad supply companies. It's membership is drawn from every state of the south and southwest and quarterly meetings are held in Atlanta at which lectures are delivered and general discussions had on topic allied to the business of the mem bers.
 It is the custom of the club to have its proceedings reported by stenographers and later published in pamphlet form for distribution among its members. The pro- ceedings for the last quarterly meeting held in Atlanta on November r last, have just been published, the printing having been somewhat delayed by the holiday rush in that line.
 Warren l.. Rohe. western passenger agent of the Norfolk and Western at