The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-04


be unjust as we'll as unwise to discuss its
details"
Richmond. Va. January s.-Frank Jay
Gould has decided to add about 100000
more to his already heavy investments in
Virginia. He now controls the entire rail-
way and lighting properties in Richmond
and Petersburg and he interurbf line
between the cities. His new investment
Will be the building trolley line from
Richmond to Ashland on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad.
and thence through the territory to the
northeast, stretching to Chesapeake. Two
hundred miles will cover this system and
will bring a practically hidden country
into touch with all the cities of the east.
II. e. Jones' agent of the Central OF
Georgia al Goodwater WAS in Birmng-
ham yesterday
f. e. Brooks. the newly appointed SUI
perintendent of the south and north and
Birmingham Mineral divisions Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad arrived
II the city yesterday morning and hts
taken charge of the office.
Mr.. Brooks gives promise OF being a
very popular man In Birmingham, as he
thorough railroad man. He comes to Bir-
mngham with a determination to aid
In building up the city and the district
to the best of his ability and he has
already made friends of those with whom
he has come In contact.
The railroads are making arrangements
for handling several of the baseball teams
from the big leagues. The Cincinnati Reds
w March
the Queen and Crescent and go through
to Jacksonville. At Jacksonville the team
will be divided into two sections one
the Colts and the other the Vets. The
former division will be in Birmingham
on March 20 and 81 to play the local team
and the latter will come to Birmingham
April 4.
The Cleveland team will be in Bir-
mingham April and 6.
Lee Clark, general agent of the freight
department of the Louisville and Nash
Vile returned yesterday from Cincinnati,
where he spent the holidays with friends
and relatives.
The railroads in the Southeastern Pas
senger association have made a rate of
one fare plus 25 cents for the round trip
to the annual meeting of the National
Association of Retail Grocers which meets
January 1926 The tickets will be sold
January % with final limit of January
e. The rate from Birmingham is sl47o
fer the round trip with this special rate.
About 200 home seekers left Birming-
ham yesterday over the various railroads
for Texas and the territories. special
round trip rate has been made and the
movement is very heavy.
j. s. b. Thompson & neral agent or
the Southern railway In Atlanta, passed
through Birmingham last night en- route
west He Is a brother of g. G. Thomp-
son, division freight agent In Birming-
ham.
Mr. Thompson is one Of the best known
and most popular railroad men In the
south He will be west of Birmingham
for several days and will probably re-
turn through Birmingham The latter part
OF this week He Will attend a meeting
of the board Of directors OF the Delta
Southern, branch of the Southern. Mr.
Thomson is president of the road and
NJ NJ Richey is one of the board The
road runs from Elizabeth towards Dukes,
about six miles of which is completed
During 1905 about 50 miles Of this road
will be built. Ten miles more will be
built to Dukes. The Perry branch will
be twenty miles long and there will be
another branch of twenty miles to Flora