The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-04
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RAILROAD WORLD

T. c. Williams, commercial agent of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in Gin cnnati, will be transferred to Atlanta on July b, and G. B. Tyler commercial agent at New Orleans, will be transferred to Cincinnati.
 A new office will be opened at Mobile, and w. J. Parker will be appointed com- mercial agent at that place.
 The third story to the Louisville and Nashville office building on Morris ave- nue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets is nearing completion. The local officials of the road expect to be able to use the addition to the building by the first of next month. At present so many people are employed on the second floor of the building that it is badly cramped, and there is not sufficient space for anyone.
 Superintendent Boswell of the Alabama Great Southern has inaugurated new system in distributing supplies to the agents along the line. Instead of send Ing the supplies to the agents on the reg ular trains, once each month. MT Bos- well runs special train from Chatta- nooga to Meridian and distributes the supplies to each agent after he has re- ceived their acquisitions for that month
 The superintendent also goes into each station agents office and examines the stock of supplies he has hand so that he can regulate the matter. On the first trip, which was made recently he found about three times as much station ary piled in the various offices as he dis tributed. He bundled this together and brought it back to Birmingham.
 A Mobile special to the New Orleans Times Democrat says:
 "rhat the Mobile and West Alabama Railroad is at last about to be built and the dream of year of Judge H. Austll of this city realized is evidenced by the board of directors just elected by the company and which is made up of men widely known in the industrial world, Some of the gentlemen named on the di- rectory were mentioned in connection with the road some months ago. but for certain reasons the rumor was denied by local officials of the company. At the annual meeting of the railroad company few days ago, and which has just been made public, the following board of di- rectors were elected: George F. Me- Iaughlin. E. J. McDonald, H. Austill. F. c. Blair, M. G. Winn and J. A. Mont gomery
 Some months ago 1t was stated that through the efforts of the firm of Nal lory, May and Burt of New York, syn dicate of Scranton. Pa, and New York capitalists had been interested in the Mo- bile and West Alabama Railroad and the Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad, the latter another project of Judge Austill and others of this city. The rumor was the result of visit to Mobile at that time of State Senator M F. Mcdonald of Scranton, Pa. and J. A. Montgomery, who went over the proposed route of the Mobile and West Alabama. As shown by the election of directors of the Mo- bile and West Alabama, the gentlemen mentioned Messrs. l.. A. May of Mallory, May and Burt, State Senator NJ. F. Mo- Donald. representing the Scranton, Pa, interests, and J. A. Montgomery are very much in evidence.
 ',The announcement of these capital fists on the directory of the road has given the color of truth to the rumors and it is the firm belief of well-in- formed railroad men that active work will begin in the very near future build ing the Mobile and West Alabama Rail- road, which has already been surveyed from Mobile to Florence Ala, with a branch from Tuskaloosa to Birmingham It is reported that interest to the extent of s10000,0oO has been taken in the road by the capitalists"