The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-10
SOUTHERN HAS NEW ROAD MASTER HERE A. P. New Succeeds J. N. Riddle,
 Who Goes to Atlanta RUMORS ABOUT SEABOARD Commercial and Freight Agents of the Alabama Great Southern to Meet
 In Chattanooga Today
 and Tomorrow.

and Tomorrow.
 J. N. Riddle, roadmnster of the Bir- mingham division of the Southern, has been appointed roadmaster of the Atlanta division to succeed J. S. Lemon, who was appointed engineer of maintenance of way on the eastern district recently, when the system was redistrcted.
 A. P. New, supervisor of the portion of the Birmingham division between Bir- mingham and Austell, has been appointed roadmaster to succeed Mir Riddle.
 The commercial and freight agents of the Alabama Great Southern and the Gin cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific will meet in Chattanooga today and to- morrow to hold an annual conference
 Agents from a number of cities will be present, and they will discuss a number of matters of special interest to the rail- road including recent national legislation.
 L. Sevier, general freight agent; R. A. Chadwick, assistant general freight agent, and MT Steel, commercial agent in Bir- mingham of the Alabama Great Southern, will attend the meeting. Mir. Sevier left last night for Chattanooga, and the others go up thls morning.
 Edward F. Cost, second vice president of the Seaboard. in charge of traffic. went to Jacksonville, Fla. yesterday aft ernoon on the Central of Georgia He spent Sunday and yesterday in Blrming- ham.
 A report is being circulated In railroad circles that the Seaboard is after the Chattanooga Southern Railroad which runs from Gadsden to Chattanooga. It was reported some time ago that the Sea board would build into Gadsden, but it was stated officially that the line would not be built there at present and pos sibly not at all
 Should the Seaboard build into Gads- den. the natural result would be to pur- chase or lease the Chattanooga Southern, so as to get into Chattanooga. The road is owned by Russell Sage.
 J. N. Cornatzer assistant general pas senger agent of the Frisco System in Memphis, was in Birmingham yesterday. He left at noon for Memphis.
 The traffic officials of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will hold their annual meeting in Birmingham in August in all probability. Once every year the freight traffic men get together in a meeting and discuss matters of interest on the road.
 The last meeting was held in Nash vile, and the previous meeting to that was held in Louisville. At the last meet ing Birmingham was chosen for the meet ing this year.
 About fifty freight men of the Louis- vile and Nashville attend these meetings. and they are of great interest and i'm portance The high officials of the road will attend the meeting. The exact date has not been fixed
 W. N. Foreacre, assistant general super intendent of the Southern, returned last night from trip to Mississippi. where he and Superintendent Deuel have been inspecting the branch roads of the South ern in that state There are about 15O miles of these roads feeding the Southern | in Mississippi, and some of them have been only recently completed
 The Nashville American prints the fol- lowing in regard to the Atlanta, Birmng- ham and Atlantic
 The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic had no other construction in view except tO Ma ghVi1la and DaneaooIa tensions to Birmingham and Atlanta are | completed, and these lines will just about make up the mileage President Atkinson state he will have one year from this date. For several months more interest has been manifested in the maneuvers of this road than any railroad in the south east By compromise between the Frisco and the Illinois Central. as well as the Seaboard Air Line, the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, so 1t is said, Is to remain an independent property with the three roads. Naturally the new road will be a competitor of the Seaboard. but through the Frisco's interest in that company the Seaboard is a party to the deal. Railroad men generally agree that when this line is completed 1t will be one of the best railroad properties in the south, for It's mileage. Telling 1t briefly this road will connect the three greatest cities of the southeast-Nashville, Bir- mngham and Atlanta, with deep water at Brunswick and the Atlantic and Pen sacola on the gulf Besides this, 1t forms almost direct lines from the three great centers to these ports as well as each other and will pass through much of the best producing territory of the south l Those who claim to know the plans of 1 the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic state that 1t will begin building toward Nashville within thirty days. and that within twelve or fifteen months the road | will be in operation.
 | Gadsden, July 9.-Rumors are again rife to the fleet that the Louisville and Nash vile railway will within a very short time put on a train service between Knox vile, Tenn, and Birmingham by way of Gadsden and Cartersville, Ga. It is stated 1 from an unofficial source that the equip ment for this service has been pur- chased, and the report is given full cred ence here. The proposed route Is partly over the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line and 1t Is well known fact that the Louisville and Nahsville has contract to operate trains over this road from We'll ington on it's Anniston and Birmingham df,,iaion to Ca argvftla I<unvvtIta