The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-09
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RAILROAD WORLD.

meeting OF the Alabama Car Service
flee of Maj w. A. Moody. A number of
out of town railroad men attended the
meeting, as well as the local representa-
tives of the transportation departments.
Among the out of town men were, e.
c. Tomlinson. superintendent of transpor-
tation of the Queen and Crescent route;
II. E. Hutchens. superintendent of the
Memphis division of the Southern; J. II.
Stanfield superintendent Of the Mobile
division of the Southern at Selma, and
II. B. Crawford, superintendent of the
Birmingham division of the Central of
Georgia.
S. G. Van Ostrand, city passenger agent
of the Queen and Crescent route will
leave Birmingham tomorrow for Knox
vile, to succeed Hugh Latimer, travel
ing passenger agent at that place. Mr..
Latimer succeeds A B. Freeman, trav-
cling passenger agent in Birmingham,
who has resigned to go in business for
himself.
Mr.. Van Ostrand will go over part of
the Knoxville territory with Mr.. Latimer.
who is expected in Birmingham about
November 10.
. w. H. Courtenay chief engineer of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, passed
through Birmingham yesterday en- route
south.
The story of e. II. Hartman securing
control of the Illinois Central railroad
was read with great deal of interest
in Birmingham, as the Central is build
ing towards Birmingham as fast as work.
men can throw the dirt.
AS has already been stated several
times, the Illinois Central will build from
Birmingham to New Orleans after it gets
its Birmingham line from the north COM
pleted, and this will give the Hartman
interests their own connections at New
Orleans for the south and east, through
Birmingham.
Railroad men are very much interested
in the question of who will succeed j.
II. Harahan as second vice president in
charge of the operating and traffic de-
his son, w. j. Harahan, fourth vice
president will succeed his father. He is
now at the head of the operating depart
ment, which is his speciality.
Both of the Harahans have expressed
gfeath faith in Birmingham and the fu-
ture of the city and district. For that
reason it Is believed by Birmingham rail-
road men, that the election of Mr.. Hara-
han to the presidency of the system and
his sons promotion, will mean much for
this district.
The Frisco system is preparing for
block signal system on the Birmingham
division. Wherever new rail is being laid,
and practically the entire line from Biz
mingham to Memphis is being relad with
heavy rail, the points are being connected
with heavy copper wire, looking to the
installation of a block signal system in
the future.
r. =. Boswell, superintendent of the
Alabama Great Southern railroad, re-
turned. yesterday from Cincinnati where
he had been in conference with the higher
officials in regard to a scale of wages.
As yet there has not been any announce
ment as TO who would succeed W. A.
Garrett, general manager of the Queen
and Crescent, who will go to the Seaboard
as first vice president. in charge of every
thing on the first of next month.
There is still a great deal of specula-
ton, but it is not generally believed that
any announcement will be made until
short time before Mr.. Garrett leaves.
1t is hardly possible that Mr.. Garrett
will get to Birmingham again before he
leaves the Queen and Crescent, but he is
expected in Birmingham on tour of in
spection soon after he takes charge OF
the Seaboard.