The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
RAILROAD WORLD.


 All the railroads seemed to be In fair condition last night even after the addl- tional rains of yesterday which might have caused trouble The Alabama Great Southern had a freight wreck south of Birmingham, but it was not in any way result of the storm The Central of Georgia had a washout between Birming- ham and Columbus, and as a result the train due at 12;o5 yesterday afternoon was indefinitely late, and the one due last night at 10 o'clock was about two hours late. It was reported here unof- ficially, that the trouble had been re- paired
 The Southern railway is making inn provements at Knoxville. Tenn, the plans being prepared by Frank P. NIilburn x Co. The main passenger station is to be altered, and new dining room, kitchen and lunch counter in separate building will be provided. A separate building 9sx 140, two stories, for the Southern Express company will be erected at the same point.
 J. H. Connor, president and general man. ager of the Cicinnati and Birmingham Air Line, In Nashville writes to the Railway Age that this company has engineers Tn the field locating the line which is pro- jected from Somerset, Ky, via Monticello, Ky to Birmingham, and adds: "The Cin- cinnati and Birmingham Air Line railway Will be heavy tonnage road. its principal tonnage being coal iron ore and timber, as it travels through a coal field 15c miles in length which is heavily timbered and through an iron ore belt for 30 miles, form ing a connection for Cincinnati with the Queen and Crescent Route at Somerset Ky. This line of road will be constructed with light grades. and easy curvatures with eghty-pound steel rails, steel bridges white oak ties and stone ballasts It Will be 100 miles shorter than any of the old lines between Cincinnati and Birmingham.
 L. L. Beck has been appointed soliciting freight agent of the Southern at St. Louis, vice Mir. R. E. Armstrong, resigned C. II. Pratt has been appointed traVeling freight agent at Houston Tex, in place of c. c. Mulherin, resigned to engage in other business
 C. l.. Chase travelling freight agent of the Illinois Central a Nashville, has been transferred to Memphis in a similar ca- pacity W. B. Ryan, contracting freight agent, has been appointed to succeed MT. Chase as travelling freight agent and J. C. Litton has been appointed contract ing freight agent at Nashville in place of MT. Ryan.
 The Railway Age says:
 From present indications, MT. Hartman is to succeed MT. Cassatt, or at least is to become associated with him, as the controlling interest in the Baltimore and Ohio. The official announcement made a month ago that the Pennsylvania, at some time not mentioned, had sold "a part of It's holdings of Baltimore and Ohio shares to Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,, was followed last week by the further statement, duly con firmed. that negotiations were then in progress for the sale of this stock by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. to the Union Pacific interests. Whether the sale has been con- cluded has not been advertised to date. Other bidders are said to have made of fers but in financial circles the expecta- tion prevails that Mir. Hartman will get the certificates. If this shall come to pass, every one will say, loosely that the Union Pacific has bought the Baltimore and Ohio. Technically, this statement will be incorrect Practically, 1t will be not so wide of the mark, for Union Pacific Is Hartman and, logic or no logic, what Hartman does the Union Pacific does. The Pennsylvania had controlled the Bal timore and Ohio through the ownership of much less than one-half of the capital stock, and probably his s4OOO0, 000 of the Pennsylvanias s s60,0OoO GOO of former hold ings will suffice to enable MT Hartman to dictate policies. But it by no means follows that the Union Pacific will be nude the excinsive Pacific connection of the Baltimore and Ohio the Baltimore ana Ohio the exclusive Atlantic con- nection of the Union Pacific Nothing Is mora unlikely than such an outcome, and speculation with regard thereto is almost ludicrous.