The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-27
RAILROAD WORLD

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 Four representatives of the passenger department of the Pennsylvania lines spent yesterday in Birmingham, leaving last night for Nashville over the Louis vile and Nashville. The party Is on tour of the south and Is visiting all the larger railroad centers.
 In the party are George w Weedon, assistant general passenger agent. with headquarters in Cincinnati; C. H. Hager- ty district passenger agent at Louis- vile; R. II. Lacey, southern passenger agent at Nashville, and c. l.. Lockwood, general passenger and ticket agent of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railway, with headquarters in Grand Rapids.
 Mr. Hagerty said yesterday afternoon that the party was merely going through the southern territory getting acquainted with the conditions in the various cities and states and meeting the passenger rep resentatives of the railroads In the south. This Is a wonderful city in it's passen- ger buslness,a said he. Birmingham or iglnates an immense amount of business.
 
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 According to the reports from the of flee of Superintendent Brooks of the Louisville and Nashville, the freight movement Sunday was equally as heavy as that of the previous Sunday when i2OO loads" were moved on the Birmingham division.
 It was stated yesterday that the Louis vile and Nashville was catching up on it's business and that conditions were much better than they have been for sometime past.
 The road has been unable to move promptly some of the immense freight busi- ness it has been receiving, and every Sun. day all the available equipment has been pressed into service to clean the yards and sldlngs of as much freight as possi- ble.
 Both tho Louisville and Nashville and the Queen and Crescent report that the Mardi Gras travel out of Birmingham this year has been by far the heaviest on record. Last years travel was far in excess of that of the year before, and this year the business was fully 50 per cent larger than last year Circulars were received in Birmingham yesterday announcing the appointment of John Sebastian as passenger traffic mana ger of the Frisco system. w. N. Foreacre. assistant general su. perntendent of the Southern railway, is txua three days on the Knoxville and Ashe- vile divisions. and will probably return to Birmingham tomorrow or Thursday.
 
 performance, somehow, lacked vivaclty; 1t did not have the sparkle and verve so necessary to the success of a musical show, while Miss Marh herself seemed to be bored with the whole proceedings. There is plenty of material in Nancy Brown" for a clever, entertaining per- formance The piece has been seen here twice before-once with Marie Cahll in the leading role and once when Miss Marble was the star-and 1t was well re- ceved Last night the performance dragged perceptibly. It was not up to the standard established by the clever little comedenne in the past More life will have to be injected before Nancy Brown" will sustain It's former pres tlge.
 Miss Marble Is entitled to a stronger supporting company than that with which she has been provided this season. but with her usual sprightliness she could manage to carry the performance credit ably on her own shoulders Last evening her songs were the most enjoyable feature or the performance. When she was on the stage the situation was greatly im- proved. Few comediennes can equal Miss Marble in her chosen field.