The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-03
PRESIDENT WALTER SPENT DAY IN CITY Head of Seaboard on Tour of Inspection Over System LEAVES THIS MORNING Says That the Matter of Building to eadsden Is Still unsettIed-other
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l son, superintendent of motive power, and A W. Morgan, secretary to MT. Walter, arrived in Birmingham yesterday morn | ing on private car No. 2. The president will remain in Birmingham until this morning, when he will return to head quarters at Portsmouth, via Atlanta.
 "I am on a regular trip of inspection" said MT. Walter yesterday afternoon. We took trip over some of the Birmingham district this morning, and I will go to Att lanta in the morning.
 "The matter of building line into Gadsden is still under contemplation, but we have not decided yet about It, said MT. Walter In reply to a question. We were very fortunate during the recent rain and storms, and suffered but little. | We had a little trouble on the Birming- ham division, and a little on the west coast of Florida. but it was light in com- parison with what some of the other roads suffered"
 1 Mir. Walter was inquiring particularly | about the damage done the Louisville and Nashville in and around Birmingham, and also In the extent of the damage done to l the other roads.
 | MT. Sanderson is in Birmingham pur- l chasing the coal supply for the Seaboard l for the winter. He is closing up contracts with a number of the coal companies
 w. N. Foreacre, assistant general super intendent of the Southern, is in the Mo- bile division helping straighten out the l troubles caused there as a result of the recent rains and storms. The Southern l is operating it's trains into Mobile on the regular schedule, but there was consid- erable damage that had to be repaired. 1 w. N. Deuel, superintendent of the Bir- mingham division. went west yesterday morning with a work train to put the l sdings into the coal mines into better l condition. Some of these tracks are in pretty bad condition as a result of the recent rains and highwater While the cars can be run into practically all the mines, the sidings are in such shape that great care has to be exercised
 A. H. Westfall. formerly general super intendent of the Elgin, Joliet and East ern Railroad has been appointed super lllleDueHl OI IHe AlldHCd ulN1SlOI Ol lue Southern. He succeeds F. J. Egan. who 1 has been appointed superintendent of the Macon division, which is the south end of the old Atlanta division, which was cut 1 in half recently.
 | Circulars have been received in Brming- ham announcing the resignation of c. S.. McManus, general superintendent of the Southern All officers reporting to the general superintendent are instructed to report to General Manager H. B. Spencer. This would seem to indicate that the office of general superintendent had been abol- ished, temporarily at least. No success sor will be appointed to MT McManus until c. H. Ackert. fourth vice president returns from Europe. He is expected this week or next week.
 The offices of Commercial Agent Cowan and Travelling Passenger Agent Jordan of the Central of Georgia Railway have neen moved into the new quarters on the first floor of the Brown-Marx building The new quarters are on First avenue on the right hand side of the main entrance. 1 and they are being attractvely fitted up. They are not only more convenient in many ways than the old offices, and the new stand is considered much more ad- vantageous from railroad standpoint as so many more people pass by there than did at the old stand.
 The Louisville and Nashville now has it's line open into Mobile, and the trains from Birmingham are operating on their regular schedule The line was opened for traffic early yesterday morning, the first through train going through at an early hour This was the first train over the Louisville and Nashville into Mobile from the north since last Thursday. The officials are getting the line be- tween Mobile and New Orleans opened as rapidly as possible, and hope to get 1t opened this week.
 The Queen and Crescent has issued 25- | 900 circulars or folders about Alabama i homecoming. October 15-20 and they are being distributed broadcast over all the territory through which the route or any | of it's connections operate. The outside is in black and white, urging all Alabamians | to return home. On the other side is a copy of the governors proclamation sum- moning all Alabamians home, and on top of that is the court of arms of the state l Two large pages are devoted to cuts of Birmingham, one of these being bird's s | eye view of the city, another a view on | Highland avenue east of Twentieth street. | third showing the city hall and the fourth showing one of the furnaces and | many thousand tons of pig iron on the yards The descriptive story of Birming- ham Is brief but very interesting. It gives a great many facts about the in- dustrles of the district, the coal and iron production, the banks and street railway system.
 Other space Is devoted to list of the hotels and rates, boarding houses and ad- dresses, where people may secure lodging, a large map of the Queen and Crescent Route. list of the representatives of the route. a condensed schedule from north and south. and the conditions of the sale of tickets Is also given.
 
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