The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
4, G.S, ANNOUNCES
 SALARY INCREASE Five Per Cent Raise is Given Over 1900 Employees OTHER RAILROAD NEWS Christmas Rates Are Announced By the RaiIroads-High officials of
 the Southern Railway
 In the City.
OTHER RAILROAD NEWS

An increase of per cent for all em- ployes of the Alabama Great Southern receiving less than s2Oo a month will go into effect on December 1.
 The increase will effect between 12O0 and 15OO men, including the station agents, section foremen, train crews, both pas senger and freight, employees in the gen. eral offices and many others
 There are some of the employees of the road who are not effected by this increase, as a short time ago they were granted an increase, but a conservative estimate places the minimum number at 12Oo.
 It was impossible yesterday to ascertain how much this increase amounted to an- order for the increase has been issued, according to officials of the road.
 W. J. Murphy, vice-president of the Queen and Crescent route. arrived in Birmingham last night from Chattanooga. His car was moved on a special train which left Chattanooga about 10 o'clock and reached Birmingham about 1SO , o'clock
 R. E. Boswell superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, has returned from Cincinnati, where he was in conference with the officials of the | Queen and Crescent route
 R. A. Chadwick assistant general
 freight agent of the Alabama Great
 Southern railroad, has returned from | Louisville where he attended a meeting oi
 the Southeastern Mississippi Valley asso- | citation, at which a number of matters ] pertaining to freight rates were discussed | and acted on
 F. P. Pelter, assistant superintendent of the Southern railway in Mississippi, which is operated by the Mobile and Ohio, was in Birmingham Saturday and Sunday. He was formerly agent of the Southern in Birmingham and was after wards assistant superintendent of the
 west end of the Birmingham division, l About 300 miles of the division was l chopped off and turned over to the Mobile and Ohio to operate, and he remained as I assistant superintendent on that division. MT. Pelter speaks glowingly of the
 manner in which the Mobile and Ohio | is operating the lines stating that there
 is sufficient motive power to move the traffic offered and that the yards are l kept clean all the time.
 | c. H. Ackert, fourth vice president and general manager of the Southern rall- way; J. N. Scale, manager of transpor- | tation; A. Stewart, mechanical engineer, | and D. W.,Lum chief engineer of mainte-
 nance of way and structures, will leave
 Birmingham this morning for Columt us,
 Miss. They will return tomorrow morn-
 ing, and probably be in the city to- | morrow
 | J. s. B. Thompson, general agent of
 the Southern in Atlanta, was in Birming- l ham yesterday in connection with the
 new terminal company and the rallr pads occupying the new station on the first | of the year.
 1 The party inspected the site of the new
 station yesterday. and also visited Q num-
 Der of the shippers. They are going owe.
 the system to investigate the car short I age trouble, and try to relieve the condi-
 tIons in several ways. They hope to remedy the situation, especially with re- | gard to coal cars.
 1 MT. AclSert believes that the condlto ons
 will be materially improved within I few