The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
NOT ID HOLD TRAIN
 FOR CONNECTIONS Southern Railway Adopts a New
 Policy in This Matter OTHER RAILWAY NEWS Christmas Rates Are Announced By the Railroads-W. J. Murphy, Vice
 President of Queen and cres-
 cent, Was In the City.
OTHER RAILWAY NEWS

According to C. II. Ackert, fourth vice president and genera, manager, the Southern railway has discontinued the practice of holding it's trains for connec- tions in a great many instances.
 While in the city this week MT. Ackert stated that trains would not be held for connections, as the entire system was thrown out and the general public great ly disconnected by holding trains. He stated that he believed that the South ern had enough trains on practically all it's main line to inconvenience a traveller very little by having to wait from one train to another
 For instance, take passenger coming south from Boston," said MT. Ackert. 'lf We hold for connection in the east we delay every person travelling on our train. The people coming south are thrown out all along the line and we in convenience great number to accommo- date this man from Boston who travels south probably once year.
 "In going from Birmingham we do not hold our train in Atlanta for this con nection. We have several trains out of Atlanta east every day, and if the train from Birmingham is late the passenger does not have to remain in Atlanta but short while, two, three or maybe four hours for another train.
 Tn coming to Birmingham from the east we will not hold for connections at | Atlanta About 90 per cent of the people coming to Atlanta get off there, and the remaining 10 per cent come to Birming- ham. By holding the train there we throw everybody between Atlanta and Bir- mingham late, and miss our connections in Birmingham, throwing everything late. There are several trains day out of Atlanta for Birmingham, and if train from the east is several hours late it will throw a passenger in Atlanta just about the right time to catch the next train this way.
 'I believe that this plan will work for the best. Every originating train will start on time, and this will make every train on the system run nearer on time. I believe that by this new plan we will accommodate a much greater percentage of the public than by holding trains for | connections.
 | minutes late, say much as thirty min utes, we will hold for the connection, but as rule we will not hold for connec- tions when a train is later than that"
 MT. Ackert, fourth vice president and general manager of the Southern; w. N. Foreacre, general superintendent of the western district: A. Stewart mechanical 1 intendent of maintenance of way and structures, will return today from Co nmbus, Miss, where they went yester- day.
 An increase of 9 cents per ton on pig iron, iron pipe and billets has been an- nounced by the railroads, effective tha first of the year.
 A relative increase in the rates of all iron products will become effective at the same time T he rates are to all Ohio ana Mississippi river crossings, the north, east and west.
 The rates were announced as a result of the meeting of the Southeastern Mis- sissippi Valley Freight association in Louisville last week.
 The increase is the result of the high prices which iron is bringing at present. The rates on iron and products are based on the price of pig iron, being higher when iron is high and lower when iron Is low.
 w. J. Murphy vice president of the Queen and Crescent route; M. F. Mallory, auditor; J. P. McCuen, superintendent of motive power, and several other oflic ats of the Queen and Crescent route, arrived in Birmingham early yesterday morning on a special train from Chattanooga.
 Mr. Murphy was in conference yes;er- day with L. Sevier, general freight agent of the Alabama Great Southern; R. E. Boswell, superintendent, and J. c. Neison division engineer of the Alabama Great Southern.
 F. J. Parmalee. travelling passenger agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton at Atlanta, was in Birmingham yesterday
 Ray Knight, commercial agent of the Queen and Crescent route in Atlanta, was in Birmingham yesterday. | J. N. Cornatzer, assid ant general pas senger agent of the Frisco system ,n Memphis spent Mondat in Birmingham, | returning home that night. c. A. Benscoter, assistant general ras- | senger agent of the So thern railway m | | Chattanooga, returned home yesterday | morning, after having fpent d couple of | days in Birmingham. About 150 delegates tb the NoIth Ala | l bama conference at Gadsden left Bir- | mingham yesterday afternoon on tie Ala | bama Great Southern train No 6 at | o'clock Special equipnhnt was furnished | for the accommodation bf the delegates. | The railroads have announced the | Christmas rates for all roads in thc ter | rltory of the Southern Passenger associa- ton. The rates are one and onf third |
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