The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-15
RAILROAD WORLD.

| l.. Sewer, second vice president and
| traffic manager of the Seaboard, passed
| through Birmingham yesterday EN- route
| to Tuscaloosa where his son Is in school.
lie was en- route to Canton, Miss, on ac-
| count of the death of his father. but
would have arrived there too late, and so
| decided to go to Tuscaloosa to see his
son.
Mr.. Sewer came on the seaboard from
Atlanta, and left on the Queen and Cres-
| cent soon afterwards. lie will return to
Birmingham this morning ard go east on
| the Seaboard train.
w. T. Tyler, general superintendent of
| the second district of the Frisco, spent
yesterday in Birmingham. He denied
knowledge of the fact that the Frisco and
Illinois Central will build a low grade
line from Birmingham to Jasper, and also
stated that he did not know anything
about the reported purchase of the Mo-
bile Jackson and Kansas City railroad by
the Frisco and Rock Island
r.. L. Thompson, general agent of the
passenger departments of the Canadian
Pacific. 500 Line and the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railway, with head
quarters in Cincinnati. and W V. Lifset.
travelling passenger agent of the Same
lines at Cincinnati. spent yesterday in
Birmingham.
Local representatives of the Southern
railway returned NIJterday morning from
Atlanta, where they attended a general
conference of all the transportation and
traffic representatives Of the Southern.
President Finley called the conference In
order that he could meet many of the
representatives of the Southern and out
line to them some of the plans and poll
cies Of the system.
j. NJ Harrison western passenger agent
of the Southern railway, passed through
Birmingham yesterday route from At
lanta to his headquarters In Dallas
1t is not yet known In what capacity
7. +. Whittelsey will be with the Sea-
board. His resignation as second vice
president and general manager Of the Mo-
bile, Jackson and Kansas city had been
Officially announced from Mobile, end also
that he would be with the Seaboard.
1t was officially announced yesterday
by w. A. Garrett, vice president and
general manager of the Seaboard that II.
NJ. Waite would be superintendent of the
Birmingham division of the Seaboard,
succeeding j. NJ. Shea who will be pro-
NOTED TO some position which Is not yet
decided. Mr.. Waite recently resigned
from the Queen and Crescent where he
was superintendent OF the Somerset divis-
ion.
Madison Jones, young boy who lives
a bout twenty miles from Birmingham
the Southern railway, between here and
Mobile is credited with saving express
train No. 10 from running into burning
bridge yesterday morning at Sparks gap.
He waved the train down with his
sweater and Engineer Moreland stopped
the train before the bridge was reached.
The train Is due to leave Birmingham
at $50 a. m, but was few minutes late
yesterday. There is a sharp curve just
north Of this bridge. which spans stream
and II Is impossible TO see the bridge
until nearly upon 1T. The boy had dis
covered the fire and went down the track
TO stop the train, which he accomplished.
He was literally rewarded by number
of the passengers for his act
A conductor on the Louisville and
Nashville also discovered the fire and
notified Superintendent Stoop of the Biz
mingham division, who notified Superin-
tendent Lasseter OF the Selma division,
so that all trains were stopped and de-
toured via the Louisville and Nashville
at Calera. The train due yesterday morn
ing at 5:s5 O'Clock was indefinitely late.
Madison Jones gave his age at Y years.
and when theatrain stopped expressed his
relief stating that he was glad. for he
feared that some one would get hurt.