The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

tsraay morning of sons changes that will take place In tho shops both here o6d 1n Mobile
 c. D. clftord. who for the past year, hAs bssn Matter Mechanic of the Louis- ville and Nashville shops in Montgom- cry, is appointed Master Mechanic of the Mobile shops to succeed H. M. Winto. who has rssigned to enter pri- vAte businesA D. D. Briggs succeeds Mfr. Clifford at the local shops He Is not q stranger in Montgomery as he had sharge of the shops of the Louis- vflie and Nashville here in 1902. having been transferred from Montgomery to Anniston.
 Mr. Minto has been in the service of the Loufsvfll. and Nashville for nearly twenty years. having been a locomotive engineer between Mobile and New Or leans before his appointment as Master Mechanic of the shops in Mobile.
 These changes take effect this morn- ine. The official circulars issued yes terday morning Are as follows:
 Company--offiee of Superinten-
 .dent. New Orleans. La. Ian. |. "Ensctive this date Mir. c. B. Gif- ford is appointed Master Mechanic of the Mobile skhops and the New Orleans and Mobile Division vice Mir. H. M. Minto assigned to other duties. MT. Clifford will retain Jurisdiction hs Master Mechanic of the Mobile and Montgomery Division and branches. His office will be at Mobile. Ala.
 ''Chas. Marshall.t
 Superintendent" Approved:
 ''Theo. H. Curtis.
 Superintendent Machinery" Louisville and Nashville Railroad
 Company--Ofice of Master Me-
 chanic-Mobile. Ala, Jan. l, 1907. Effective this date Mir. D. D. Briggs is appointed Assistant Master Mechanic of the Mobile and Montgomery Division and branches with office at Montgom- cry. Ala
 "He will report to the Master Me- chanic at Mobile on all mechanical matters and perform such duties as are assigned to him by the Master Me- chanic. c. B. Clifford, Approved: Master Mechanic"
 "J. I. Mckinney.
 Superintendent.
 "Theo. H. Curtis.
 Superintendent of Machinery"
 r As indicating the troubles with which railroads have had to contend recently General Manager Noise, of the Central of Georgia Railroad. in recent letter said:
 "Referring first. to the freight ser vice. beg to say that our manage ment anticipated the increase in bus mess. and, in order to provide for 1t, contracted for thirty freight locomo- tives. 1000 box cars and 1000 coal cars, during the early part of this year. None of these purchases have been delivered by the contractors on time. The box cars should have reach ed us at the rate of ten per day. com- mencing July 1. Less than 400 have been received to date. The coal cars were promised at the rate of ten per day. commencing in November. None of them have been received and pres- ent indications are that we will not begin to ret them until the last Of January. Twenty of the locomotives were promised In September and ten ir October. A portion of this machin- cry Is in service, but the delivery Ia not yet completed; ten of the largest of these engines were the last to bs completed. and are just beginning to reach us."
 Raiixoad Building sn South. Based on & thorough canvass of ev- cry railroad company in the South and Southwest. The Manufacturers Record of December 27 publishes a table showing the amount of new mileage built in 1906, and also the construction proposed for 1907, in each