The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
RAILROAD WORLD.

Another of the Queen and Crescent men has gone to the Seaboard, making the fifth within the past two month.
 Ernest D. McIver chief clerk in tho general freight office of the Alabama Great Southern, yesterday telegraphed his acceptance of an offer made him to become chief clerk in the office or L" Sevier, second vice president and trafhc manager of the Seaboard.
 Mir. McIver has been with MT. Sevier for more than twelve years, commencing as messenger in the office He has risen to the present position of chief clerk of the second vice president of the Sea board, a position which requires a great deal of ability. He is considered one or the best chief clerks of a general freight office in the south, and is thoroughly posted in regard to the business In thus territory
 The appointment is effective on Feb ruary 1. It is not yet known who Will succeed MT. McIver
 The St. Louis Globe-Democrat or Thursday says that at meeting or the general committee of adjustment Of the order of railroad conductors, Frisco sys- tenn, resolutions were voluntarily adopted calling upon the members of the Missourl legislature to use their votes and in- fuence against the 2-cent passenger rate bill. Among other things the resolution says:
 ''We believe that the passage of such bill will be detrimental to the interests
 
 consider this the proper time for the passage of a bill of this kind. We re- commend that all employees of railways in the state of Missouri make protest against the passage of said bill"
 At the meeting of the Southern Iron committee at Palm Beach next Wednes- day the manufacturers of pig iron will devote their efforts ohaving the ad- vance in the freight rate of 70 cents per ton postponed sixty days. The advance is due to go into effect on February and the iron companies are protesting that 1t is unfair to them.
 An official of one of the large iron companies said yesterday that the new freight rate should not go into effect until all the iron offered at the old rates had been moved by the railroads. He said that it was the fault of the rail- roads that they had been unable to move the iron, although it had been offered them time and again.
 He stated that the iron companies and consumers should not be made to pay for this inability on the part of the rail- roads to handle what was offered.
 t1,af Q rn 100000 tons of pig iron on the yards If the furnace companies waiting for trans portation. It is all sold and the pur- chasers are said to be anxious to get 1t delivered The railroads have been un- able to move the iron on account of the scarcity of cars and motive power.
 On the Birmingham division Of the Louisville and Nashville yesterday about 15O0 "loads" of loaded cars of freigh- were moved This heavy movement com- menced Saturday night at dark and con tinued through yesterday morning. A great deal of this freight moves north, the northbound freight being heavier now than the southbound. Every available engine was used to move freight trains yesterday and the Birmingham yards of the Louisville and Nashville were prac- tically cleared The Louisville and Nash vile has a general clearing up every Saturday night and Sunday morning a large number of locomotives being avail able for use at those times that are not available during the remainder of the week.
 But for the heavy rains and the thun- der and lightning storm Saturday night, Superintendent Brooks estimates that he would have been able to operate much larger number of trains The rain pre- vented or delayed work in the yards and the lightning and winds damaged the wires
 General Manager Baker of the Queen and Crescent route passed through Bir- mingham yesterday on a trip of inspec- ton. There were several other officials of the Queen and Crescent In the party, which arrived about noon on train No. 5 and left on special train for Meridian. The party is expected to return to Bir- mingham today about noon and remain in Birmingham until Tuesday night.
 Mir Baker and the party only remained in Birmingham for a few minutes yester- day, the special leaving shortly after the arrival of the regular train