The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-01
THE RAILROAD NEWS
NEW TARIFF SCHEDULES HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED.
Road Department Of Atlanta and West
Point Railroad Returns from In
spection Trip of Entire
System.

Road Department Of Atlanta and West
| Point Railroad Returns from In
| spection Trip of Entire
System.
The commercial agents in Montgom-
cry of the L. and N, the Central of
Georgia, and the Western Railroads,
which companies were compelled by the
recent decision OF the United states
| supreme Court to comply with the
lower passenger and freight rates for
i the state of Alabama, were in receipt
yesterday of these rates OF liz cents
q mile from their respective general
passenger and freight agents.
The new passenger rates show re-
duction of 1-2-cent mile within the
State of Alabama, while the new freight
| rates are according to the Conner
scale with different reductions for diff
ferent commodities.
| The Atlantic Coast Line. the Seaboard
Air Line, the Mobile and Ohio and the
Southern Railroads did not fight the
issue, but acduiesced and accepted the
| rates from the start.
The road department of the Western
Railroad in Montgomery. in charge of
| Roadmaster ~. & Nelson, returned
late Sunday afternoon from their an
| nual roadway inventory trip OF the
two divisions from Selma to Atlanta,
checking up the material on hand at
| all points where the A. and W. p
| had material. besides making a close
Inspection trip of the entire lfne<
Roadmaster o. C. Nelson OF the two
| divisions OF the A. and w. p stated
last evening that this annual trip Is
usually made about the LIST of July,
but this year they took the trip about
| a month In advance as business was
slack just at present and the travelling
in July was extremely hot.
| He stated further that the auditor
| OF the company desires to get in the
reports as soon as possible, and that he
will have about thirty days time to
work on his own report before he sub
mits IL.
Master Mechanic f. o. Walsh of the
western shops in this city. also accom-.
panied the road department on this
trip, more for the matter of company,
but at the same time making some in.
spection work.
Major ]. r. Harmon, President of the
Central Of Georgia Railroad Company.
was in Birmingham last week, where
he completed tour of the system In
company with President j T. Harri-
man of the Illinois Central.
1t was reported that the purport of
Mr. Harriman's trip and visit to Bir-
mingham was to prepare for the taking
over of the Central of Georgia by the
larger Hartman line.
The application for a charter for
100000 railroads has formed an inn
| portant feature in the industrial news
of the State of Georgia lately.
One Of the roads, which will be back
ed by Michigan capital, will be built
northward from Rome and will extend
| to the Tennessee line, as the investors
from that state have recently acquired
mineral properties in Northwestern
| Georgia, and 1t Is for the development
Of this that the road is to be built.
The other line is to be constructed
entirely across the state of Georgia
from Savannah to Fort Gaines, just
| across the Chattahoochee River from
Alabama.
The operating revenues and expenses
| of the Central of Georgia Railroad
Company for April, 1909, and 1908, and
for ten months from July /, 1908, COM
pared with the same period in 1907 Is
shown by the following:
For April
Operating revenues, 1909, $791, 264s7;
| 1908, S736, 527.S9; increase. S54.73L57.
| Operating expenses and taxes, 1909.
66s.s11.s7; 1908. $S4s,922.o3; increase.
$lS.6S934.
Net operating income. 1909. $l22.-
oo5.6Ui 1915, SoO'oVosSoi ucISdSSS TSof-
O4S.24.
Percentage of operating expenses and
taxes to operating revenues. 1908.
81. so; 1908, ss.24.
For ten months. July !, to April 80
Operating revenues, this year, 49,
| s24,7ss.Ss; last year, s9,s52,170.91; de-
crease, $227,4o2.53.
| Operating expenses and taxes, this
year. $7,I15,844.53; last year, $7,667,-
! 37sS5; decrease. $55l,5S5.S2.
Net operating income this year ST.
sos. s23.S5; last year, $2,1S4.791.06; in
crease, $S24.1S2.7s.
Percentage of operating expenses
and taxes to operating revenues. this
year, 1894; last year, 77.S2.
| J. A. Bowdoin. train master OF the
| Atlantic Coast Line at Dothan, was
in Montgomery yesterday.
H. NJ. Schachte, connected with the
local ofice of the Atlantic Coast Line,
returned to Montgomery yesterday af-
ter a two weeks trip to his home in
| Charleston, s. c., where he has been
recuperating from a recent spell Of
| sickness.