The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-13
BALDWIN TALKS OF
 BUSINESS OUTLOOK Illinois Central's Chief En-
 gineer in City WILL BUY RAILS HERE Says Illinois Central Has Induced Number of Western Lines to Place
 Orders for Their Rails In
 Birmingham
WILL BUY RAILS HERE

A. s. Baldwin, chief engineer for the Illinois Central railroad, who is in Bir-. mingham as a witness in a local court, said yesterday every effort is being made by his company to secure for Birmingham steel rail orders from western lines and that an order for the yearly tonnage will be apportioned here by his company at no very dis- tant time He stated that although con- struction Is being held somewhat m check by his company as well as oth- CTS the officers believe that ultimate ly the conditions will revive and brisk business result. He said: "The decisions of the supreme court relative to the raises in rates by the western lines have upset conditions woefully Had it not been for this action on the part of the government cannot imagine how extensive would have been various railroad operations Improvements, however, after the squabble were held up with striking effectiveness.
 "Although this is true I look with the greatest faith to the future. The Illinois Central is in fine condition as shown by our annual report and is busy now making fine tonnage hauls. Our company is deeply interested in Birmingham We placed about half of our rail orders here last year, and that Is being delivered by the Ensley plant now. However in a few weeks 1t is probable that our order for 1911 will be arranged. It Is safe to say | that Birmingham will receive a large portion of it. How large 1t will be
 I cannot say at this time, but 1t will
 be considerable.
 "Our interest here goes further than
 buying steel for our line in Birming- ham, We have been trying to get other lines to buy here and have suc- | ceeded It is to our advantage and l to the advantage of the city to do this. We have little doubt but that our er- forts will secure quite an additional order for rails for Birmingham. That Is one demonstration of the interest Of the Illinois Central in this city. We have others. There Is probably no req sonable request that our company would refuse this city. We have thrown our lot with you. Your growth Is our growth; your progress Is our pro- gress, and your worries we also share It is a mutual cooperative scheme in which our officers and employees will always share with you.
 Taking all things into considera- ton believe along with quite few other men that following the rate hear ing in Chicago conditions will reas- | tt xrrt41 hat h rtcIr business will result. At least that is our view
 In speaking of Birmingham partic- u1arly in regard to the recent great census report MT. Baldwin said:
 From every hamlet in the country Birmingham will receive praise on that census report. The country never dreamed that such splendid growth would be reported of this city. The net resul, of that census and the large percentage of gain shown will be that million new pair of eyes will be focused on Birmingham and the result in money cannot be estimated. The city of Birmingham can scarcely realize how magnificent those figures are. Not only have you outstripped the very best towns In the country but you have out grown from a percentage standpoint those towns that are forever growing about their growth and stability" Mir. Baldwin, with his principal as- sistant engineer, MT. Brumley. will take the stand probably today on be- half of the defense In the case of Ben Tally against the Alabama Western in the fadaral conrt