The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-28
 CITY ITEMS

Changes on the A. G. S.-It was an nounced yesterday that effective Sun cay trains No. and No. on the Alabama Great Southern would req, h here on a changed schedule. Train No. arrives here at this time at 10:55 a. m-, and departs at 11:05 for the south. Effective Sunday that train 3 arrives here at this time at 10:55 m. and depart at 1925. Train No. 4. which arrives here now at ' D. m and leaves at 7:05 D. m., for the north will reach Birmingham at 6:35 D. n. and will leave at $40 p. m. for the north. No reason was assigned by the Alabama Great Southern for tie changes except that in the opinion of the operating officials it will be ap- preciated by travelling public inasmuca ss it will enable business men to reach here earlier from the north. No other Changes are scheduled.
 McClellen Praises Newspaper Club--B. c. McClellen of New Orleans, who was elected president of launders' associa- tion yesterday. was enthusiastic over the meeting held in Birmingham. He said that the Newspaper club banquet was by far the most enjoyable ever arranged for the association.
 Everyone in this city should be proud of that club" said MT. McClellen. "It is easily one of the most attractive clubs that I have ever seen and the banquet we held there Monday night was wonderfully successful. I shall never forget the trip to Birmingham, and I want to say that New Orleans will have some job trying to come up to the hospitality of Birmingham.
 BenzOl Contract Let-1t was an- nounced yesterday that the steel con struction for the benzol plant to be erected by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company had been given to the American Bridge company. The con tract calls for several hundred tons of steel and will be made just as rapidly as possible. The general impression is that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company will insist that the plant be ready for operation September l, and efforts in that direction will be made The construction of the steel will be in charge of H. A. Greene of the Ameri- can Bridge company engineers from Pittsburg.
 w. S. Andrews Here-W. s. Andrews S. general superintendent of transporta- ton for the Queen and Crescent route, was here yesterday on a trip of m- speotion. He was engaged in a con ference with local operating officials curing the morning and later held a short conference with Robert Jemison, Sr., one of the directors of the Ala bama Great Southern. Mir Andrews said yesterday that the volume n. traffic was getting somewhat mole promising and that he believed the general business conditions were more hopeful for the future. He returned Forth last night on train No. f.
 Mir. Mahr Visits W0Odward-G K Mahr. sales manager for the Woodward Iron company's Philadelphia offices. was here yesterday visiting A. fl Woodward, chairman of the board. He looked over the Woodward properties yesterday morning in company with Mir. Woodward and later attended the ball game. MT. Mahr said yestords y tha- the business situation. was better and that inquiries for pig iron were taken to mean a revival of the most gratifying character was about to take rlace. He returned east last night
 Crawford Returns Home-Georse G. Crawford, president of the Tennessee turned home yesterday after attending
 
 flcials in New York He has been away about 10 days. MT Crawford did rot have any statement to make yes ferday relative to operations here, H. though he is believed to hold a very hopeful opinion of future business con ditions.
 Bridge Company Official Here-H. A Green, one of the construction engineers for the American Bridge company. was here yesterday. He will be in Birming ham for two months, and will be in charge of the steel construction for the benzol plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, which will be erected at Fairfield, Mir Green will return north tonight and will be in Bir mingham for the construction work within the next few days