The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-24
TRAFFIC MEN ID
 RECEIVE INCREASE
 OF SALARY ON FIRST
Representatives of Foreign Roads Make Active Prep aratiOn to Open Of
 fices Here

Substantial increases in salaries of the traffic men of the various railroads will be made on March l, when the roads go back under the control of their private owners, according to in- formation received in Birmingham yes terday. During the war the traffic men were about the only railroad employees who failed to come in for the higher compensation granted to railroad em- Hployes generally.
 Notices of the increase have been received by the traffic men of some of the roads in Birmingham. while others are only hoping that the news they have been hearing is true.
 Representatives of foreign roads who expect to have charge of offices in Bir- mingham after March 1 are beginning to arrive. Only three or four of the roads have secured offices so far. but several others are negotiating for space in some of the buildings in i>e busi- ness section of the city.
 Paul Escott. who will be general agent of the Missouri Pacific. arrived from Louisville yesterday and during the week win get his office in the Woodward building furnished and in shape for business.
 s. J, Brown. general agent of the traffic department of the Southern Pa cihc. has been here several days al ready has his office in the Woolwortn building furnished and telephone in stalled
 w H. steen. w. G. Peoples and E. R. Starnes. travelling agents of the traffic | department of the same road, are also here and have their offices with MT Brown.
 Announcement of number of ap- 1 pointments was made by the Atlanta. i Birmingham and Atlantic road sevearl days ago, and the men affected are getting ready to go to their new places ! by March 1. C. I. Allen, who has been general agent of that road here for 1 some time. goes to Jacksonville Fla. on March in the same capacity His suc- l eessor here has not been named yet J. D. Boylston, freight service man for the Atlanta, Birmingham and At l lantic. under the United States railroad administration. will resume his old po- l sition as commercial agent at Nash : vile, He will leave for the Tennessee city the latter part of the week Announcement Is made that R. H Morris. division freight agent of the Southern Railway at Louisville Ky has been appointed general freight agent with headquarters In Chicago effective March l. He will be succeede at Louisville by William Humphreys ] who has been commercial agent at Att l lanta for several years.
 l Whether the joint ticket offices will l be continued after the government re- l linquishes control of the railroads or i March 1 has not yet been determined | The passenger traffic men of the vari ous systems are looking into the matter
 and it is probable that some definite conclusion will be reached in a short
 time
 It is stated that the Pennsylvania
 railroad will open it's own ticket office in the various cities as soon after Marcf
 l as conditions will permit With tho i Pennsylvania maintaining separate | ticket offices it is not believed that
 the other roads will remain in the i joint offices very long
 General Passenger Agent R. D. Pusey
 of the Louisville and Nashville is quoted hN the Louisville Courier Jour
 nal as being in favor of continuing tn.
 joint offices.
 While no announcement respecting the reorganization of it's traffic de l partments has been made by the South. ern Railway it is known that practical. ! ly every place has been filled and tho
 men notified. It is probable that of.
 ficial announcement of these appoint.
 ments will be made within a day oi 1 two.
 It is understood that a number oi changes either have been or will bt
 made among the general offices but
 ir format'o 'or as 10 these will first he given
 out at Washington, the general head | quarters of the company