Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-04
SEEKING AN OUTLET
The K. c., M. & B. Said to Have
 Bought a New Kline.
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM
Superintendent Frazer on a Tour of Inspec- tion-vexcursion of Home-Seekers.
 General Railroad News. t--

For the past few days extensive circu- lation has been given to a rumor that the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road had bought the Macon and Br- mingham road and that the latter would be extended into Birming ham to connect with the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- | mingham. iitA
 The Macon and Birmingham was sold at Macon, Ga., a few days ago atsspecial masters sale, and at that time it was stated that the purchasers represented
 the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- ham people. Since that the report has
 been widely circulated and subsequent
 occurrences lend color to it.
 The Macon and Birmingham road now
 extends from Macon to LaGrange, Ga.
 The route has been surveyed from Bir-
 mlngham to LaGrange, distance of no
 miles. An extension of the Macon, Dub
 lin and Savannah road from Dublin to
 savannah, distance of less than 100
 miles, would give an outlet to the At
 lantic ocean, something the Kansas City,
 Memphis and Birmingham people have
 wanted for long time.
 With these two gaps. Birmingham to
 LaGrange and Dublin to Savannah filled
 in the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir-
 mingham road would have a direct line
 rom Kansas City to Savannah, thus
 connecting the granaries of the great
 northwest with the south Atlantic.
 Inspecting the Lines.
 Superintendent A. J.. Frazer of the
 southern is out on tour of inspection
 of the lines forming his division Yes
 terday morning he went over on the Ala
 bama division, between Meridian, Selma
 and Rome. He will thoroughly inspect
 all the lines of the division in the next
 few days. He is accompanied by Assist
 ant General SunprintpOdenf Thompson Superintendent c. A. Wickersham will
 inspect the Alabama Great Southern road next week He went to Meridian Thursday night and returned yesterday at noon.
 h An Office Abolished. The following circular has been re- ceived by Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- 'mlngham officials in this city: Kansas City. Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company; Kansas City, Mem phis and Birmingham Railroad Compa- ny. Kansas City Mo-, Jan. 1, 1S96-Mr Edward $. Washburn having been elect ed vice-presidept of these companies, the office of freight traffic manager is hereby
 abolished ]'' s. ase' l! The vice-president will have charge of | all traffic matters of the above and asso- cated companies, and in addition will |: perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the president. to | WHOm ne Will report.
 l. The headquarters of the vice-president will be at Kansas City Mo.
 l. GEORGE H NETTLIsTON, President. F '" Slight Change of Schedule. | A. slight change of schedule will go into effect on the Alabama Great Southern tomorrow. Only one train, however, will be affected No. 3, which arrives here at 12:35 D. m. and departs at 3:30 p. m., will be changed few minutes to make con | nectons in Chattanooga.
 Nos. 1. and will arrive and depart as at present. -.- ' t-.+ New Line of Sleepers. A new line of Pullman sleepers will be
 esta bIished between St. Louis. Mo-, and Tampa, Fla. beginning next Monday. The sleepers will be handled by the Louisville and Nashville and will be at tached to No g. which arrives here at 3:55
 D. m from the north and Il 40 a. m. from the south. Home-Seekers' Excursion. The Illinois Central. Louisville and Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanoo- go and St. Louis have arranged for a large "home seekers" excursion to the south on January A. Tickets will be on sale at St. Louis and the gate cities of the Ohio valley. The excursionists will be given an opportunity to see the ad- vantages of the south and southeast in all it's aspects. The rate will be one fare plus $2 for the round trip
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad is now experimenting at Montgomery
 with an automatic weighing machine. The machine Is placed on a convenient side track. a train of cars slowly hauled over it. and the weight of each car is ta- ken and registered. So far the machine has proven entirely satisfactory.