Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-17
REh|1uAY NEWS AND GOSSIP Action Indicating Brighter Pros
 poets for the c, s.
IT MAY BE EXTENDED SOUTH
And Parallel the A. G. s. Line From cha.ta- nooga to Birmingham Still An
 other Richmond in the Field.

meeting of the stockholders of the Chattanooga Southern railroad was held in Atlanta Wednesday and the following board of directors elected:
 H. B. Post, Russell Sage, Thomas H. Hubbard, Henry s. Lamb, Newman Erb and M. Davis, all of New York.
 The Georgia and Alabama corpora lions, under which the road has hitherto been operated, were consolidated.
 The property is now under control of one corporation organized under the laws of Alabama, and is named the Chatta- nooga Southern Railroad company. It's headquarters will be at Gadsden, the ter minus in this state. Mir William r. Jud- son. representing the roads counsel, But Ter Notman, Joline & Mynderse, repre- sented the stockholders.
 The Chattanooga Southern was built seven or eight years ago from Gadsden to Chattanooga, a distance of ninety-two miles. Soon afterwards it was placed in the hands of receiver, General Burke of Jacksonville, Ala, being named for that position, and until few months ago was operated under his management
 Recently the road was sold at special masters sale and bid in by Newman Erb, Russell Sage and associates.
 The road, it is said, will be extended to Birmingham within the next twelve or eighteen months. The distance from Birmingham to Gadsden is only about fifty miles, making the entire length of the road less than 150 miles. The road, if extended to Birmingham, would traverse one of the richest mineral and timber districts of the state and open to Bir- mingham the St. Clair coal fields which are several miles away from the nearest railroad point.
 It is said the new officers of the road will be named in few days and that as soon as they become familiar with the work preparations looking to the exten- sion to Birmingham will be begun.
 The Chattanooga Southern as it is parallels the Alabama Great Southern from Chattanooga to Gadsden. and when completed to Birmingham will parallel the Alabama Great Southern the entire distance from Birmingham to Chatta- nooga.
 Southern's New Schedule.
 It is reported that the Southern rail- way will put on new schedule on the 25th instant Just what changes will be made are not yet known, but it seems to be almost certainty that the trains be- tween here and Greenville, Miss, will connect with 35 and 36 instead of 37 and SS. This would make the Greenville train leave here shortly after noon and re- dDOuL D. HIS WOulQ give the people west of here day trains instead of night trains as at present What changes will be made on other lines of the Southern are not known here.
 Rival to the Southern.
 A story is going the rounds, says the Atlanta Journal, that the Seaboard Air Line and the Plant system are forming a combine which will be a formida ble ri- val for the Southern. The story is to the effect that the Marietta and North Geor- gia. the Georgia Midland and Gulf and the Columbus Southern have been ac- quired by purchase by the Plant system less than fifty miles of road the Plant Seaboard system would compete with the Southern for business at Portsmouth Atlanta. Savannah, Jacksonville Knox vile and other important cities of the southeast