Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-04
RAILWAY NEWS AND GOSSIP

MT. Henry Martin, chief train dispatchI CT of the Alabama Great Southern for as number of years in Birmingham, and in
 the service of the road nearly twenty
 years, left yesterday morning for Chatta-
 nooga to take a similar position under
 Superintendent Reggs of the Cincinnati Southern, ...,.,..
 Determined to Build Anyhow.
 An Americus, Ga., special to the Att lanta Constitution of yesterday says: ~ "Considerab interest is indulged in here today relative to the recent move
 ment upon the part of the Georgia and
 Alabama railway in beginning the exten-
 sion of that line from Lyons, the present
 terminus, to Savannah. For some time
 past negotiations have been in progress between the Central and Georgia and Alabama officials for the purchase by the latter of the line from Lyons to Meldrim,
 a station on the Centraps manstem, by
 which the Georgia and Alabama seeks entrance into Savannah.
 "Saturday-a lafge-ferce was put to
 work by hezGeorgia and Alabama, cut ting out a right of way from Lyons,
 which fact indicated that negotiations with the Central were at an end and thap
 the Georgia and Alabama had finally de- termined to build an independent line.
 which has. long beenrthe purpose of that
 company in the event the Central would
 
 drim. ... 7.
 'It is learned today, hiwever, from par
 ties arriving here from Lyons that the
 work upon the right of way stopped sud denly yesterday afternoon, for While at
 least, and the belief prevails that some
 satisfa ctory agreement has been reached with the Central officials by the Georgia and Alabama people. 4 "General Manager Gabbett is out or the city today, but it is learned upon good
 authority that the Georgia and Alabama people are prepared to push vigorously the extension of their line to Savannah in the event of their inability to purchase the Centrals branch. The distance from Lyons to Savannah is seventy-five miles,
 and the work of building the new road
 can be completed within six months.
 Land Excursions to the South.
 The Southern Railway company will
 inaugurate series>0f land excursions to
 the south on the 11th instant to continue for month. Low round trip rates from
 such centers as Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville have been fixed to all impor- tant points oflthe southern states, and every encouragement possible will be given settlers and investors who desire to investigate this regions resources and advantages. There are millions Of | acres of unimproved land capable of | great productiveness. and at no time has | so much attention been attracted to ex- | isting agricultural and industrial condi- | tions as now. Recognizing this fact the | policy of the Southern railway is to push | the cause of immigration and turn the | tide which has been tending westward
 to the more inviting fields of the south. Tn adopting this commendaDle course good results are sure to follow. u The Territory Mapped Out. l Messrs. l., A. Shipman and R. l.. New, | ton the able and popular travelling pas
 senger. agents of the. Southern and Ala
 bama Great Southern railroads. have rf- | ceived fresh irstruction from headquat-
 ters as to what territory they shall re- | spectively work from Birmingham. MT. | Shipman will have Mississippi and Ala l bama north, including the Fifth and 1 Sixth divisions of the Southern railway
 and south of the Memphis and Charles | ton railroad; Fifth and Sixth divisions
 of the Southern railway in Georgia as | far as and including Austell and Rorie, l Ga; Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus | railroad south of Rome. Ga,; Central or
 Georgia road; entire East and West rails
 road, and the Kansas City Memphis and | Birmingham railroad. for eastern busi- | ness. ss .,
 MT. R. L. Newton will operate for the | Ala bama Great Southern railroad all
 lines of the Southern west of Birming- | ham; state of Alabama south of the | Memphis and Charleston road, including | the Fifth and Sixth divisions of the | Southern from Meridian to the Georgia | state line; in Georgia as far as and in | cluding Austell and Rome. Ga.; also from l Austell" on the Fifth division of the
 Southern through Rome to Attalla; en- tire East and West Railroad of Alabama | Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus road
 south of Rome and the Chattanooga
 Southern road for various directions.
 Mir. E. Schryver left yesterday for | Chattanooga o.take his new post in that
 city of assistant general freight agent of
 the New Orleans and Texas Pacific rail- | road.