The age-herald., 1897-12-01
COVERED WITH SURVEYORS  Territory Between Tuscaloosa, BIoCton and Birmingham. M. 6 0. EMPHATIC IN DENIAL That It Will Enter Birmingham-Sureying Is Being Done For Some Purpose and
 There Are Many Rumors
M. 6 0. EMPHATIC IN DENIAL

The Mobile and Ohio railroad is knock ing at the gates of Birmingham.
 The surveys are within Two miles of Bessemer. A camp has baen established there and the men are working away from that city.
 The Territory between Tuscaloosa, Blocton and Birmingham is literally overriun with civil engineers.
 The United States government has two corps of engineers surveying for the Warrior canal. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company has men locating different mines for lthe purpose of making a new map of that locality
 The Mobile and Ohio Railroad company has two corps locating route for the entrance of fhalh road into Bessemer. In that city junction will be formerd wSth the Birmingham, Powderly and Besse- snar dummy line. This information comes direct from one of the men employed in surveying the route intended to be traversed.
 IN THE CITY LIMITS.
 Last Friday morning one corps of en- gineers bsgan to survey in the city Him. it's of Tuscaloosa. This route has been mapped out for over sixteen miles along the river bank in ehls direction of Bir- mingiham The second corps began about two rfles from Bessemer and are working toward Tuscaloosa.
 For some unexplained reason the Mo bile and Ohio officials deny this report. They claim the road Is not coming into Birmingham. The Birmingham Railway and Electric company says no attempt has been made to secure the Powderly dummy line Alt the time the line was sold the electric car company was said to be acting simply as an agent for a railway sysb:m.
 The Illinois Central and East and West Alabama roads are said Ito be endeavor- ing to get into Birmingham. We'll in- formed railroad men are of ths opinion that the East and West has found an en- trance by way of the Gate City dummy line, as exclusively told in The Age Herald.
 SOME SHORT TALK.
 During the prevalence of the yellow fever epidemic Superintendent Charles A. wickersham of the Alabama Great Southern road, .ssusd a bulletin regularly each day. This service proved of lines 
 timable value to the connecting HIes. Since the abolition of the quarantine regulations the service has been discon- tinued. MT. Wckersham Is In receipt of letters from the officials of the con- necting lines highly oomplimenting the service which was originated by the gen. nal superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern.
 The new schedule of the Louisville and Nashville railroad will go into effect Sun day. The greatest changes will be in the freight rains The alterations of the ar rival and departure of passenger trains are minor ones.
 The Missouri Pacific railroad company has notified its employees that on Jan uary 1 all wages will be restored to what they were in 1892. the year before the panic.
 This is the second great system that has voluntarily restored the wages of the men. Other roads have promised like action in the near future. The southern roads have been retarded by the quaran- dimes, but business is fast assuming boom like proportions.
 Already the Southeastern Passenger ee-