Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-02

|
 March l. the date the order becomes ef-
 fective. Ss.f
 5The rumors began to be heard in Bsn-
 mingham Sunday afteruocn when super
 intendent of Machinery and Motive low
 CT Thomas issued a n order that, in the fll-
 ture. master mechanics would report to
 MT. Vaughan, assistant superintendent,
 in place of to the superintendent of mos
 live power ard machinery. The order IS said to have concluded with the sentence:
 .sTne Southern will cease to operate the Alabama Great Southern"
 Assistant Superintendent Vaughan, of
 Chattanooga, is in the city in his private
 can accompanied by his wife. When
 seen yesterday afternoon by a State
 Herald representative he stated that his trip had no significance and that he was
 here with Mr. Wickersham simply io take in MaTdi Gras.
 At the same time MT. Vaughan admit
 ted that the circular above referred to
 had been issued and that the master me-
 chanic would, in the future, report to
 him. He also stated that the repairs
 done by the Alabama Great Southern
 for the Southern would be charged
 against the latter road the same as for
 any other foreign road and vice versa.
 One thing that has not been officially
 announced is that all Alabama Great
 Southern property now in the Southern
 shops or on its road must be turned over to the former company and that the Southern property must be returned by the Alabama Great Southern. This was
 given out by one of the employees of the
 company, but has not been officially af- ] firmsd
 The ciacular has not arrived at the of flee of Superintendent WickerSham, but
 that gentleman stated that he had been advised of it's issuance and expected it's arrival in the next twelve hours. Until it's contents are made public, 1t is a mere matter of conjecture as to what
 will really be the outcome. A well known railroad man in speaking of the proposition to run the Alabama Great Southern in conjunction with the New Orleans &c Northeastern said tha there was something wrong in the an-
 nouncement as the Southern did not own
 nor operate that road. From all indiea- tions, he said, the Alabama Great South ern road will revert to it's former own CTS.
 ANOTHER RAILROAD. The rich coal and ore fields of the War
 rior district and south of Birmingham will in the very near future, be tapped by a new railroad. That the road will
 be built. there is no question. Arrange ments have been perfected to such a
 degree that the honorable secrtary of state has appointed a committee of three, | consisting of H. G. Robinson, Robert l.. | Little and W. J. Hendley, to receive sub scriptions to the capital stock. The name of the new road is the Pen l sacola, Alabama and Tennessee railroad and will be operated by company bear | ing that title.
 l It is intended to tap the Warrior coal | fields and ore beds south of Birmingham | and crossing the Alabama Great South l ern railroad at or near Vanc= Station,
 run through the rich farming lands of the state to the coast
 | Of course, the road will finally, and at l no great distant day, come into this city l thus giving the Magic City another outlet | to the gulf
 1 FREIGHT DEPOT BURNED. I The freight depot of the Alabama Great I Sunday morning at o'clock. The loss l is estimated at $2,000 in freight, besides l the buildings. The books and papers l were saved Origin not known.