The age-herald., 1899-12-09
BRANCH LINE INTO
 THE COAL FIELDS  L. & N. Railroad Has Made Pre-
 Iiminary Survey. ENOUGH CARS FOR ONCE
Railroads Have Been Able to Supply Demand of Operators West of Birmingham Looked Upon
 as Somewhat of Novelty

The preliminary survey has been made by the Louisville and Nashville railroad for new branch road to run from Gull man into the Warrior coal field. The west ern terminus of the branch will be near the confluence of Sipsey river and Mulberry creek, between thirty and forty miles southwest of Cullman.
 The exact route to be followed by the new road has not yet been located, but it is believed it will be within the next few weeks, and that the road will be built next year.
 This road, df built, will give the Louis vile and Nashville access to the heart of the Warrior coal fields, and thus enable them to divide the immense tonnage origin ating in that section.
 A surveying corps has just returned from a trip over the proposed route. and will perhaps go over it again this month. As soon as the route shall have been decided upon right-of-way will be secured, and work on the construction of the road will begin soon thereafter as possible.
 Enough Cars fer Once
 A decided novelty has been experienced by some of the coal operators west of Bir- mingham this week. The railroads have furnished these mines all the cars called for and as a result the shipments of coal from the particular mines in question have been exceedingly heavy. This rule has not work ed at all the mines of this district, however, and the camor for cars is still heard.
 Speaking of the scarcity of cars to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday, T. C. Gull yerhouse, who operates mine near Brook- side. said he had been hampered during the entire fall by the lack of cars in which 10 ship his output. He said his mine has run on half time for several months in face or the fact that he received more orders TOT coal than he could have filled had he work ed a full force all the time And further, that he could have sold his entire output Tn New Orleans had he been able to get cars in which to move it. The demand in New Orleans and along the lower Mississippi his been good since the summer months. and the prices satisfactory.
 It took a large portion of the freight cars of all southern roads to handle the cotton crop. but now that it has nearly all been bauled to the ports, the roads will be able tn divert these cars to the handling of other commodities.
 Southern Into Savannah
 The Southern railway VIII. tooas io trains into Savannah over it's own hIe' Heretofore the Southern has had no line into that city. The New York and Flor1da trains will now go by way or Colu"pia' 6 C.. and Savannah. From savannah to Jacksonville these trains will run over the Plant System. Heretofore these trains nave gone by way of Macon and Everett ana from Everett to Jacksonville over the Florida Central and Peninsula
 >egroes to Arkansas
 Several hundred negroes have gone to Arkansas in the past few days to work in the fields and the mines. They have been gathered up in Georgia and the Carohnas nrincipally by labor agents and sent to the west by way of the Southern and the hah- sas City, Memphis and Birmingham Ihe last party of something like 200 or Soo pass ed through Birmingham day or two ago 1, charge of "Pegleg" Williams.
 Personal
 George L. Ward, of Atlanta, traVenns messenger agent of the Burlington Route' was dn the city yesterday.
 Sam Ogivie, day gateman at the uiioAi depot. is visiting relatives in Tennessee