The age-herald., 1900-09-27
BINDING BIGBEE
 BY CANEBRAKE Through the Famous Garden of
 Alabama. BIRMINGHAM AND SELMA
Extension ot the Proposed New Orleans Line From Martins Through Ma rengo County to the Tombig-
 bee Railroad News.

Railroad, who was in Birmingham yester-
 day, stated that the work of building the extension to the Tombigbee river was pro- gressing satisfactorily. The Southern Rail-
 way has temporarily stopped the work in Wilcox County where the two roads cross,
 but MT. Abbott says the injunction will be dissolved as soon as the case is heard by the courts, and then the connection will be
 made between the line east of the Mobile & Birmingham division of the Southern and the line west of that road.
 The Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans has for years been in operation from Selma to Martins Station, a distance of about twenty miles. Early this year the contract for grading a twenty-mile extension from Martins toward Lindes was let, and the contractors will complete their work within a few weeks.
 In speaking of this work, Colonel Abbott said:
 "The extension of our road to the Tom bigbee river will give a line through the | richest agricultural section in Alabama, and | the one that has been best developed. Morengo is perhaps the most thoroughly l developed agricultural county of the State, | and 1t is now practically without a railroad. | The Southern Railways Selma and Merid-
 ian line runs through the northern corner, | touching at Fannsdale and Demopolis, but
 the great body of the county is still without l a railroad. Our line will cross the county | from east to west running within few
 miles of Linden the county seat, and tap l the best part of the county.
 "The Southern Railway recently obtained | a temporary injunction restraining us from crossing their line, but that will soon be dissolved and the Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans completed. We have gained every point in the case so far heard by the | court, and will gain the others "Our grade now runs up to the right of way of the Southern Railway on either side, | and track laying will be begun in few days. We will complete the road to the Tombigbee with all possible haste. The ex- | act point where we will reach the river | has not been definitely decided, but the | permanent survey will be made in few weeks"
 The Birmingham, Selma and New Or l leans road when completed, to the Tom bigbee, will be about a hundred miles in | length.
 PiaHf's New superintendent General Superintendent w. B. Durham | of the Plant System has issued circular | announcing the changes in that system, | effective October 1. The G.Vision superin- | tendents after that oate will be as follows: First Division-W II. Wright, superin- | tendent; Charleston and Savannah Rail way; Green Pond, Walterboro and Branch l vile Railway; Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, between Central Juno | ton and Savannah, Ga., including the Sa- l yannah terminals; headquarters at Savan- nah.
 1 Second Division--George w. Haines, su- | perintendent; Savannah, Florida and West | ern Railway, between Southover Junction, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla; Brunswick and | Western Railroad including the Waycross, | Jacksonville, Brunswick and Albany termi- | nals; headquarters at Waycross. Third Divsion-D. F. Kirkland, superin- tendent: Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, between Waycross and Thomas vile, Ga.; Dupont Junction, Ga., and High | Springs, Fla; Thomasville and Albany Function, Ga. Thomasville, Ga, and Mon ticello, Fla, including the Thomasville ter minaIs headquarters at Thomasvile, Ga Fourth Divison-S. $. FitZsimons, super intendent: Savannah, Florida and Western l Railway, between Thomasville and Bain- bridge, Ga.; Climax, Ga, and Chattahoo- 1 chee, Fla; Alabama Midland Railway; Alb 1 beville Southern Railway; Southwestern of | Alabama Railway; headquarters at Mont gomery, Ala.
 Fifth Division-H. A. Ford, superintend- ent: Savannah, Florida and Western Ra1l- | way, between High Springs and Gainesville. | Fla; High Springs and Lakeland, Fla; l Florida Southern Railroad, Palatka divis- | ion Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf kail- road; Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad (south of Trilby); St. Johns and Eustis | Railroad; Sanford and Lake Eustis Rail- | way, including the High Springs and Pa | latka terminals; headquarters at Gaines vile, Ga.
 | Sixth division-J. J. Purdon, superin- l tendent: Savannah, Florida and Western | Railway, between Jacksonville and Port 1 Tampa; DeLand Junction and DeLand; | Sanford and Ovedo; Kissmmee and Mar | coossee; Barlow Junction and Barrow; | Lakeland and Barlow, Fla; Bone Valley l Branch Thonotosassa branch; Sanford and | St. Petersburg Railroad (north of Trilby) 1 Florida Southern Railroad; Charlotte liar l bor division, including the Lakeland ter l minals; headquarters at Sanford, Fla. By Rail and sail
 | The Merchants and Miners Transporta- l ton Company announce that about Octo- l Der 1 it will establish a line of steamers | between Savannah and Philadelphia. The | company now has steamers plying between l Savannah and Baltimore, Providence, Bos- | ton, Norfolk and Newport News. The l Philadelphia line will start with two sail | ings each week. | District Passenger Agent P. Sid Jones of | the Louisville and Nashville has located | colony in Limestone County. He has l closed the contract with the American | Farmer Company of Springfield, O., for 10,- | 900 acres of land on which the colony will | be located. | The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- | ham will special train from Amory, | Miss, to Birmingham tomorrow to accom- | modate the people along its line desiring to come to the Forepaugh and Sells Broth I