The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-11
SEABOARD LINE
INTO BIRMINGHAM
Seems to be the Promise of a
New Company
WITH J. B. COBBS TREASURER
The Birmingham, Alabama and Georgia
Railroad Co. Organized With a
Capital of $50, ooo,ooo-Bir-
WITH J. B. COBBS TREASURER

The Birmingham, Alabama and Georgia
Railroad Company has been chartered by
the state of Alabama with capital stock
of s20,00O.00O. The incorporators are T. II.
Hubbard, E. c. Osborn, John Scott, Thorn
as H. Kelly, Eugene Zimmerman, ]. B.
Cobbs, C. H. Hudson, Edward Kelly and E.
p. Miller. The officers of the company are:
c. H. Hudson, president; Edward Kelly
and E. P. Miller, vice-presidents; 1. C.
Beatty, secretary; ]. B. Cobbs, treasurer.
The application for the charter stated
that the company would build lines of rail-
road in the counties of Jefferson. Walker,
Winston, Lawrence, Blount, Cullman, Mar
SHALL Shelby, st. Clair, Etowah, Cherokee,
Calhoun, Talladega, Clay. Randolph and
Bibb. The principal office and place Of
business will be In Birmingham.
1t is stated that the active construction
of the road will begin at once under the
direction of F. w. Kimball. the chief engi-,
neer. The contract for the construction
work has been let to the Manhattan Con-
struction Company, whose general mana
ger, D. Rogers, is now going over the
route.
The East and w est Road
The nucleus of this new road is said to
be the East and West Railroad of Ala
bama, which now runs from Pell City, Ala,
to Gainesville, Ca. and the Tredegar Min
eral Road, a short line at Jacksonville,
Ala. The latter road was recently pur-
chased by A. T. London of this city, who,
1T Is stated, represents outside interests.
Mr. London is the local attorney for the
Kelly estate, which is the largest owner OF
the East and West Road. Edward and
Thomas H. Kelly are heirs of the late
Eugene Kelly. who furnished the bulk of
the money that built the road C. H. Hud-
son was for number of years general
manager of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Road prior to its absorption
by the Southern Railway Eugene Zim-
norman owns the furnaces at Talladega
and New Decatur, and also owns the Biz
mingham and Atlantic Road, a short line
running from Talladega to Pell City, con-
Meeting at the latter place with the East
and West Road. j. B. Cobbs is vice. presf-
dent of the Birmingham Trust and Savings
Company
Litigation to End
Negotiations have been pending for some
time past, 1t is understood, looking to a
compromise of the differences between the
Kellys and the Brownings, who have been
fighting in the courts of Alabama for the
possession of the East and West road since
1893. These negotiations, 1t is said, have
reached a stage where a settlement is prac-
tically agreed upon, and it is probable that
the next few weeks will see the end of this
famous litigation which had SO long en-
gagged the courts of the State
The scabuard AIR Line
While no authoritative statement has been
given out, and may not be for sometime, it
is believed that with the end of the litiga-
ton will come a reorganization OF the East
and West Railroad Company of Alabama.
and Immediately subsequently thereto, its
transfer to the Seaboard Air Line Company
J. N. Templeton has been appointed trav-
cling passenger agent of the Southern Rail-
way at Little Rock, Ark, succeeding 7. C.
Upton, who goes to Atlanta as commercial
agent of the Choctaw Route, as previously
announced. Mr.. Upton succeeds C. A. An
CELL, who formerly resided in this city.
The report sent out from Tuscaloosa FRI
day night to the erect tndC fuiiman
sleeping car attached to Alabama Great
Southern train No. 1, hich left here at 1910
O. clock that night, took fire, is denied by
officials of that road They claim that the
car was not even damaged by fire.
The Southern Railway train leaving here
at o'clock this morning will carry a car
load of delegates to the Colored Baptist
Convention, which meets in Richmond, Va,
this week special coach will be attached
to the train to accommodate the delegates.
]. D. Patterson, chief clerk to Division
Freight Agent G. R. Browder of the South
ern Railway, is spending his vacation at
Marietta, Ga.
C. H Morgan, travelling passenger agent
of the Texas and Pacific, is in East Ten
nessee.
L. A. Stedman, assistant city ticket agent
of the Queen and Crescent at Vicksburg,
Miss, is spending his vacation with friends
and relatives in this city.
Several laborers were sent to Akron yes
terday to work on the locks in the Warrior
river.
George l.. Word, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Burlington Route,
with Headquarters in Atlanta, was in the
city yesterday.
James Drakefora. who has been in the
union ticket office at Montgomery, has been
added to the force at the union ticket Of
fee in this city.
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