The age-herald., 1901-12-20
PLAN ID IMPROVE SERVICE BETWEEN HERE AND ATLANTA Southern Will Put on More
 Trains for Local
 Traffic REGULAR TRAINS CROWDED D Accommodation Trains May Be Run Into Atlanta and Birmingham, With Anniston the Inter mediate Point.
 
REGULAR TRAINS CROWDED

At a conference of leading officials of the Southern Railway in Birmingham yesterday plans for the improvement of the train service between Birmingham and Atlanta were discussed. A definite decision to materially better the service was made. The plans provide for at least one more train a day.
 At this conference Frank s. Cannon. third vice president and general man ager of Washington; W. H. Peddle, gen. eral superintendent of transportation. of Washington; John A. Dodson. general superintendent of the western division, of Chattanooga, and c. s. Hayden, local division superintendent. were present. Other local officials were called in and consulted during the discussion.
 Complaints Have Been Made.
 The conference was the result of com l plaints which have been made to the su- perintendent. the general superint endent and other higher officials in regard to the service between Birmingham and Atlan- ta- As a general proposition it was stated the present travel was so great that the present service was inadequate. This fact being well established, those present be- gan a discussion of means for improving the service.
 The result Of this discussion was de- cision to make definite plans at once to relieve the present congested service without delay. This work will be taken up by MT. Cannon and MT. Peddle im- mediately. Announcement of definite plans are expected within a few weeks. To Put On Local Trains. It is believed that a new train will be put in service reaching Birmingham at station east between the city and Allan ta and returning to that place in the afternoon. It is also thought that an- other train will be run to Atlanta, leaving some station between that city and Bir- mingham in the morning and returning 1 at night Connections may be arranged SC that the present train will take through passengers from the locals, but not make the number of stops now made Anniston may be made the intermediate station.
 Tn discussing the question Mir. Can non said:
 N"We have made no definite decision with reference to our train service be- tween this city and Atlanta further than | that we will materially improve it with | out delay. We will put on other trains but what schedules will be made 1t is impossible to state at this time. How | will be relieved.
 1 Not Change Schedules. "Of course we will not be able to ma terially change the schedule of these two trains, owing to the fact that we have certain connections to make here and also in Atlanta. For instance. the morn ing train waits here for the western and southern passenger connections, while fl simply has to reach Atlanta for the noon trains. So what could be gained by making a faster schedulef Through pas sengers would be forced to wait at eith- CT this point or that
 What we want to provide for now is the local traffic. We want to arrange schedules so that persons living within 70 or 100 miles of Birmingham can come here for the day. leaving home at a req sonable hour and returning at a reasona- ble hour. We want to do the same thing for persons living along the end of the line nearer Atlanta.
 q fell sure we will be able to make definite announcement of the new sched- ules within the next few weeks. We will begin the work of arranging them imme- | nio Iv