The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-07
EXTENSION OF THEL. .&N.
WORK BEING PUSHED ON GRACE
 VILE BRANCH.
Will Open an Important Territory to Montgomery Business Houses- News Notes of Railroads
 and Railroad Men.

large territory will be given to the Montgomery merchants by the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad. This ter ritory will be reached by the exten- sions of the Alabama and Florida di- vision from Geneva to Graceville, Fla, and the twerty-three miles 1t will cover bids fair to be the most valuable part os the entire road.
 Superintendent J. I. Mckinney of the Mobile and Montgomery Division of the Louisville and Nashville, has just re- turned from a buggy trip over the pro- posed right of way from Geneva to Graceville and he is enthusiastic over the beneficial prospects for Montgom- cry. The road, he says, runs through rolling pine forest most of the way with a clay subson that makes mag nificent cotton planting. The land is settled up by good, substantial white farmers, a negro being a rarity except as employees. ,
 T. W. worthington & Go. of Birm- ingham, have the contract and this on the ground, expecting to set through by October This is the firm that built the Birmingham Mineral Road.
 A siding will be put in for the saw mill of Kelly & Clark, about five miles from Geneva and on Wright's Creek, fifteen miles from Geneva, another siding will be put in for the Morris Lumber Company, which has a large mill and about 400 acres of timber land there About one mile this side of Graceville, J. R. McLain & Co. have a large mill and another siding will be put in there.
 The distance from Graceville to Cot tondale is five miles and it is about eighteen miles to- Mariana. Both Cot tondale and Mariana are on the Pensa- cola and Atlantic Division of the Lou isville and Nashville and the supposi- tion Is that the road will be extended from Graceville to Mariana and a junction made with the Pensacola and Atlantic.
 This road gets :1to the territory heretofore held undisputed by the branch Of the Central Road from AL bany, Ga., through Dothan to Sellers vile, Coffee County. Sellersville is the terminus of the Central branch at pres ent and for several miles the Louisville and Nashville branch almost parallels it, only seven or eight miles separating the two roads. The Louisville and Nashville branch cut into the Centrals s territory when 1t reached Andalusia, that town being the terminus of the Central extension of the Mobile and Girard Road from Columbus, Ga, through Union Springs and Troy to An dalusia.
 Notes and Personals. Hon. E. L. Russell, General Counsel of the Mobile and Ohio, passed through the city yesterday morning en route to Mobile from Washington where he has been on legal business with the officials of the Southern Rail- way He said that he thought there would be a change in the present sched- ule of the Mobile and Ohio trains leav- ing Montgomery. Mir Russell has a hest of warm friends in Montgomery who are always delighted to have him with them. He is one of the most pop ular railroad officials in this section of | the country.
 President wickersham of the Vest ern Road, reached the city from At lanta yesterday morning and spent the day here. Captain Lauderdale. the To- cal agent of the Western Road in Sel- | ma, came here to confer with MT. Wickersham on business connected | with the Selma Division President Wickersham returned to Atlanta last night and Captain Lauderdale went to l Selma.
 The Alabama and Florida train from | Geneva did not reach Montgomery yeG- | terday until o'clock in the afternoon. l The arriving time here is 9:30 a. m. TSe cause oi the troublA was a washout near Andalusia. but the track has been | cleared.
 l The Central train due here at 1f:15 a. m. was over an hour late yesterday. the delay being caused by the cylinder head blowing out of the engine near Union Springs.
 MT. R. c. Rogers, who has charge of the passenger business of the Central road in Montgomery, has about gotten at home in his new office. Commercial Agent White of that road introduced
 him to all the business and railroad men down town and he received a cor dial welcome to Montgomery.
 Sailing of Mayflower.
 Washington, June 6.-The Mayfiower