The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-12
SEABOARD in CHARGE
OFFICIALS OF SYSTEM coNTRoI
EAST AND WEST.
seaboard Wins Its Fight In Bir-
mingham and is Now at Work
in Getting Ready to
Lay Tracks.

A circular received at the local ofices
of the S~.board yesterday announces that
General Freight Agent Capps Of that sys-
tenn has included the East and West
Railroad in his jurisdiction, General Pas
senger Agent Ryan of the Seaboard TAX
ing charge OF the East and West also.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Cowden of the East and West has re-
signed. meaning that the Seaboard peo-
pie have taken charge of every depart
ment OF their new property.
The Seaboard won out in their legal
fight In Birmingham. the courts there de-
Gliding that they could lay one track on
the streets that the Belt Line ran over.
This gives the Seaboard plain sailing, and
the following from yesterdays Atlanta
Constitution shows that they are already
working
THE Seaboard Air Line win be rum
min gtrains into Atlanta from Birming-
ham In years time" said First Vice
President and General Manager ,. n.
Barr OF the Seaboard. to a representative
of The Constitution. who called on him
at the Aragon yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Barr had just received advices from
his representatives at Birmingham. tell
ing him that the Seaboard had won the
legal fight for an entry into that city and
he was feeling very good over the vic
tory.
yes" continued Mr.. Barr, 1--WE intend
to have our trains In operation by that
time Our work OF rebuilding the East
and West and Of constructing the con-
Meeting lines will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
.'The first work will be the construction
of the link between Birmingham and
Coal City. The East and West Is now
fx. Aa- fna.
greatly improve q recently. but some of
the grades are entirely too steep for the
heavy trains that we will run over tho
road and will have TO be reduced.
"A surveying party Is now In the field
between Rockmart and Atlanta, locating
the line, and as soon as this is done grad
ing will be begun. AS yet It has not
been decided whether the line win run
from Rockmart, cedartown or some In
termediate point.
We will have good line into Bir-
mingham. 1t will. according to our es-
Inmates be only nine miles longer than the
present route and will have several ad-
vantages not possessed by f."
division No. 1877, Ladies Auxiliary
Order Railway Conductors 10 the name
OF an organization just completed. For
some years the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers has
been valuable adjunct Of that orgsniza-
ton. The Ladies Auxiliary Of the order
OF Railway Conductors promises to be
equally as useful as the engineers.
The railroad conductors wives OF Mont
gomery met last Wednesday afternoon
and organized the order Of Railway Con-
ductors.
Mrs. G. M. Lansford, Deputy Grand
President, assisted by Mrs. J. A. Taylor,
acting Grand Marshal and MRS. e. A.
Hardwick, acting Grand Secretary. all OF
Birmingham, were here and did the
organization work.
The commission was read, members
sworn in and the following officers elected
for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. j. NJ. Mcdowell; Vice.
President, Mrs. j. T. billiard; Secretary,
AIRS. J.. c. Wilcox; Senior Sister,, Mrs.
Henry Leroy; Junior Sister. Mrs. J.. l..
Lott; Guard, Mrs. J.. II. Hudson; Chair
man Executive Committee, Mrs. g. u.
Faulkenberry; members Executive Com
mittee, Mrs. Thomas Ham, Mrs. j h..
Mccall; Correspondent. Mrs. W. A. May;
Musician. Mrs. George Cowart. The Of
gcers were then installed according to
regular form and the order was launched
with f1attering prospects,
A reception was given the visiting ladies
Thursday afternoon and a talla-ho ride
in the evening. The organizers returned
to Birmingham yesterday morning.