The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
New Accommodation Train to Decatur is Wanted ROAD PETITIONEO FOR II People Along Route Will Be Asked to Sign Petition Requesting Rail-
 road Officials to Put
 On Train.

The Commercial club, at it's meeting i, yesterday afternoon, unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Louisville and Nashville railroad to put on a train from Birmingham to Decatur, leaving here every morning at an early hour and returning from Decatur every afternoon, or every evening about bedtime.
 This resolution was introduced by Pres ident B. F. Roden, who made short talk in which he stated that he had seen where the board of trade. and the Wholesale and Retail Grocers associa- tions had passed resolutions asking that the train be put on as soon as possible. Mir Roden further stated that the com mercial and industrial organizations of the city had recently been successful in getting the Alabama Great Southern railroad to put train on between Bir- mingham and Selma and that the>success of the train was assured from the start and that the merchants of Birmingham could see the good results of the train.
 Train Great Benefit.
 Further than tnls he said the people living along the route of the new Bir- mingham-Selma train were all unani- nous in saying that the train was a great benefit to them and to their cities. He said that the people between Birming- ham and Decatur felt the same way about a train leaving here early in the morning and returning in the afternoon. That 1t would open new territory to birmingham merchants and would also allow people living on the route to come to Birmingham and do their shopping at convenient hours.
 In conclusion MT. Rod-n said that there were a number of travelling men who would go into the district traversed by this road if they could get out of Bir- mingham on an early morning train and return the same night
 lnconvenient Schedules.
 Joseph Beitman then stated that very few men travelling out of Birmingham worked the Louisville and Nashville rail- road any further than Warrior because 1t was so difficult to get out of the city at a reasonable hour. He said a few went as far as Cu1lman, but that they were forced to spend a night on the road if they went past that place. He knew of a number who would probably go up the Louisville and Nashville good dis tance If this accommodation train was put on.
 Secretary Gibson will draw up the deso- lution and send it to the officials of the Louisville and Nashville railroad today. The Board of Trade has sent a similar petition, and these will be followed by petitions from the merchants of Birrning- ham and from people living on the road between Birmingham and Decatur. When the resolution was put before the house there was not dissenting vote.
 Committee at Work.
 The committee on suburban trains of the Board of Trade. of which T. V. Boardman is chairman has commenced active work on securing the train. It Is preparing letters to be sent to men all along the road from Birmingham to De- catur asking that they get the train in- dorsed by as many people as possible and that the petitions to be circulated be signed and returned as soon as practi- cable.
 A prominent man, in speaking at the Commercial club yesterday afternoon stated that he apprehended no trouble in the commercial and industrial organiza- tions getting the train. as the Louisville and Nashville railroad had always been very generous in anything asked by the people of Birmingham. He said every thing reasonable asked of the road had been secured in the past and that in his opinion there would be no delay in get ting this train.