The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
SHOPS TO STAY HERE
THOSE OF WESTERN ROAD WILL
 NOT BE REMOVED.
Master Mechanic Walsh Denies State ment Published by Atlanta Newspaper-Three Hundred
 Railroad Men to Be Here.

The machine shops of the Western Railway of Alabama will not be removed to Atlanta, Ga., The Atlanta Journal not withstanding.
 F. O. Walsh. Master Mechanic of the Western Railway said last night that the report published yesterday afternoon by The Atlanta newspaper was just news
 paper talk" and that, so far as he knew,
 was not founded on any sort of fact. The statement published in The Atlanta Journal yesterday afternoon was as foi- lows:
 Upon good authority the statement Is Atlanta and West Point Railroad and the Western Railway of Alabami which are now located at Montgomery, Ala. will
 shortly be moved to Atiapta. and located
 near Ft. McPherson. on the property re- gently purchas sd there Oy slls agents Of the West Point road. This tract of land is located just be yond Ft. McPherson, and lies along the right of way of the West Point and he Centr1l of Georgia Railroads.
 Tt is understood that when the shops | are moved to Atlanta they wiil be great | ly enlarged, and that 2. eat many more men will be employed. At present about 300 men are employed at Montgomery.
 When all the land that Is wanted for 1 the site for the shops and for yard room | is secured 1t Is said that the work of ! construction will begin on what will be | the most complete machine shops repair shops and car works in the South.
 'Ah the rolling stock of the Atlanta and | West Point Road Is built in the compa- | nies shops at Montgomery, with the ex- | ception of the 10 ;omotives. All the e!e- | gant coaches, dining cars and cafe cars | of the West Point route are built from | the track up at the Montgomery snop5 | The demand for freight and passenger | cars has become so great that 1t is al
 most Impossible for the ear building com
 paries to keep mp with the orders, and il | is said that the reasons of the West | Points decision to make the move from l Montgomery to Atlanta IS that they nave not sufficient room and capacity to uo the worK Tn Montgomery.
 The car works will cover a vast area of ground, and the Duil 1ings will De iiiieJ | with the latest and most modern ma. | cnlnery tor tne construction of trelghi and passenger cats. Every part or the | freight car as well as the luxurious | equipment of the most paIatial dining cars, dayA coaches and cale cars viii bs | .Dst,4e n4 ene Attantd snOps. In addition to the car building shops there will be an
 extensive repair snop tor the freight and passenger Cars. Inis department Will be
 of immense proportion, and many men l nIli I,e en.ploySa in repairing ana .spalnt- .ng the rolling stock of the road. | "The machine shops will be equipped with all the modern machinery necessary l |. ,.ie itpai..IIs ana Jd..uttlg If ioconio- tives. Trip hammers, costly lathes and | many automatic devices will be installed ! | facilitate the work of repairing locomo- | tives. 1t Is said that | 1 Tee of several
 hundred men are working day aihi night | in the Montgomery shops, and that !oI | the lack of room the shops there cannot l be enlarged.
 Tt Is sliI that the oificiaIs of the West
 Point nave been con 'idering the removal
 Of the shops 10 Atlanta for some time and that the hea"y freight and passen- | ger trafic of the past few months has | made the move nee 4s3a-y m order that | the capacity of the shops could be en-
 larged to meet the demand for freight l cars.
 "in addition to the building site for the new shops. the West Point hoad viii use
 the tract of land that they recently pur-
 chased near the fort for freight yards
 necessary for the building If the Mitchell l Street depot. The Central and the West
 Point Roads use the yards where the new
 station Is to be quilt for ~arking cars anC
 freight yards, but wh n tho work begins l on the new iepot these roads will be
 compelled to find other wards In which | to handle freight.
 At his residence on Mildred Street last
 night. The Atlanta Journal article was
 shown to Mir Walsh by a representative
 of The Advertiser.
 T know nothing of 1t, whatever, Q said Mir. Walsh. and I think If such a move
 was contemplated would know. We are
 going right along, spending money i'm. proving the Montgomery shops. We art
 now building a blacksmith shop and put. tin in a blaming mill.
 Are your men working night and day?' Mir. Walsh vas asked.
 No" he laugned. Not at all. This
 Is merely what you newspaper men cal
 a good story but t happens there's
 nothing to 1t. If there is a lack of room | here for enlargement. l don't know of it. l A telegram to C. A. Wickersham of At | Ianta, Ga, President of the Western Rail- l way. brought the inform ltion to The Ad.
 vertiser that MT. Wickersham was absent | from Atlanta.
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