The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-31
RAILROAD WORLD.

This report comes from Knoxville: The so,,,nsrr and Louisville and Nashville railroads engaged in a right-of-wsy war northwest of this city this morning III the Proctor addition. The sontnefh burt A track across right-of-way over u,btch the Louisville and Nashville pro- ,,s,sa. to reach Proctor and Lonsdale in- dustr.es. The Louisville and Nashville sastia,iv covered this Southern track with dirt Both roads finally secured iniunctions and stopped the work.
 The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record says:
 Messrs. c. D. Smith & Co, general con tractors, Memphis, Tenn, write the Man ufacturers Record as follows:
 eve now have on hand five different jobs. We are just starting the conseruc- tion of large terminal yard at Corpin, XIV, for the Louisville and NasnV'he road. This yard consists of about one mile long, and will be completed tnis i. wear. We now have this work all COW cred ,.x,. .r.eL work under construction on the Illinois Central main line between Mem phis and Fulton, Ky, al Dyerspurg, Tenn. This work will be completed this fall. This is for the Illinois Central rai- road.
 ..We are just starting contract TOT twelve miles of .ew work for the fazoo and Mississippi Valley road, owned ny the Illinois Central between Yarbrough and Swan Lake, Miss. We nave tnis work entirely covered, and 1t will DC completed this year. This is a cut-oh, shortening the main line about nVe miies' This ia also for the Illinois Central Kali road company.
 I've have under construction al pres ent 100 miles for the Mobile, Jackson ana Kansas City road. beginning al 6eau- o mont Miss, and running through 10 Newton. Miss, and branch running 10 Ellisville. Miss. This work will be com pleted this year, and Is now about 10 per cent completed This line is running north from Mobile, Ala. splitting the gtate of Mississippi through the center. about halfway between the Mophe ana Ohio ana the Illinois Central ia1iroao. We are now laying steel on the nrst forty miles, which IS practlcaiy eopS ted to Laurel, Miss gro
 .svye have just closed a contract for l50 miles more of this work for the Cur ana Chicago division of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad, running rom Newton, Miss, to Pontotoc, Miss, where If running from Pontatoc- to Middleton, which the Gulf and Chicago now owns This work will be commenced at once, and will be completed by October l. 1904. We are now letting this work and nave just received all the profiles and data pertaining to 1t in our office at this point.
 MT. w. D. stratton of New York is president of this road, with headquarters at Mobile. w w. Hayden is chief en- gineer of construction with headquarters at Mobile, Ala"
 The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
 Much interest attaches to the building at the Atlanta Birmingham extension which Is to connect the Seaboard Air Line with the Frisco Rock Island sys- tenn It is expected that the Birmingham end will be completed by January or February l. but the line from Atlanta to Rockmart. Ga, will not be completed un- til next spring or summer. The exten- sion involves not only the construction of inlets to Birmingham and Atlanta, but the rehabilitation of the East and West railroad of Alabama, which was acquired some time since in the interest of the Seaboard Air Line. The recon struotion is well advanced, and it is ex- p0CteQ that a DTdnCn to OduSueH VIII pe constructed, giving line to Chattanooga by connection with the Chattanooga Houthern.
 It is not expected that any definite plans for reorganization of the Seaboard Air Line management will be announced until late in the fall. President Yoakum of the Frisco. who has taken the leading part in all the Frisco deals, will domi- nate the policy for the operation of the newly-acquired lines, and it is not un- likely that the Seaboard lines will come under the management of some of the executive officers of the parent system In St. Louis. Economy in operation is to be closely observed, but the Yoakum ad- ministration is opposed to placing too much mileage in the hands of one opera ting staff. It seems to be we'll under stood, however. that the traffic depart ment of all the Rock Island Frisco lines will ultimately be governed by one traf- fic director, as in the case of the Gould lines, the Hartman lines and the Hill system, The chief of traffic will have absolute authority in the routing of bus iness over all the lines fin the combina- tion of the Rock Island Frisco No one has yet been selected for this important position. but an announcement may be looked for in that regard before the close of the year.