The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-22
IMMENSE TRAVEL
OVER RAILROADS
People FIocking From Texas
and West for Holidays
TRAINS RUN IN SECTIONS
Business Is Expected to Grow Larger
and Larger as Christmas APP
proaches-Rates Go Into
Effect Tomorrow.

The holiday business OF the ram oelu9
has begun, as anyone who was at the
union passenger station yesterday could
see. Fully 1000 people stopped at or
passed through Birmingham en- route
home to spend the holidays, the majority
of them coming from Texas and the
west.
There is, however, large business 60
ing south and west. Some idea can be
obtained from the fact that yesterday
morning Louisville and Nashville train
No. l. which arrives at SIS from Louis
vile and Nashville consisted OF fourteen
cars, six of which were day coaches. four
Pullman sleepers, one dining car and the
remainder express, mail and baggage
cars.
No. on the same road, which arrives
at 1855 o'clock, was divided into two sec
lions, the first of which consisted OF
eleven cars and the second section of four
cars. On all three of these trains pas
sengers continued to crowd on until
extra coaches had to be added, and there
fore the size of the trains.
The Louisville and Nashville going
north last night at $40 o'clock ran in
four sections in order to handle the inn
mense travel from Texas. Every ore of
these trains was filled with passengers
some of whom got off in Birmingham.
Others went through, and still others
were transferred to other roads Br-
mingham served as a distributing point
and people went out of the city in all
directions over all the roads.
1.-THE Frlsco's business yesterday was
also very heavy. On its two through
trains, about 200 people came to Birming-
ham and were distributed over the va
| rious roads. The Southern caught a large
party of Texas people en- route to their
homes in various sections of this and
other states The Central of Georgia had
a very heavy local travel, both in and out
of the city, and on all of the trains people
were standing in the aisles
Yesterday the Queen and Crescent
brought in nearly 800 people coming from
Texas to spend the holidays in the south
east, and the officials are expecting even
larger numbers today and tomorrow. The
passenger traffic yesterday was the larg-
est in the history of the road by so per
cent, and the local officials expect that
by Sunday they will have handled 100 per
| cent more than ever before on the week
preceding Christmas.
Extra equipment is being rushed
| towards Texas by the Alabama Great
Southern in order to handle the business,
and extra coaches will be held at this end
of the line to return the people after the
holidays. The rates for the holidays,
which have been announced by the South
eastern Passenger association, go into eff
feet December 20, "a, rs and 81 and Janu-
airy l, limit January 4.
Hugh Latimer, city ticket agent for the
! Queen and Crescent route, will spend the
Christmas holidays at his home near At
lanta, Ga. He will leave Birmingham on
the day following Christmas and will be
away several days.
| J. G.. Cantrell, assistant general freight
agent of the Seaboard. will spend Christ
mas in Memphis with relatives and
| friends.
1
would soon inaugurate its freight SER
vice into New Orleans effects this dis
trict advantageousy as it gives another
freight route to New Orleans. The Frls-
| co freight will go from Birmingham to
Tupelo, Miss, via the Frisco, from Tu-
| pelo to Meridian by the Mobile and Ohio
and from Meridian to New Orleans by
the New Orleans and North Eastern a
portion OF the Queen and Crescent route.
The Southern railway calendars for the
ensuing year are being distributed from
the offices of the company in the Nor
ris hotel. The calendars are convenient
for business purposes the figures being
large and plain.
C. II. Ogilbie. travelling freight agent
of the Missouri Pacific with headquarters
in Chattanooga, was in Birmingham yes
| terday.
r. L. Simpson, commercial agent Of the
Southern railway at Chattanooga, was
| in Birmingham yesterday.
Some one has been playing Santa Claus
for Captain p. Sid Jones, the well known
district passenger agent of the Louisville
and Nashville. Yesterday he received a
prize package from friend in Tennessee,
and when he opened the box 1t contained
twenty-ive-pound turkey. Captain
Jones has already commenced planning
the feast Christmas day, with that turkey
as the principal adornment of the table.
Daniel A. Lindsep, agent of the Star
Union line and the Pennsylvania lines,
with headquarters in Nashville, was in
Birmingham yesterday.
c. B. Compton, traffic manager of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was in
Birmingham yesterday. He was passing
through from Atlanta to Nashville anc
stopped off for the day. He left last
night on No. for Louisville.
F. A. Barren, general agent of the
| Pullman Car company with headquar-
ters in Chattanooga, was in Birmingham
yesterday. He was investigating the
burning of the Pullman sleeper at
| Twenty fourth street and Morris avenue
Monday night, when one was consider
| ably damaged. He was also here on
other business.
General Superintendent c. S. MeManus.
/ of the Southern railway, and Assistant
General Superintendent NJ. M. Hickey re-
| turned to Birmingham las. night from
| The Mobile division. Mr.. McManus leaves
| tomorrow night for Washington.
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