The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Head of Seaboard Meets Rail.
road officials and Shippers
LOCAL PASSENGER SERVICE
seaboard Trains VIII Be Run Between
Birmingham and Atlanta Next
Month-Fast Through Pas
seneer Service In Spring.

ming, will remain until this morning when |
he will leave in his private car for Flor |
| ida
He was a busy man yesterday. Some |
time was spent inspecting the Seaboard |
terminals and the new freight depot. Mr.. |
Barr held conferences with his lieuten-
ants of the traffic department and dur
ing the day he received visits from va
rious officials of roads entering Birm
ingham and from many prominent citi-
zens and big shippers. Among the rail-
road men who called to pay their respects
were General Manager w. A. Garrett |
and superintendent A. Griggs, of the A.
G. g.. Assistant General superintendent
M. NJ. Richey and Superintendent ]. J.
! Cotter of the Southern; Superintendent
| B NJ Starks of the Louisville and Nash
Vile; and Superintendent H. II. Brown
of the Frisco. Mr. Brown came from
Memphis to meet Mr.. Barr and discuss
| details on the Seaboards use of the |
Birmingham Belt line which is owned by
the Frisco.
Mr.. Barr said last night:
1.-THE Seaboard's Birmingham extension |
which has just been opened, is in as sat
isfactory condition as a new road could
well be- 1t is indeed. in better shape than
1 had expected.
IT greatly appreciate the hearty well
come that has been accorded the Sea-
board and the public may be assured of
good service on the company's part. Biz
mingham is already a great center of In
dustry and commerce and its possible
ties are practically unlimited. The city Is
going ahead very rapidly
"The Seaboard will start a local pas
senger service between Birmingham and
Atlanta in January and just as soon
as the road shall have settled, which
will be some time In the spring, we will
put on fast through passenger trains"
Accompanying President Barr are Har-
~ Frazier of Richmond, consulting en-
gineer; w. L. sedden, assistant chief en-
. gineer of Portsmouth. Va, and R. l.
Cheatham of Atlanta, assistant general
freight agent
w. A. Garrett, general manager of the
Queen and Crescent route. who was in
Birmingham yesterday, is travelling in his
private car and is accompanied by Colonel
G. b. Nicholson, chief engineer of the
route; G. II. Dent, fuel agent. and Will
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4 Pittsburg.
/ Mr.. Garrett was here in conferences
! with C. H. Aekert, general manager of
= the Southern railway, and they had a
long talk about the conditions here and
y the interchange of business.
Mr. Garrett said yesterday that he was
n highly pleased with what he had seen on
this trip and with the business of his
: road In Birmingham.
II believe that | find as many different
f ways to say nice things about Birming-
ham as any resident of the city. I ac-
t tually know more people in Birmingham
than l do in Cincinnati, and am always
saying a good word for the city.
"Only recently there were representa-
tives from two big companies or indus
} tries in my office discussing the location
Of two plants in the south, and Bir-
: mlngham was ON their map. l referred
the matter to Mr.. Sewer, general freight
agent of the Alabama Great Southern In
Birmingham. l hope that Birmingham
,, will get the plants"
Mr.. Garrett returned to Cincinnati yes
ter afternoon on No. 4.
w. A. Shropshire city soliciting freight
agent of the Big Four Route In the Of
flee of w. f. Greaves, has been pro
NOTED to travelling freight agent out of
J Birmingham. He succeeds Sam c. Porter.
who goes with the Queen and Crescent
route at Chattanooga. Mr.. Shropshire
will be succeeded by A. F. Foraker. The
changes win go into effect on the 18th of
this month.
F. w. Miller commercial agent of the
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville at At
lanta. was in the city yesterday.
C. p Jackson, general agent OF the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad in Birmingham, re-
! turned yesterday after trip of several
days in the northern portion of the state
. The Central of Georgia railroad has an
nounced a change in Its passenger sched-
{ ule. which will effect Birmingham. The
exact date of the change has not been
! announced, but is expected any day. The
change gives a through connection from
Savannah to Birmingham by day. The
train which leaves Savannah at a. m.
will make connection at Macon with the
train for Birmingham, and it will arrive
In this city at 10:15 p. m. instead OF
S45 p. m The date that the new schedule
will go into effect is expected to be an
nounced in a day or so.
c. II. Ackert, general manager of the
i Southern railway went east yesterday
afternoon In his private car which was
attached to the Southern train which left
q at 515 o'clock.
Mr.. Ackert had been In Birmingham
Z and on the western district OF the South
q ern for several days past. and has made
very thorough inspection Of 1t. He ex-
pressed himself yesterday as being well
pleased with everything in the district.
He was in conference with officials from
Y other roads yesterday arranging num-
Der of matters of Importance in regard
to interchange Of business.
c. c. McManus. general superintendent
4 of the Southern railway, has returned
| to Washington after several days on the
western district in general tour Of In
spection.
E. H. Fell travelling passenger agent
of the Central of Georgia railway. has is
sued a circular letter regarding the spec
ial rates from the southwest to the south