The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-22
SUBURBAN TRAINS
MONTGOMERY SERVICE FOR COuN-
 TRY PEOPLE UNEQUALED.
Fifty Two Cassenger Trains AfrSe
 and Depart From the Unon Railway station-Otber News of Rail.

Railway station-Otber News |, of Rail.
 It is doubtful If any city the size ot Montgomery in this section or .ne country has the magnificent suou ban service that Is enjoyed here .
 The great business advantages of this sevvice in Montgomery can scar cely be estimated. Many thousands or dollars have been poured into the cor fers of the local merchants and to tne railroads centering in Montgomery IS due the credit. Or course this service was not inaugurated by the raiiroaos from unselfish motives The bigger the trade that the Montgomery mer' chants draw from the suburban ois- tricts the bigger the revenue TOT the railroads from passenger receipts TO Illustrate this the Atlantic Coast Line may be cited. For a long long time not only the merchants of Montgomery but the patrons of that road from here as far downs as Henry County had tried every means in their power to get a suburban service out of Mont gomery. Just a little over one year ago--in September 1903. a double daily suburban train between Dothan and Montgomery was inaugurated, For the year ending last month the receipts of that service footed some- things over $76,0o0. and the train is now doing a splendid business and one that is constantly growing.
 Station Master McRae and his assis- tant. Berry Grant, are kept busy talk ing care of the arrival of fifty-two passenger trains that find their way into and out of the train shed from $50 a. m. to 3:3o a. m. A good pro- portion of these trains do suburban service. while fully one half of the number do local and suburban work.
 The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road alone has twenty-two passenger trains arriving and departing from the union staton every twelve hours--al- most two trains every hour in the day. From the South on the Mobile and Montgomery division there are three through trains from New Orleans and two through from Chicago. St. Louis. Cincinnati and Louisville.
 Of the five strictly suburban trains that the Louisville and Nashville brings into Montgomery every day there are two from Prattvi1le. one at 7:45 a.. m. and one at D. m. one from Birmingham at 9:05 a. m. and one from Geneva, Graceville, AndalusiI Floralla and that section at to:3o q: m.
 Departing the Louisville and Nash
 
 ing South and two North, with five suburban trains. Its first local train leaves for Birmingham at a. m. fol- lowed by one for Prattville at S:05 a. m. another for Birmingham at D. in. and one for Graceville at 3:30 p. m. one for Prattville, at :35 p. m.
 The Western Railway has six trains arriving daily. three through from Washington and New York. one from Selma at $50 a. m. another from Selma at 6:20 p. m. and local train from Atlanta at 6:25 D. m.
 Departing the road has two through trains for Washington and New York and four local trains one leaving for Atlanta at 9:35 a. m. one for Atlanta at l 80 p. m. one for Selma at a. m and one for Selma at 9:35 D. m.
 The Atlantic Coast Line has six trains in and out of the train shed every day, two from and two for Jacksonville, morning and night, and a suburban tran from Dothan at 10:30 O. m. and for Dothan at f D. m.
 The Central of Georgia has four trains daily arriving and departing to and from Savannah and Macon, their trains arriving at 1110 a. m. and leav- ing at p. m. being virtually suburban trains. }esF
 The Seaboard Air Line and the Mo- bile and Ohio each have two trains arriving and two departing, but both get in too early in the morning and leave too late at night to be of much service to the suburanites
 Improving the A. K. and N.
 Chief Engineer Montfort of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad passed through Montgomery early yes. terday morning from Atlanta where he left special train of Louisville and Nashville officials. The special ran from Knoxville to Atlanta Thursday on an inspection trip over the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern. Extensive improvements are being made on that division, radical changes being made in the original survey so as to eradicate a great many of the grades and curves.
 More Oyster Shuckers.
 Last night two cars of oyster shuck- CTS were brought in by the Western Railway train, one coach and a combi- nation coach and baggage car, the two cars going South on the regular Louisville and Nashville train No. 3. A big movement of oyster shuckers is looked for by the Western Railway of- ficials in the next few days and it will probably be the last batch of the sea- son, ,-.-. .!- .