The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-13
City Would Subway Under
 Eighteenth Street Crossing
1T IS NOT PRACTICABLE
Railroads Agree to Pave Fourteenth Street and Twenty-fourth Street Crossings With vltrified
 Brick.

vile railroad the Queen and Crescent route, the Seaboard and the Southern Railway the railroads agreed to pave the Fourteenth street crossing and the Twenty-fourth street crossing with vitri- fled brick.
 The conference was called by Mayor Ward to discuss the possibility of putting a subway under the railroad tracks on Eighteenth street. but this was soon shown to be impossible. The railroad en- gineers showed that the cost of construc- ton of such subway would not only be far in excess of the good resulting there from, but they also showed that the cost of draining it would be very large.
 The railroad officials also showed that within the next few months that the danger at the Eighteenth street crossing would be greatly reduced owing to con- templated changes by the various rail- roads, The Louisville and Nashville rep resentative stated that practically all of its freight switching had been transferred to the Boyies yards, and that therefore there was no longer as much danger from switching as before.
 The officials of the Alabama Great Southern, part of the Queen and cres- cent route, stated that the company was preparing to build yards on the old Mary Pratt property between Birmingham and l Avondale, and that q great deal of it's freight traffic would be removed to that point. The Southern, the Central of Geor- 1 gia the Seaboard, the A. G. s. and the Frisco representatives showed that when the new passenger station Is completed that there will be practically no passen- ger trains of these roads over the Eigh- teenth street crossing, thus eliminating all danger from those sources.
 All Agreed to Pave.
 The railroads then agreed to pave the l Fourteenth and Twenty-fourth street crossings as the Eighteenth street cross ing has been paved The city willingly withdrew ite desire for the subway when the impog conditions were made clear. The is will pay for the paving.
 The city officials and the railroad of f1clals had q most harmonious conference. | After the conference Mayor Ward stated that the agreement with the railroads also provides that they will establish all necessary danger signals at the two crossings to reduce the risk from acci- dents
 Those present at the conference were W. A. Garrett, general manager of the Queen and Crescent system IT. B. Spen- cer, general manager of the Southern railway; M. M. Richey, assistant general superintendent of the Southern; T. E. Brooks, superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville at Birmingham; A Griggs superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern; w. L. seddon and MT. French engineers of the Seaboard; J. c. Nelson roadmaster of tho Alabama Great South ern; George B. Nicholson, chief engineer of the Queen and Crescent route; T. H. Motion. president of the Commercial club Mayor Ward Engineer Kendrick, and L. sevier, general freight agent of the Ala bama Great Southern
 Other Railroad News.
 The Southern railway and the Alabama Great Southern will build retaining wall at the 1rondale cut, which has given the latter road so much trouble since it was dug.
 The wall will prevent the possibility of a slide at the cut and will practically | place. A serious slide would effect the Southern tracks which arc on the south of the cut
 This cut. which Is less than mile long is the only part of the Alabama Great Southern roadbed that gives any trouble | Trains have to go throw the cut at very slow rate of speed and watchmen have to be kept in the cut all the time. Last spring during the heavy rains slide occurred and delayed traffic considera- bly,.
 The retaining wall will cost several | thousand dollars.
 | The officials of the Queen and Cres- l cent route received notice yesterday that the quarantine against the through meat train from Texas had been raised. The trains will be resumed immediately. The | Alabama Great Southern receives the | special trains which are run on passen- ger schedule, at Meridian from the Ala bama and vicksburg and the Vicksburg and Southern Pacific. The trains run through to Birmingham, where it is split up and the cars distributed to the various roads.
 l When the quarantine was put into effect it applied to freight as we'll as passengers and caused the roads to dis 1 continue these trains
 W. A. Garrett, general manager of the Queen and Crescent, left yesterday af- ternoon at 440 o'clock for Chattanooga.
 II. B. Spencer, general manager of the | Southern, left last night at 11:S0 o'clock | for Atlanta and Washington.
 T. S. Noise. general manager of the Central of Georgia railway, spent yester- day in Birmingham. He left yesterday afternoon at O clock for Savannah.
 HlLLMAN MEMORIAL SERVICES. They Will Be Held at the First Meth.
 odist Church This Morning.