The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-09
THROUGH SERVICE
ON THE SEABOARD
New Schedule Will be Effective
on July 2
NEW TRAINS ARE ADDED
Train viii Carry Through sleepers
From Birmingham. to New York.
General Passenger Agent
Ryan in the City.
NEW TRAINS ARE ADDED

The Seaboard Air Line will inaugurate
its through passenger service to New
York from Birmingham on Sunday, July 2.
This announcement was made by Gen
eral Passenger Agent c. b. Ryan and
Assistant Passenger Agent w. E. Chris
tian, who arrived in Birmingham last
night.
The first train with through sleepers to
New York will leave Birmingham at $3.50
o'clock ON the morning of July 2, and
will reach Atlanta at 1850 a. m. 1t will
make all the principal stops between Biz
mingham and Atlanta, and will connect
with the Seaboards train No. 80, which
leaves Atlanta at noon for the east.
A train leaving Birmingham at 4:1O p.
m. and reaching Atlanta at 9:45 p. m.
will also be inaugurated on that date. AT
present 1t will not make through connec-
tions for New York but will be merely
local train to Atlanta.
The morning train Will carry sleepers
and the afternoon train will carry buffet
parlor car, so that a light lunch may
be obtained en- route. In the fall the Sea-
board expects to make the afternoon train
a fast train with through sleepers.
Coming west a train will leave Atlanta
at $3.50 a. m. and will reach Birmingham
at 11:59 o'clock. 1t will carry a buffet
parlor car. The afternoon train will leave
Atlanta at 3:45 o'clock and will reach
Birmingham at 915 p. m. 1t will carry
the through sleeper from the east for
Birmingham. The schedule of train No. 80
from New York will be chansad so that
It will read Atlanta al 1895 p. m. instead
of $3.50 p. m, as at present.
In speaking OF the new service last
night. Mr.. Ryan said:
I'VE are now ready to put on our
through service, but we will not try to
make any record time between Birming-
ham and Atlanta. Later we reduce the
time and expect to run trains in about
four hours after a short while.
Our time TO Atlanta on the train leav-
ing here in the morning will be five hours
and twenty minutes, and the time of the
train leaving here in the afternoon will
be five hours and thirty-five minutes.
"Our roadbed between Birmingham and
Atlanta is in very good condition now
and 1t is constantly being improved. Our
intention has elways been to have the
very best of service into Birmingham,
and we have one of the best roadbeds In
the south on our line to Atlanta,
"Our local passenger business already
established has been excellent, and we
expect business to improve rapidly, when
we get our new service in operation. The
territory which we traverse will build up
rapidly, and as it does so our business
will increase"
Mr. Ryan stated that the Seaboard
would have a passenger representative in
| Birmingham in a short time but as yet
had not decided who they would place
at Birmingham.
AT present r. M Coffey, our travelling
passenger agent In Atlanta is spending a
great deal of his time in Birmingham. I"
said Mr.. Ryan. "He is looking after this
territory, but as soon as we inaugurate
this additional service we will place a
passenger representative here"
Mr. Ryan and Mr.. Christian return to
Atlanta this morning