The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-29
ALABAMA RAILROADS.
Building in the State During Last
 Year.

| Building in the State Daring Last
 The Railway Age of March 24 con-
 tains figures regarding the railroad
 building in the tSate during the past
 twelve months. and also the building
 that is being contemplated in Alabama
 or which is under course of construc. ton.
 | The building last year was: Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line (S
 A. L.)--Coal City to Birmingham, 4C | miles.
 Birmingham Belt-Birmingham to North Birmingham, miles. Central of Georgia-Florala to Lock- | hart. 1.22 miles. Lathrop-Hatton Railway-Gandy to Bear Creek. 3 miles.
 Louisville and Nashville-Cain Creek branch, end of track to Warrior River IS.05 miles: branches and spurs to Cain Creek branch 12.34 miles: One- | onta and Attalla branch. Altoona to a point 1-2 mile west of Attalla. 15.56 miles: Turkey Creek branch, Fedora
 to Indio, on Turkey Creek, 2.s5 miles; | Hogeland branch. Hogeland Junction
 to Elvista, .65 mile; Graves branch North Birmingham north to Graves | mines, 2.62 miles; Boyles Gap branch | from Graves at North Birmingham | northeast to Five Mile Creek, POS miles; Deming branch, Mattawana to
 Deming, 1.73 mile. Southern Railway-From near Daley to coal property of Bessemer Land and Improvement Company, 3.92 miles; ex- tension on Reynolds spur of the Brier- field Rlocton and Birmingham to mines of Little Cahaba Coal Company, 1 mile.
 sylacauga and wetumpka--woodbine to end of track, miles. Tuscaloosa Belt-Riverview to Holt,
 miles.
 Vanderbilt Timber, Mining and Southwestern-Tumli to Hopewell, 5 miles.
 The contemplated building and that in course of construction. is: Alabama and Tombigbee-Lower Peach Tree to Coffeeville, ST miles, 10 miles completed Fulton east. G. R. Hannon, general manager, Fulton, Ala. Alabama Great Southern--Allen to iron ore mines, miles. George B.
 Nicholson, c. E., Cincinnati, O. Alabama Central-Booth to Autauga- vile, S.5 miles under construction and grading completed. Charles H. Scott, President, Montgomery, Ala; W. H. Garrett, c. E., Booth, Ala. Alabama Northern-Pyriton to Ash land, 7.5 miles. under construction to be operated by the Louisville and Nash vile when cOmpIeteo. '. b. Allen, President, and B. W. Pruett, Secretary and Treasurer. Ashland, Ala. Bay Minette and Fort Morgan (L. & N)-Bay Minette to Foleyton, 37 miles, under construction and most of the grading completed; W. P. Oliver & Co, | Knoxville, Tenn, contractors. T. P. Hamm, president, 50s Stewart build ing, Chicago, H.; W. W. Olney, c .E., Bay Minette, Ala.
 Birmingham and Lineville-Pyriton to Lineville, miles, under construc- tion: being built by the company's forces. J. s. Jennison, vice-president and general manager. Lineville. Ala. H. Alber, c. E., Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham. Montgomery and New Orleans-Birmingham to Montgomery Ala: Centreville. Ala, to Meridian
 Miss. with a branch from Greensboro
 to Billingsly, Ala, total of 2S0 miles | partially surveyed. The Dallas Con- | struction Company incorporated to
 build the line. James H. Smith. presi- dent, and J. E. White. c. E., Birming- ham, Ala. Central of Alabama-Decatur to Jas | per. Ala, 7s miles, surveyed. John l Carlisle, President, Cincinnati, O. l Chattahoochee Valley--Jasper to
 Marvin. IT miles. L. Lanier' President West Point, Ga.
 Florence and Clifton-Florence, Ala, ! to Clifton, Tenn, 76 miles. Edward Watkins. Chattanooga. Tenn. | Gurley and Paint Rock Valley---tiur- ley, Ala, to Winchester. Tenn, par tiallx graded number of years aSo.