The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-01
FRISCO SYSTEM
IMPROVING ROAD
Memphis Birmingham Line TO
be Practically Rebuilt
HEAVY RAILS BEING LAID
Aee-Herald Messenger Boy Is Doing
Fine Business-The A. C. s. An
nounces Special Rates-Mr.
chadwick's Appointment.

The Frisco system Is making some ex-
tensive improvements on its line be-
tween Birmingham and Memphis and
within a few months that road will be
improved to such an extent that faster
schedules will be maintained by all the
trains.
At present the Frisco has about 800
laborers at work on the road between
here and Memphis, and they are laying
new cross ties heavier rail and putting
down Stag ballast as fast as the other
improvements are made.
About 100000 cross ties were assigned
to the road from Birmingham to Mem
phs, and these are replacing ties which
are wearing out.
The Frisco is also laying a great deal
of heavy rail between the two cities.
Fifty miles of it has either been COM
pleted recently or is rapidly being COM
/ pleted, and about the first of July the
road will commence laying about ninety
miles MORE of heavy rail. When that is
completed practically the entire road
from birmingham to Memphis will be
new. The ballast will be tirst-class, the
roadbfd in good condition and the rail-
heavl. AS soon as these improvements
are completed the trains will run much
faster between the two cities, cutting off
considerable time.
Jhe Age-Herald Messenger Boy train
is proving one of the most popular trains
on the entire system. As was predicted
When it was inaugurated some time ago
to carry The Age-Herald into Western
Alabama early in the morning, the pat
ronage has been very large.
Daily increases are shown in the num-
Der of passengers carried on the train
and merchants along the entire route have
found 1t of great assistance to them in
securing goods from Birmingham, and in
coming to Birmingham to purchase their
supplies.
Every morning when the train leaves
Birmingham at $50 o'clock it is well
filled with passengers, and the travel
between the towns along the route Is
daily showing an increase. When the
train reaches Birmingham at night at
$50 o'clock, a large number of travelling
men are always aboard, coming back to
Birmingham after days work along the
line. Large parties come to the city
from out on the road often, and after
spending the night in Birmingham they
return the following morning to their
homes.
"There are more cheap rates to the east
now than / have ever known before,
said A. B. Freeman, travelling passenger
agent of the Queen and Crescent Route,
yesterday. 1--WE have a rate to Baltimore
for the Christian Endeavor on July z,
and with a limit of July 10, and one to
Asbury Park on June 20 to July on ac-
count of the National Educational asso-
citation. The limit is July 10.
"The imperial council of the Mystic
Shriners meets at Niagara this summer,
and we have special tickets on sale June
II, IS and 49, with a final limit of June
"a. A large number of people will go from
Alabama to the Wholesale Grocers' asso-
citation in Norfolk, for which tickets can
be secured June II and IS. All of these
special rate tickets can be extended over
the time limit by paying a small sum-"
The appointment of r. A Chadwick as
assistant general freight agent of the
Alabama Great Southern goes into effect
today. He was formerly chief clerk to L.
Sewer, general freight agent. The promo
ton of Mr. Chadwick will result in
rumber OF other promotions.
e. B. McIver has been made chief clerk
and A. M. Byram, who is chief clerk in
the Southern railway freight office at CO.
lumbus, Miss, will succeed Mr.. McIvef
as assistant chief clerk in Mr.. Sewers
office j. G. Armstead, who was soliciting
freight agent of the Alabama Great South
ern, mas resigned TO accept the position
of chief clerk in the office of G. G. Thomp-
son, division agent of the Southern, and
he is succeeded by " E. Whitaker, who
was chief clerk in the local freight Of
flee of the Alabama Great Southern.