The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
BRANCH RAILROAD
 OPEN COAL FIELDS Louisville & Nashville to Extend
 the North Alabama ,SEABOARD OFFICIALS HERE vioe-Presdent Cost Is Very Much Much Pleased With Freight and
 Passenger Traffic Out of Bir-
 mineham-Railroad News.
'SEABOARD OFFICIALS HERE

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 l B. J. Dunne received telegram from Louisville yesterday afternoon stating that Dunne & Lellanade had been award ed a contract to build twenty miles of road for the Louisville and Nashville running into the Warrior coal fields. The new road will be an extension of the North Alabama. which now runs to the Vulcan mines, or Sayre, as it is other wise known, and which was built by the same company.
 l The Louisville and Nashville will spend about 100000 in opening this road as it Is expected to be a most difficult piece of construction. It will. however. open up some of the richest coal fields in the state of Alabama, according to people who have made a careful study of the seams.
 The road after passing Sayre will cross the Locust branch of the Warrior river. and extend into the coal fields lying be- tween the two brancnes of the Warrior. A great deal of this coal property has been purchased within the past few months by the Pratt Consolidated Coal company. which expects to secure large output from the mines which are being developed.
 MT. Dunne stated yesterday afternoon that the company would commence work just as soon as confirmation of the tele :. gram was received and the various out fits could be moved to the place where the first work was to be done. Follow ing that the work will be pushed as rap idly as possible
 Vice President and Traffic Manager Ed ward F. Cost, General Passenger Agent c. B. Ryan and Assistant General Pas senger Agent W. E. Christian and Dis trict Passenger Agent II. S. Leard of the Seaboard Air Line arrived in Birming- ham last night and will remain here un- til this evening. MT. Cost expressed him self as well pleased with the traffic sit- uation in the Birmingham district and with the Seaboard's freight and passen- ger business moving in and out of this city.
 General Passenger Agent Ryan in speaking of the business of his department said: T am especially interested just now in the passenger service of the Br- mingham division. We are giving the travelling public fine service and 1t will be even finer as the months roll by. Nor Is there any question about the apprecia- tlon which the Birmingham public is manfesting toward our line. Our pas senger business out of this city Is about a hundred per cent larger than my most optimistic anticipation. Birmingham is all right.
 Paul McKinnon, travelling passenger agent of the Frisco, was yesterday taken to Denver for his health. His brother, H. J. McKinnon, arrived in the city Mon day to accompany him on the trip.
 L. B. Washington, travelling passen- ger agent of the Frisco in New Orleans. arrived yesterday to take Mir McKin- non's place until he recovered. MT. Washington was formerly located in Bir- mingham as city passenger agent.
 M. NJ. Richey, assistant general super intendent of the Southern, went to Att lanta last night to attend a meeting of the board of control of the passenger sta ton there.
 J. C. Armstrong, travelling freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville with headquarters in Kansas City. was in Birmingham yesterday.
 The offices of J. G. cantrell, assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard, have been moved from the first to the eighth floor of the Woodward building Capt. Jack W. Johnston, district pas senger agent, has the offices on the first floor.
 The Seaboard has announced a special round trip rate to Ingram Wells. com mencing next Sunday. The tickets are sold for tho Sunday morning train. good to return Sunday night, affording an ex- cellent opportunity for a days recreation.
  me a ruin in the eyes of every be- holder?
 Alas! Alasl The vanity of human wishes Vanity! vahity All is vanityl The preacher in the good book is right. Never again shall 1 permit myself to be puffed up with pride and vain-glory. Fling away ambition said repentent Wolsey. By that sin fell the angels. How can man hope to profit by it? But yesterday the name of Vulcan might have stood against the world. Now-ah, but l must not speak of 1t. Imperial Caesar dead and turned to clay, used to stop a 1 hole and keep the wind away isn't a marker to what am. Alasl Alas, To | this condition am I come at last. An! tho pity of it. Who wIil rescue me-who will save me from this fate that is worse l than the worst possible death? moanet Vulcan; and, choking back an inevitabl, sob the Iron Man added:
 "If the dishonor were mine alone might endure it, but. all ye gods and lit tie fishes, how can I bear to think tha the men of Birmingham will continue t suffer this stan?"