The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
FIRST TRAIN IS RUN
PASSENGER CONNECTION BETWEEN
 BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA.
l.. and N. Yards Removed to Boyles. Rumors Regarding Probability of New Depot-Trouble
 at BrOoksfde.

Birmingham, April 16.-(Speclal.)- The first passenger trains on regular schedule between Birmingham and Att lanta on the Seaboard Air Line were run today, the train for Atlanta leaving
 here at 7:30 o'clock this morning and
 the first to arrive from Atlanta enter
 ing the union passenger station here at
 2:35 o'clock. Both trains made the
 trip on time. A large crowd of citizens
 was at the depot this afternoon as the
 first train arrived and the crew and
 passengers were noticed with interest.
 The roadbed Is in good shape, for
 new railroad, and the schedule. which
 permits running at about twenty-hve
 miles an hour, including numerous
 stops was maintained with ease. The
 through and fast trains on this line
 will hardly be put on before May 2Ith,
 if that early, but it Is believed that tho
 distance from Birmingham to Atlanta
 will be covered in four and half hours
 if not faster. The Southern Railway
 now covers that distance in five hours
 and a half.
 The patronage today was fairly good, considering that except at the terminals
 there was no advertising done at all.
 At many of the stations between Bir-
 mingham and Atlanta the agents had
 not been instructed in regard to the
 tickets and consequently cash fares
 were paid. Col. l.. B. Parsons. the
 popular superintendent of the Atlanta Birmingham division of the $. A. L' went to Atlanta on the train leaving here this morning, accompanied ny Trainmaster Martin and other omciais' It was easily noticeable that the trans could have made much better time nao | it been desired to run them faster Ihe
 stations along the line all appear to be substantial buildings, though not ex- l tensiye Twelve water tanks have been erected between Birmingham ana Al, lanta. while sidings have been piaceo at different points to accommodate two long freight trains at time IT neces-
 sary. The general preparations inui- cate that the Seaboard expects to do large part of the heavy traffic being se- cured out of the Birmingham distract Travelling Passenger Agent K. M. Coffey of the Seaboard Air Line, with headouarters in Atlanta, was today or
 dered to establish his temporary head-
 quarters in Birmingham. Tne train
 westward today, leaving Atlanta at
 o'clock and arriving in Birmingham al
 2.35 o'clock, made connections in Alt
 lanta with the train from the east ana
 also with other trains into that place. Removal of Yards. The Louisville and Nashviilc hah- road today moved its Blrmlngnanl
 yards to Boyles. place three tIS nliies north of the city. There was much work attached to the moving. All en- zines will be held at Boyles herealter and all trains for the South, North ana for the Birmingham district Will ne made up at Boyles. except the passeh ger trains, which will arrive at ana depart from the union passenger station as before. The round house at Boyles will accommodate twice the numper ol engines as did the round house In the city and the removal of the yards VIII obviate all dangerous switching across the street crossings in the city
 The new yards cost sew eral hundred thousand dollars They are convenient to the different portions of the industrial dis trict, being a hub for Oneonta and At talla on the northeast Warrior ana
 Jefferson to the north. Ensley and Bes-
 semer to the Southwest, Birmingham and Red Mountain to the south and southeast The old yards will not be torn asunder for awhile, the property being very valuable. Rumors prevailed for a while that the old yards will be used for union passenger depot facili- ties but this Is positively denied. The Louisville and Nashville owns the pres ent depot which is too small for the traffic in Birmingham, and 1t Is under stood that notice has been given to all other roads to vacate when their con- tracts are out, the first of January, 1907. This will bring about another de- pot in Birmingham in the next year or two many rumors already being out
 in this direction.