The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-25
RAILROAD WORLD.

) RAILROAD WORLD
A regular schedule on the Seaboard be-
tween Atlanta and Pel City has been es-
tablished and 1t will only be matter OF
short time before trains arc run from At
lanta to Birmingham. The passenger SER
vice for three-fourths of the new road is
now in effect. and very shortly the trains
will he running the remaining fourth from
Pell City to Birmingham.
The officials of the road are still afraid
to run a fast schedule over the section OF
the road from Birmingham to Pei CITY
as there are several places where a heaVy
rain may cause a cave In or washout
While the road is in excellent conditloh
SUPERINTENDENT Parsons is reluctant to
run a fast passenger schedule when the
lives of passengers might be In peril
The first train was No Al out of Atlanta
in charge of Conductor II. M. Patton ana
Engineer Lee Whaey, who was IN the
seat of engine No $50. Train NO. 81 III
charge of Engineer c. o. Newton and
Conductor T. NJ Howell with engine No.
6H left Pell City about the same time
and arrived safely in Atlanta
Car No 800 of the Big -Four route will
pass through Birmingham next Saturday
morning carrying w. j. Lynch the gen
eral passenger and ticket agent OF that
route In Cincinnati, accompanied by MS
family. and e. d. Momstock, local treas
urer of the road at Cincinnati, and his
wife. The party is en- route to New Or
leans. They are travelling over the Queen
and Crescent.
A party of nineteen tourists will pass
through Birmingham Friday night an
Queen and Crescent train No. ! en- route
from the east to Mexico for month IN
that country. The party is on the prl-
waite car Sgnet and in charge of Il. l.
Thompson. The party returns through
Birmingham on February "a.
w. ]. Rosser, travelling freight and pas
senger agent of the Burlington, with
headquarters in Atlanta, spent yesterday
in Birmingham.
e. w. Rogers, general agent of the
Hooking Valley, with headquarters In
Cincinnati, was In Birmingham yesterday.
T. r. Thompson soliciting freight agent
of the Seaboars In Kansas City, was In
Birmingham yesterday A recent issue
Of a Kansas City paper said;
The matter of opening the new com
mercial agency of the Seaboard Air Line
in Kansas City which has created no lit
tie interest In local railroad circles was
brought to a elimination yesterday when
T. r.. Thompson of Atlanta, Ga, arrived
in the city and secured offices at us
Dwight building. Mr.. Thompson has been
connected with the Seaboard Air Line In
various capacities in the south Tor the
last fifteen years and Is well equipped to
fl. the new position. He has appointed w.
b. Lewis as office clerk. Mr.. Lewis has
been employed I'm the Nashville. Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis railway office In the
Board of Trade building for the past two
years.
The opening of this agency Will bring
forth the fact that this is a new through
route to the southeast and southern At
lantic coast points. The Seaboard Air
Line recently built a link between At
lanta, Ga, and Birmingham, Ala, and
has an excellent schedule via the Frisco
from the west to Birmingham and via
their line to the coast This will also open
a new route on eastern Atlantic coast
business providing a six-day schedule
from New York, Boston and Baltimore,
via water to Norfolk. Va, via the Sea-
board. and Frisco from Birmingham, Ala.
Assistant General Superintendent
Richey. of the Southern is headed for
Birmingham after a week out on the va
rious portions of the western district. and
he is expected in Birmingham tonight or
early tomorrow morning.
In regard to his visit to Knoxville one
of the papers in that city said:
NJ NJ. Rchey. assistant general superin-
tendent of the Southern railway, ID spend
ing a few days on the Knoxville division.
1t has been rumored that plans are be-
ing made for charging the Lonsdale
yards of the Southern railway and that
Mr. Rchey Is here for the purpose OF as
certaining the requirements
The Southern's freight business Is In
creasng so rapidly that additional tracks
Will be needed before a great time, but
nothing definite has been decided upon. so
Division Superintendent George r. Boyaii
stated.
For more than year the Southern has
been increasing the capacity OF the local
yards by the. extension of sidings. This
work has been moving along uninterrupt-
eddy and In short time several miles OF
local trackage will have been completed.
The siding. which extends almost a mile
east of this city, is nearly finished.
The siding was projected to relieve con-
gested conditions in the yards
TWO or three Dunurtu peOPit ihFC
passed through Birmingham for New Or
leans to attend the meeting Of the cotton
growers convention, going over the
Louisville and Nashville and the Queen
and Crescent route.
Monday night all the sleepers on the
night trains OF these two roads were filled
with people bound for the convention, and
last night several large parties passed
through.
A rumor is current In Cincinnati and
Louisville that the Illinois Central Rail-
road company is negotiating with the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern to enter
Cincinnati over that road. It Is believed
In the Queen city that the report is well
founded: however, no tangible proof has
yet been submitted to show that negotia-
tons looking to this end are on between
the two companies.
The Illinois Central runs trains over
their own line into Louisville. and the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern has
direct line into Cincinnati from that point.
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