The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-14
RAILROAD WORLD.

The action of the Southern railway in
increasing its service between Birming-
ham and Atlanta has aroused a great
deal of interest in railroad circles. The
additional service makes five trains each
way between the two cities, which is
greatly in excess of the service between
other cities of similar size throughout
the country.
1t is generally thought in railroad cir
Giles that the trains will pay the Southern
well. and that the road showed a great
deal of confidence in Birmingham and
it's future, when it made its arrangements
to put on five trains daily, two of which
are through trains, making only about
half dozen stops.
The fast trains will decrease the actual
time between Birmingham and Atlanta
about so minutes and it will afford greater
convenience to the travelling public.
The train which now leave Birmingham
at CLIO o'clock in the morning will leave
80 minutes later, making it much more
convenient for people who desire to leave
by the morning train. 1t will enable them
TO sleep half an hour later and affords
them better opportunity to secure street
cars from their residences to the station.
The local train leaving at 545 a. M,
which will be inaugurated on July %,
when the changes take place, will ac-
comodate all the local business and the
through train will stop only at Pell City.
Admission, HeHin, Tallapoosa. Bremen and
Austell.
The train which leaves Birmingham
at 515 p. m, now will leave at 6:30 p. m.
which will be an hour and thirty minutes
later. This will enable the travelling pub
lie to get supper before leaving Birming-
ham and will be an additional conven-
Ience. Train No. "a, leaving at 4:05 p M.
will accommodate all the local business
between Birmingham and Atlanta.
Coming from the east the train will
leave Atlarta at a. M, instead of $40
a. M, as a. present and will make only
six stops. A local will leave Atlanta at
AIS a. M, and will take care of the
local business.
Train No. 81, which is the through
train from New York, will leave Atlanta
at Ais p. M, as it does now, but will
reach Birmingham at 1925 p. M. instead
of 1906 o'clock, as it does at present, a
saving in time of 40 minutes. A local
train leaving Hefin at o'clock and
reaching Birmingham at 10 o'clock will
care for the business between the two
places coming into Birmingham.
The Southern is suffering great deal
IN nj W. on oil fto
divisions. Assistant General Superintend-
ent Richey left last night for Chattanooga
and will go over the Knoxville and Ashe-
Vile divisions to inspect the repairs which
have been made where washouts took
place. 4.
eve have been delayed considerably on
account of these washouts," he said last
night. 1--WE have had three between At
lanta and Austell within the last ten
days, and at places where we have never
had them before Cloudbursts are re-
sponsible for washouts. These cloudbursts
fill the gulleys and small creeks and
they wash away the tracks in a short
while.
"The trouble comes at a bad time for
us. Our freight business is very heavy
now and we do not get a minutes let up,
day or night l think that the freight
business in May, June and July is showing
an increase of from 20 to "A jer cent
over the corresponding months of last
year.
Il am going to be in Washington Sum
day or Monday to complete the arrange
ments about the new schedule between
Birmingham and Atlanta. 1t will be In
augurated on July % and | think 1t will
be the best service given any two cities
OF similar size and distance apart In the
country. l don't know of any two cities
where better service is given under any
thing like similar circumstances. The
people of Birmingham and Atlanta should
appreciate this improved service and give
liberal patronage. 1t places Birming-
ham about fifty minutes closer to New
York and the east"
B. M Starks, general manager of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, spent
yesterday In Birmingham. He Is out on
a tour of inspection and states that every
thing Is in good condition on the sys-
tenn.
Charles w. Petit, travelling passenger
agent Of the Erie railroad. with head
quarters In Memphis. was in the city yes
terday.
r. IT. Lacey, southern passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad, with head
quarters In Nashville, was in the city
yesterday distributing a ticket agent s
atlas of his road among the passenger
men of the city.
The atlas Is something new in railroad
literature. 1t is handsomely bound book
and shows the lines of the Pennsylvania
In every state through which 1t goes
Every station. no matter what it's size
Is shown on the atlas and this will be a
great Improvement. An index shows
where each town Is located
O. l.. Mitchell, general southern agent
of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railway, with Headquarters in Cincinnati,