The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
AGE-HERALD TRAIN
To Be RUN TO ANGRY
Messenger Boy" on Frisco
Will be Extended
MAY GO TO MEMPHIS
J. N. cornatzer, Assistant General PAS
senger Agent of Frisco, Makes
Announcement of Another
improvement.

ihe MessenSer boy mas SO FAR ex-
oeeded our expectations In the business
1t has done and the popular favor which
1t has been accorded that our officials
have decided to extend the train to Amory
on the first of September, when the new
time table Is issued. An effort is being
made to have the train run to Memphis
and this may be done.
Our business is holding up better than
We could reasonably expect during the
summer months, and travel to the west
has been unusually heavy. 1t is easily
the record breaking summer travel to the
west from this section.
I'VE are making many improvements
or our Memphis Birmingham line and
when these are completed 1t will mean
much better service for Birmingham.
AS l said before, The Messenger Boy
is far exceeding our expectations and we
expect to improve the service by the ex-
tension to Amory, d distance of 1928 miles
from Birmingham"
The news of the extension of this train
will be especially welcome to the citizens
of GUN and Sulligent and other towns
which are directly on the Frisco. and to
the people of Hamilton, the county seat
OF Marion county, as 1t will enable them
to get the Age-Herald at an earlier hour
during the morning
From these three cities there are many
rural routes and those living along these
routes will also be greatly benefited as
the morning mail from birmingham will
arrive before the carriers start on their
regular trips and they can carry the early
mail to all parts of the various counties
effected and in many cases this means
receiving mail twenty-four -iours ahead
Of the time 1t is now delivered.
San Francisco July 2S.-Henry S. Man
ming a director of the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient railway, commonly
known as the Stilwell route, planned to
extend from Wichita, Kan, in south
westerly direction through Kansas, Okla
homa, Texas and Mexico to Topolobampo
on the Gulf of California, is here He ex-
pressed the utmost confidence in the
ability of A. +. Stilwell to accomplish his
plans and says the road will be COM
pleted inside of three years. In discussing
the subject Mr. Manning said:
"The conditions under which Mr. Still
well has been building the Kansas City.
Mexico and Orient railroad are not gem
orally understood. He is building the en-
tire road through construction firms and
not through financial aid of banking in
stItutions. The road In being built in sec
tons and he is already operating a por-
ton of his line. tails have been laid
from Topolobampo ON the gulf eastward
for about $50 miles and westward from
chihuahua he has about $50 miles of
road operating. Shortly after the line
leaves the western coast of Mexico 1t
stretches over one of the most fertile
sections of the southern republic, then
enters the rich mining sections where
abundance of business awaits IT.
The Louisville Courer-Journal of Thurs
day says:
Work on the reconstruction of the
Louisville and Nashville union station
at Tenth street and Broadway, upon
the exact lines of the burned building
will be started Monday morning, just two
weeks after the fire. The contract was
let yesterday to the Selden-Breck Con-
struction company of st. Louis, and the
cost of the work is estimated at 100000
1t Is expected that the new station will
be ready for occupancy December L. and
in order to complete the reconstruction
by that time 1t will be necessary TO carry
on the work night and day for the greater
part of the intervening time.
o. G. seden of st. Louis, president of
the Seldom reck company, was in Louis
Vile yesterday, and will remain several
days. c. r. Vaughan of Memphis, the
general superintendent, will arrive here
this morning. A close examination OF
the walls as they now stand will be
made today, so that it can be determined
exactly what parts can be used and what
will have TO be torn down. The contract
includes the removal and destruction of
that part of the burned building which
cannot be used, as well as the erection
of the new structure. Mr.. Selden said
yesterday that he will have placed his
orders for lumber and stone WITHIN two
days, and that his workmen will be here
General Manager w. A. Garrett OF the
Queen and Crescent route has returned
to Cincinnati after a vacation of several
weeks, which he spent with his family at
South Harpswell, near Portland, Maine
While he was away the officials OF the
road prepared a large frame containing
recent pictures OF all the operating staff
of the Queen and Crescent and this has
been hung over his desk.
Evan Prosser traYenng passenger agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio with headquar-
tiers in Louisville, was in the city yes
terday.
Charlton II. Morgan, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Texas and Pacific. has
returned from a trip to Buffalo, New
York and other eastern points.
c. b. Ryan. general passenger agent.
and W. E. Christian, assistant general
passenger agent of the Seaboard passed
through Birmingham yesterday en- route
from Memphis to atlanta.
Memphis. July 29.-Announcement was
made today by C. b. Ryan, general pas
senger agent of the Seaboard Air Line,
who was in the city that the Seaboard
line will establiah a passenger Office at
Ntarnnhis I'm the near future. The office