The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-09
TALKS OF NEW LINE
RoADMAsTER SHIELDS WAS m
MONTGOMERY.


Roadmaster Shields OF the Mobile
and Montgomery Division OF the Louis
willie and Nashville Railroad Company
was in Montgomery yesterday morn
ing. He il 30 enthusiastic about the
future Of Baldwin County that his en-
thusiasm is contagious
At Robertsda1e, q station on the Bay
Minette and Fort Morgan road. twenty
l'six miles from Bay Minette. prepara-
lions are making to put in sidings and
housetracks for an extensive wood
working plant that 10 building. At the
same station stock company headed
by DR.. Roberts and T. r. Ham IL get
ting ready to build a big sugar re-
finery.
The road now runs from Bay Min
cite to Foley but Mr.. Shields says II
is only a question of time when 1t will
three miles of track having already
been built from Fort Morgan north.
Beyond building sidetracks at Maya
zine Point, Nocomis and Georgfana Mr..
Shields says nothing of Importance in
lime is going on between here and
Mobile.
He returned to Evergreen on the
yesterday morning.
Coast Line wages Raised. ~
The machinists and blacksmiths en-
ployed at the shops of the Atlantic
Coast Line in West Montgomery have
had their wages raised ten cents
day. They formerly received $315 a
day but a few days ago their pay was
increased to $3.25 a day. This Is
standard wages on the Atlantic Coast
Line and better pay than any Of the
shops in Montgomery are allowing.
Everything is going along nicely at
the Coast Line shops now. With the
a i,,0 80 hal n r.
BILE the atmosphere of the whole shops
cleared and things have been running
merrily ever since There Is an un-
usually large force at the shops, every
department having been doubled Work
Is rushed as fast as possible. but even
then 1t continues to pile up
Standing one one of the yard tracks
yesterday was a monster freight en-
CINE looking as IL 1t had Just come
from the locomotive works. 1t was
the i'll fated No. 7e8. on which Engi-
neer Jones was killed in a head-en
collision with a yard engine at Balm
bridge, Ca, last July. The damaged
engine has been standing in the yards
of the Coast Line in Montgomery ever
since. as there was no chance to have
any repairs done on 1t during the boil
ermakers strike. The repairs have
been nearly finished, however, and in
a few days the big machine win once
more take up It's run.
Homeseekers Rush South.
The homeseekers rush from the
West yesterday was heavier than any
of the railroad people anticipated. The
Louisville and Nashville train due from
the North at IL a. M, came In two
sections yesterday morning, the first
section being two hours and fifty min
utes late and the second three hours
and fifteen minutes late. Both sec
lions were crowded with homeseekers.
the first In addition to its regular
travel and the second entirely with
homeseekers.
Last night there were three sections
of the train No. 3. due from the North
at 7:25 D. m. ALI three sections were
crowded with homeseekers. Four SER
lions of train No. 8, left for New Or
leans, the last one being the connec-
ton from New York and Washington.
Notes and Personals
Charles Rudolph, District Passenger
Agent of the Mobile and Ohio at Mo-
bile, was in the city yesterday. The
members OF the Alabama Press Assoc
citation who were at Coden will never
forget the courtesies of Mr.. Rudolph
during the trip frosn Mobile.
Col Fred L. Chase, Southwestern
Passenger Agent Of the Chicago and
Alton, with headquarters in Atlanta,
was with his Montgomery friends yes
terday.