The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-22
.SOUTHERN'S DINING
CAR SERVICE GOOD
Was Recently lnaugurated from
Birmingham TO Atlanta
HAS LIBERAL PATRONAGE
Is Proving Great Convenience to the
Travelling Public - other
Railroad News of
Interest.
HAS LIBERAL PATRONAGE

/ eial nb StiNitt Was liz
augurated a week ago yesterday, and
several hundred people have awaited them
selves of the opportunity to secure meals
on the train.
| The diner is run on trains 81 and IS.
| The former leaves Atlanta at 4:15 p. IN.
and reaches Birmingham at 1905 p. m.
| The latter train leaves birmingham at
6:10 a. IN. and reaches Atlanta at 1850
a. m.
All meals are served a la carte and the
prices are reasonable. The car used will
accommodate forty people and is one of
those which the Southern used last win
ter on its New York, Washington and
Florida through service. 1t Is well APP
pointed
The car at present is in charge of
Conductor r. L. Waring, who was sent
here from one of the runs out of Wash
ington. He has had long experience in
the dining car service, and has been in
structed to see that this service is inn
proved in every way possible and made
as good as that to be found anywhere on
the Southern system. He made his first
run Saturday and states that he will at
once act on his instructions to make the
service the best out of Birmingham.
On the trip Saturday morning a score
of people were accommodated in the car,
and on the return trip Saturday night
nearly twice that number were serN ed.
All spoke well of the service.
There are large numbers of travelling
men and business men who have to visit
the towns ON the Southern between Bir-
mingham and Atlanta who find the dim
ing car a great convenience. A dozen
men going to Pell City and Admission used
the car Saturday morning.
The people of Admission and Pell City
state that the service will add a great
deal to the pleasure of travel between
those cities and Birmingham and At
lanta.
The menu for breakfast and supper ON
the diner is elaborate and the meats are
well prepared AT present two cooks and
two walters are required on the car. AS
the business increases, a third cook will
be added.
One feature of the service liz che ex-
cellent coffee served. 1t is strong and
well made. one passenger stated Satllr-
day that he would much rather have the
coffee strong and weaken 1t with cream,
than to have it weak and try to strength
en- it,
The service now Is much better than
is found on many dipi~g cars throughS
out the country, and the nett week will
see some decided improvements In it.
Three special trains bearing over $50 Of
ficers and soldiers of the Sixteenth infan-
try, U. S. A., passed through Birming-
ham Saturday afternoon. They arrived
from Fort Mcpherson via the Seaboard
and left over the Frisco to Memphis KAN
sas City and then to San Francisco
The officers on the three specials were:
Col. Butler d. Price, commander; Lieut..
Col Levin c. Allen, Majors Francis II.
French, Charles w. Kennedy and VIII
liam w. Gray; Capts. John b. Bennett.
Thomas w Moody, George Il. French.
Mark Wheeler, William o. Johnson,
George ID. Guyer, William c. Bennett, Ed
ward r. Chrisman, Joseph f. Gohn.
Charles p. George, Edgar Ridenour
Thomas f. Maginnis and Charles l.. Bee
kurts; First. Lieuts NJ. H. Hilgard G. II.
White, c. B. Stone, Jr., Walter Harvey.
c. Il. Morton, r. II. Wescott, c. l.. Me-
Kahn, +. l.. Smith, Leon l.. Roach, Jack
Hayes w. A. Castle, c. r. w. Morrison.
w. q. Doane and Park Howell; Second
Lients. ID. e. Shean, r. w. Klngman, +.
G. McCune, j. A. Atkins, f. l.. Beals, l..
Soleiiac, f. w. Bosehen, n. w. Riley w.
o. Boswell, l.. r. James, p. b. Peyton, j
M. Churchill and r. r. Pickering: Chap
lain James w. Hillman.
l. ne "a u. >. VIII on Inc ffSt OF the
month create the office of assistant CELL
eral freight agent, and r.. A. Chadwick,
present chief clerk to l.. Sewer, general
freight agent, will be appointed to the
new position
f.. ID. McIver will be appointed chief
clerk to succeed Mr. Chadwick These
promotions will neeessltate several other
promotions in the office of Mr.. Sewer.
fut r1i.,
pany will establish an office in Brming-
ham in the near future. A large number
of Pullman cars are coming into Birming-
ham at present, and the number Is being
steadily increased. The company has no
official here at present but the additional
number of cars coming to the city will
demand representative in Birmingham.
The advent OF the Seaboard fast trains
Will mean several more sleepers day in
Birmingham, and other roads have recent
ly inaugurated additional sleeping car
service. Several through sleepers to the
west originate in Birmingham now. and1
the number of seepers arriving and de-
parting from Birmingham is practically
twice as large as 1t was year ago.
L. p. Washington. who was formerly
city passenger agent of the Frisco In Biz
mingham and was promoted to travelling
passenger agent In New Orleans for the
Frisco, has had his duties enlarged. lie
now represents the Frisco, Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific, St Louis. Kansas City
and Colorado and the Chicago Rock
Island and Ell Paso.
J. w. White, general industrial agent
of the Seaboard. will bring large
party of people to Birmingham on June
~ to look over the district and see the
Industrial development here. The party
will be quite large and will travel on
special equipment.
Admission. May H-(special)- first
train over the Altoona branch Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad came in
to this city this afternoon with 'hree cars
loaded with officials and trainmen, about |
100 in number. The party was met at the |
depot and escorted TO the Alabama ho- |
tel where dinner was served them. They |
left Immediately on their return trip to |
Birmingham from whence they started |
early this morning.
The Altoona branch Is connecting link |
between the Alabama Miner and BIZ |
mingham Mineral divisions OF the road. |
and puts Admission eighteen miles closer |
on the Louisville and Nashville to Biz |
mineham by new route. The road WAS |
To have been finished some months ago |
but on account of the delay In complet- |
ing the Altoona tunnel operations over |
the road were delayed.
This new branch opens up one OF the
richest coal and iron ore tracts in Ala
bama. A regular schedule will begin next /
sunday running directly into Birmingham
from calera via Syacauga. Talladega, An
niston. Gadsden Alfalfa. Cneonta and AL
toona. The train here today was in