The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-26
RAILROAD WORLD.


General Manager w. A. Garrett of
the Queen and Crescent route has is
sued a. circular letter to the heads Of
the various traffic departments giving
a detailed list of the many improve
ments being made on the Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific.
Instructions have also been issued
to all TIL men in the traffic depart
ment to take trip over the Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific in or
der to see these improvements and be
in position to explain. them TO the
public
The improvements have caused a
number of delays to trains, both pas
senger and freight, recently and Mr..
Garrett desires that the traffic men
In each city may be able to explain
these delays intelligently by stating
what the Improvements are and why
these improvements tend to delay
trains until they are completed.
The letter shows that the following
improvements are now in progress:
Cincinnati Division-Ludlow HILL
double track including two new steel
bridges; Danvllle junction to Danville,
grade reduction and double track;
Junction City to Moreland, double
track; Science Hill to Somerset, double
track. In addition extensions to sew
eral passing tracks.
Somerset Division-New shop and
shop yard at an expense estimated at
over half of million dollars; shop
to be opened in October
Chattanooga Division-Somerset to
Oakdale, sixteen new steel bridges;
Somerset to oakdale, fill fourteen
bridges; Somerset through Cedar Grove
to Cedar Grove to tunnel g. double
track Flat Rock to Helenwood, double
track. All double track protected with
two arm semaphores and nine inter-
lockers The thirty miles of double
track will enable the Queen and Cres-
cent to take out 764 degrees of curva-
ture, besides reducing grade to favor
northbound traffic from Helenwood to
Pine Knot. Tunnel 10 being torn out.
New yards at Stearns and Oneida to
take care of heavy junction inter-
change Hartman junction to Emory
Gap, double track around mountain to
abandon tunnel 81 Somerset to Har-
riman Junction, rebuilding all tele-
graph lines. Inc Improvements III
clude the new Cincinnati Vine street
freight terminals, which will be opened
in October. costing more than $4,000
600 On the rebuilding of the thirty
bridges If train suffers n two minute
delay at each one in slowing down,
and a slow down is always necessary
to insure safety, there is delay of
one hour to either passenger or freight
trains.
Il. A. deFunlak, general freight
agent of the lines of the Louisville
and Nashville south of Decatur, with
headquarters in Montgomery, was in
the city yesterday.
H b. Spencer, general manager; C.
S. McManus, general superintendent;
w. n. Foreacre, assistant general sup
erintendent of the western district. and
w. N. Deuel.. superintendent of the
Birmingham division, all of the South
ern railway, spent yesterday in Miss
issippi on a tour of inspection. Mr..
Spencer and Mr.. McManus return to
Washington via Memphis and Chatta-
nooga.
The Chicago Record-Herald prints
the following, which is of interest to
railroad men in the south.
The gulf lines have announced that
on September l they will put into eff
feet new tariff on export grain from
Missouri river points to the gulf gate
way to meet the reduction announced
by the Wabash from Missouri river
points to the seaboard. The plans for
an adjustment are now being worked
out by the rate clerks of the several
gulf lines.
While the tariff is virtually a reduc-
tion OF cent on through business, the
differentials agreed upon in the confer
ence between the gulf lines and the
linn a that ia =
tied the ''fobbing" controversy will be
preserved. These differentials are
cents from Kansas City to ST. Louis
and cents between Omaha and the
latter breaking point. The St. Louis
local will not be affected
Just how the reduction will affect the
movement Of grain cannot be forecasted