The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-01
TRAINS MAY
RUN TUESDAY
The L. & N. VIII Get
Through to Mobile.
TELEGRAM FROM MIR. EVANS
Vice President is Hopeful Over the
Situation.
Passengers SOu.hbound From East
WIN he Routed by BirminEham
and Queen 4 Crescent-Ten.
sas Bridge Ia Safe.
TELEGRAM FROM MIR. EVANS

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company may resume traffic to Mobile
Tuesday, as II is known That the Ten
sas River bridge was not impaired by
the storm.
This announcement was made from
the ONCE of the Trainmaster Of the
Mobile and Montgomery Division OF
the railroad last night. A message re-
ceived from Fourth Vice-President G.
z. Evans Of the system stated that
the road to Mobile would be open for
the operation Of trains not later than
Tuesday. Mr.. Evans has personal
charge of the repair work south OF
Flomaton. II was also stated last
night that as soon as workmen are
able to reach the devastated portions
Of the New Orleans and Mobile Divis-
ion, the work of reconstruction can be
accomplished in three days.
Chic: Engineer Courtney of tho
Louisville and Nashville system, with
Roadmaster Shields of the Mobile and
Montgomery Division, has made tho
trip over the New Orleans Division
and made a report OF the extent OF
damage to that division. The great
dif,culty in handling the situation on
that division Is the time consumed in
sending workmen by the circuitous
route necessary to place them to where
they are needed.
Mr.. Evans telegraphed for men and
materials TO be rushed to the New Or
leans and Mobile division and several
trains of men and materials were sent
from the Nocthern division Of the sys-
TEN yesterday by way Of Milan, Tenn.
and the Illinois Central.
Telegram from Mr.. Evans.
Vice-President Evans with Superin-
ten lent j. I. Mckinney and Trainmas-
ter T. Fl. Mizell are directing the work
in the swamps between Hurricane and
Mobile on the Mobile and Montgomery
Division. The first message from the
officials who went South as soon as the
extremity OF the situation became
known in the Louisville and Nashville
Office at Montgomery, was received yes
terday from Vice. president Evans. The
message was sent from Hurricane
where linemen have succeeded Ia patch
ing up e wire to Flomaton. From
Flnmaton the telegram came by the
Western Union wires into Montgom
cry. While the situation is given by
Mr.. Evans as serious 1t is by no means
hopeless. Mr.. Evans said:
I'VE are up against hard PROPOSE
tion in the swamps on account Of heavy
timber and trunks of trees on the track
and will have hard work to handle
them. They are piled up six to ten feet
deep and the roadbed is washed from
uhdNi liIrhi. Hcpe " get 10 .MODll6
by Monday night. but II the weather
continues bad 1t will be twenty-four
hours later
We have about all the men that we
can handle on this division. TIE New
Orleans and Mobile division is O. X.
south of West Pascagoula, but in bad
shape between Grand Bay and West
Pas"a soula.
we want men and material wired
for to get in on the New Orleans Diyis-
ion south Of West Pascagoula, and work
on that side while we work on the north
side.
1T will be three or four DAYS at the
earliest before we can get through 10
New Orleans. and 1t all depends on the
help that we can get. We need STAG
on the south side for filling in the
swamp. and a big lot of ties for the
New Orleans and Mobile Division. am
getting some from the Mobile and
Montgomery Division for use on the
north side of Pecan"
In another message from the Vice
President the condition of the Mobile
and Montgomery Division was reported
as being worst from Bayou Sara to Mo.
bile. distance of fifteen miles
Not As Bad As Reported.
That Mr.. Evans expects to have tho
road In condition for the passage OF
trains by Tuesday at the latest, is evil