The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
ARE REDUCING THE GRADE AND CURVE Work Commences at Rising Pawn on the A. 6, s. FRISCO OFFICIALS HERE New General Manager and General Superintendent on Their First
 Tour of Inspection of
 the Lines.
FRISCO OFFICIALS HERE

NNik was commenced yesterday on the grade and curve reduction on the Alabama Great Southern near Rising Pawn, twen- ty-four miles south of Chattanooga. The work Is being done by W. J. Oliver X Co, and it will require about three months to complete it.
 The grade wil be reduced to such an extent that much heavier freight trains can be operated over it. The reduction will extend over about four miles on that section of the road where there is one of the heaviest grades on the system. 1t is this grade that has given more trouble than any other on the north end and where heavy freight trains have been stalled more frequently than anywhere else.
 The curves at this point will be taken out, and the track strengthened at the same time, which will make a reduction or something over half a mile in the dis tance, The curves at this point are about the worst on the north end.
 The steam shovel was put to work yesterday morning. Already supplies and material has been delivered on the place. and the contractors have put a large force at work.
 k. E. Boswell superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern has returned to the city. after several days spent on the road. He Is making a close inspec- tion of the road from Chattanooga to Meridian and making number of inn provements.
 C. R. Gray, vice president; W. c. Nixon, general manager. and MT. Tyler, general superintendent of the Frisco System. were in Birmingham yesterday morning for a. couple of hours. Mir Nixon and MT. Tyler, both of whom were recently ap- pointed were making their first official trip over the Birmingham end of the Frisco. and spent only couple of hours in the city. During the remainder of the day they were out on the line in specting it.
 Mir Nixon came to the Frisco from the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, where he was second vice president and general manager. He is to relieve Mir. Gray of a great deal of the work he has pre- viously had
 The freight traffic men of the Alabama Great Southern have returned to Blrming- ham from meeting they held in Chat tanooga Tuesday, l.. Sevier general freight agent; R. A. Chadwick. assistant general freight agent; E. T. Steele, com mercial agent and " E. Whitaker, so- licitng freight agent, all located in BIr- mingham, were present at the meeting, as we'll as R. E. Boswell, superintendent of the road About ten of the freight men of the road were at the meeting.
 L. E. Chalenor, assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard at Savan- nah, has been appointed to similar po- sition in Portsmouth, to succeed A. Pope. It is stated that Edward Stallings, trav- cling freight agent at Americus, Ga-. will succeed MT. Chalenor.
 Ray Knight, commercial agent of the New Orleans and Northeastern in Att lanta, was in Birmingham yesterday He has only recently returned to work after a vacation of several weeks, which was given him on account of i'll health.
 E. II. Shaw. assistant general freight agent of the Southern Railway in Bir- mlngham left yesterday for Toxaway, N. C., to attend a meeting Of the freight traffic officials of the system. which will be held today and tomorrow.
 About twenty of the freight traffic off c.als will be present at the meeting, at which a number of matters will be dis cuss6d.
 Ernest Miller, bookkeeper of the New Orleans and Northeastern in New Or leans, was in Birmingham yesterday.