The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-29
ON
ALL TRAFFIC
Obstruction Of 1. & N.
South Complete.
STORMS TERRIBLE WORK
Thousands Of Laborers Repairing
Wreckase.
vice-President @. Il. Evans Of Rail-
Road Company Goes to the
Scene with Corps
of Engineers.


which ragged along the Gulf coast and
reached far inland. was the worst In
the history of the company. with
hundreds of men at work on the wires
and on the railroad track between
Flomaton and Mobile. at a late hour
last night there was no sort of com
within the outside world.
For the past twenty-four hours SUI
pevintendent j. I. Mckinney and
Train Master 7. H. Mizell of the Mo-
bile and Montgomery Division, have
cen directing the work at points be-
low Flomaton.
Few as the details are that have
been received at the dispatcher's Of
fee, 1t is believed rnat the greatest
loss of property to the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company is at Pen
sacola and in that vicinity. The ex-
tent of the damage between Mobile and
New Orleans on the new Orleans and
Mobile Division of the Il. N. cam
not be estimated as there has been no
message received from any point on
that line since the storm began. 1t
is the general opinion of officials OF
the company that, as the track of the
Louisville and Nashville lies almost
parallel with the Cur coast from Mo-
bile to New Oreansa TIE worst has hap
pened to that division as IN troubles
| of the present kind that division Is al
ways the greatest sufterer.
Construction Gangs Sent.
Telegraph lines down between Mo-
bile and New Orleans was the first in
dication OF the seriousness Of the
trouble arising from tl,e storm. With
| In the last twentylour hours there
have been FIVE .rain Ioacs OF workmen
sent South. Prior to that time two
trains carrying section crews from the
Mobile and Montgomery and the
South and north Divisions had
been dispatched to the southern part
/ of he "a Man II
zell, accompanying the first train, to
superintend the work
| Another train of workmen left
early last night and others will be sent
as speedily as they can be secured. 1t
| is estimated that there are more than
one thousand men ct work on the wires
and the track south OF Flomaton, and
n any more from various points on the
system will be rushed south as sped
| lily as possible.
The devastation of that portion OF
the Mobile and Montgomery Division
between Hurricane Bayou and Mobile,
Is believed to be complete, and 1t is
known that the Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad depot at Mobile Is sub
merged by water and that trunks and
other freight in the baggage room at
| that place are floating over the town.
G. z. Evans Fourth Vive-President Of
the Louisville and Nashville syRteH,
came to Montgomer yesterday morning
on No. ., the local passenger train be-
tween Birmingham and Montgomery,
arriving here at 9:10 o'clock and leav-
ing Immediately for the south Mr..
Evans was in his private car and had
with him members of the Engineering
Corps of the system. His car was sent
south as a special Mr. Evans, when he
left Montgomery, did not know wheth-
er he would try to go to Mobile or to
Pensacola His idea was to get as near
to the seat OF the trouble as possi-
BILE and assist in the direction OF the
plans for the construction work
Freight Trafiic Suspended.
Freight trafic on the Mobile and
MONTGOMERY Division is entirely sus-
pended. From o'clock yesterday morn
ing until late hour last night tnere
had been six trains sent South, all OF
which were run on local schedules. una
were carrying material for construc-
tlon work and coaches crowded with
No. o. the fast Washington mail
~ain, left the Union Station yester-
os ~ Snorning as usual. as did also NO.
5, the local passenger train between
Montgomery and Mobile. Both OF these
trains were turned back at Flomaton.
Serious damage to the wires of the
Louisville and Nashville Company was
wrought by the heavy winds of Thurs
day night on the South and North
Division. All communication between
Montgomery and points along the line
of road to Birmingham had been en-
tirely cut off. wash out somewhere
south Of Calera caused the annullment
of passenger train No which was
due in Montgomery at IL o'clock yes
terday morning.
Nothing definite could be learned by
the dispatchers at the union station
as to the location of the washout or
as to the extent of the damage to the
railroad. The last train coming into
Montgomery from the North was No.
9. the morning accommos ltion train
from Birmingham. to which was at
tached the private car of Fourth Vice.
President Evans of the Louisville and
Nashville The schedule Of No. was
annuIIed al the point where tho trslp
was stopped on the South and North
Division. AS there is no travel out
of Montgomery except of local ma
ture, no passenger trains was sent
South after No. yesterday morn
ing until last night when train was
made up at the station and sent South
at 10:35fo clock. as first section OF No.
8. At midnight last night no mes
sage had been received at the station
from either Superintendent Mckinney
or Trainmaster Mizell.
1t is known in the dispatcher's Of
fee that both Mr.. Mckinney and Mr..
Mizell are dirdecting the construction
work on the road south of Bay Mi
nette. II was estimated last night
that more than one thousand men were
at woalx south of Flomaton.
Extent of Damage UnknOwn.
Comparing the damages wrought by
the storm of the past three days with
that Of the great disaster of 1898 an
offlcial said yesterday that it would
be several days before any definite
estimate could be placed on The dam
age to the property of the company
He said, however. that with the large
force of workmen and the better IA
cilities for handling the work as COM
pared with that of 1898, that even at
the worst, Geographic communication
should be re-established and that
trains should be run on some sort OF
schedule within the next Few days.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad did not
escape serious results from the re-
cent storm The Montgomery division
of the company. between Montgomery
and Artesia, Miss, has suffered great
est from, wire troubles. All telegraph
ic communication has been cut on
since Thursday night and nothing is
known by local officials as to the ex-
nf dap1aO.- this diViS-