The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-26
|. & \. WILL OPEN
new DOUBLE TRACK
Extends from BoyIes to Black
Greek
SERVICE TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Electric Lock Interloeking Plants VIII
Also Be Put Into Service Sunday.
Other Railroad News
of Interest.
SERVICE TO BEGIN SUNDAY

The five miles of double track on the
Louisville and Nashville between Boyles
and Black Creek will be placed in SER
vice at noon next Sunday. At the same
time the electric interlocking system at
Boyles and at Black Creek will be placed
In service to handle all trains between
those two places on the double track.
The double track from Boyles to Black
Creek was built to handle the business
on tho North Alabama branch into the
coal fields, which will be completed IN
short time Black Creek is the junction
point of the main line and this extern
sion into the coal fields and the double
track was necessary to handle the in
creased business which will come from
that extension This extension runs into
the Walker county coal fields. and 1t is
anticipated that by the time the extern
sion is completed the Louisville and
Nashville will get two or three hundred
cars of coal day from It, This coal
has 10 DC DdiAdiVO iiiO 49,
the Birmingham district.
The interlocking devices will control
all the switches between Boyles and Black
Creek by levers operated In the towers
and the movement of trains by the Sig
nails and derails By this plan 1t is inn
possible to have a collision or for two
trains to be on the same block at the
same time.
With the Inauguration of the double
track and the interlocking plants the
block signal system between Oxmoor and
Boyles will be extended to Black Creek.
All trains on the Louisville and Nash
VILE between oxmoor and Boyles are
now operated by the block signal system
and the extension adds five miles to the
system around Birmingham
The extension into the coal fields in
sludes about twenty miles of main line
and the remainder is in sidings and
branch lines into mines. Much of the
property which will be opened up by
this line belongs to the Pratt Consolidated
Coal company
C. A. Cowles, general agent of the
Norfolk and Western in Atlanta, was
in Birmingham yesterday.
j. S. B. Thompson, general agent of
| the Southern in Atlanta and secretary of
| the Birmingham Terminal company, is
in the city He arrived yesterday and
will remain until tonight when he re-
turns to Atlanta.
This is the last trip of Mr.. Thompson
to Birmingham before he leaves for
Europe on his vacation. He will spend
several months on the other side of the
Atlantic, and he was winding up num-
Der of matters in Birmingham in con-
neetion with the Southern and with the
rev passenger station.
The Louisville and Nashville is reeeiv-
ing this week the first four engines of
an order of sixty-eight placed several
months ago. The other engines In this
order will be delivered at the rate of
four week until the order Is filled.
A large number of these engines will
be delivered to the Birmingham division
and the Birmingham Mineral and Ala
bama Mineral The road is better sup
piled with coal cars than any other road
in the south. but with the increased coal
traffic which is in sight next winter,
the road will need some additional mo-
five power.
The engines are of an immense type,
similar in many respects to the last or
der of freight engines received. They
weigh about 100000 pounds on the drivers
and are built to climb the hills of Ala
bama with heavy freight trains.
The Illinois Central has commenced
building its line on Twelfth street from
Second avenue to Ninth avenue. This line
is the main line into the freight house
and team tracks on the road which Is
being built between Second and Third
avenues from Twelfth to Sixteenth
streets.
The company has deposited In court
sufficient money to pay all abutting prop
erty damages which may be AWARDED by
the courts from the suits fled and 1t
Is now impossible to enjoin 1t from COM
pleting the work Most of the claims
were settled by the action of the board
of three commissioners appointed by
Judge Greene in the probate court, but
after the decision OF the commission was
rendered some suits were filed. Under
the law the railroad can deposit suffi-
Gent money in bank to cover any pos
slble award by the Jury and can then
continue its work unmoested.