The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
RAILROAD WORLD.

superintendent X. Il. BOSWELL OF the
Alabama Great Southern has announced
that in the future when either of the
through trains going north were three
hours or more late a special train would
be operated out of Birmingham. He an
nounced last week that this would be
the rule in regard to train No. 2. which
is due IN Birmingham at $40 a. M, and
the announcement yesterday makes the
rule apply to train No. a. which arrives
in Birmingham at $40 p. m.
| In speaking of the matter yesterday Mr..
Boswell said that Birmingham is such an
important passenger center that it was
his desire and the desire of the other Of
| ficia1s of the road to take care of the
business put off here. 1t is especially
heavy north at present and for that rea-
son the rule will apply only to the north
bound trains. By operating the extra
train, which will be run as first section
of No. or No. 4. the connections at Chat
tanooga and at Cincinnati are insured be-
yond doubt.
]. C. Coon, district passenger agent of
the Queen and Crescent ROUTE IN Chatta-
nooga. was in the city yesterday. He will
probably remain here today also.
L. Sewer, general freight agent of the
Alabama Great Southern, and r. A Chad
wick, assistant general freight agent, have
returned from trip to New York.
7. L. Hill, cashier in the office of F.
P. Pelter, agent of the Southern in Bir-
mingham. has been appointed agent to
succeed Mr.. Pelter, who has been appoint
ed assistant superintendent of the South
ern in charge of the lines in Mississippi
e. j. Stephens, car accountant OF the
western district of the Southern, with
headquarters in Birmingham, has opened
his offices on the sixth floor of the Wood
ward building He will have a force of
twenty clerks, five of whom will come to
Birmingham from the Washington office
of the Southern.
w. H. Hudson, general master me-
chanic has moved his office from the
sixth to the 18th floor Of the Woodward,
and f NJ. Edwards. engineer of MAINTAIN
ance of way of this district, has moved
into the offices formerly occupied by Mr..
Hudson
The office of car accountant is a new
one and 1t employees a score of men, sew
eral of whom will receive good salaries.
1t means large addition to the number
of men employed by the Southern in Bir-
mingham and adds to the position Bir-
mngham is rapidly assuming the
largest railroad center Of the south.
Superintendent Boswell and number
of the officials of the Alabama Great
Southern railroad are going on the month
ly inspection and supply trip today and
tomorrow special train will leave Biz
mingham this morning as second section
of No. 2 and today will be spent at the
various stations on the north end, tomor-
row will be spent at the stations on the
south end.
Mr.. Boswell inaugurated this system of
delivering the supplies to the agents at
the various stations last month and found
! that several hundred dollars a month
could be saved in stationary and other
supplies alone. 1t also affords the traf-
f1c and transportation officials an excel
lent opportunity to inspect the road thor
oughiy.
Edward f. Cost, vice president ana traI-
fc manager of the Seaboard will arrive
in Birmingham Wednesday and spend
probably two or three days in the dis
trict.
| In the wreck of the Ere's fast express
train near Burbank, o., Monday morning
railroad men were given their first oppor-
tunity to determine what effect bad
smash up or the road would have on a
steel car. as that is said to have been
the first railroad wreck on record III
which steel car formed a part of the
equipment. The steel car in question was
a mail car, directly behind the engine,
and although it plunged down a 12-foot
| embankment and turned completely over
| three times. It came out of the wreck
without even being dented, and the two
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