The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-25
SERVICE IS NOW
 BEING IMPROVED Southern Bettering Conditions
 on GreenviIIe Line NEW PASSENGER COACHES Side Tracks Being Built Between 5ir- mingham and Corona to Handle
 Increased Coal Business.
 Other Railroad News.
NEW PASSENGER COACHES

The Southern railway is making exten- sive improvements in It's service on the west end of the Birmingham division, which is the line from Birmingham to Greenviue. These improvements are for both f, eight and passenger traffic, and Assistant General Su5eiintendelt Fore acre says that he intends that the ser vice shall be improye1 until IL :s .nu very best.
 Among other things new passenger coaches have been placed on that end Of the division. All of the coaches used now for the first-class travel are oe the 1206-type class, which are considered the best the Southern has. All the trains on this end of the line are equipped with these cars.
 The motive power on the west end has been good ar the tine. The Southsrn Is receiving 6 number of new engines which were ordered last fall, and addi- tioual motive power is to be used be- tween Birmingham and Greenville. number of side tracks are being built between Birmingham and Corona to accommodate the large increase in the output of the mines. Several of the min ing companies have announced that they would open new slopes or increase the output from the present openings very materially this spring and summer and the Southern is anticipating this in crease.
 During the past few months the coal companies have greatly increased their output, and some of the sidings were made necessary to accommodate this bus mess.
 The Southern is equipping this same branch with a block signal system be- tween Birmingham and Jefferson. This improvement, 1t Is said, will greatly fa- cilitate the movement of the freight trains.
 C. N Howson has been transferred from master mechanic of the Birming- ham division of the Southern to the same position on the Charleston division. He is succeeded by G. w Sdell, who was at one time master mechanic of the ! Southern here.
 Mr. Sidell has large number of friends among the railroad men in Birmingham and is considered one of the best master mechanics ever located in the city. The change was effective this past week and the new master mechanic has already arrived and taken charge of the work.
 The Southern, it is said, is in much better condition now in the freight traf- fife department than 1t has been for some time The car situation Is not as bad as it was, and the company is in much bet ter position in regard to motive power.
 Within the past two or three weeks A number of freight and switch engines have been received, and seven or eight of these were sent to this division to relieve the situation. As result the yards in the Birmingham district have been practically cleared of freight ex- cept that offered day by day.
 About TOO loads are being handled daily on this division, which is a large increase over the number handled last year or the year before
 The Louisville and Nashville will have another large movement of freight to- day. Last Sunday over 1200 loads were moved on the Birmingham division, and it is probable that the movement to- day will be practically as large The situation in regard to the movement