The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-16
NEWS OF RAILROAD WORLD
HiIln on the Q. c V.

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 Hiris on the L. & N.
 serhe division Is In excellent condi- lion. but there are two bumps that will surely have to come out" l Thfas remark was made by Harry ! Walters at the union station the oth- CT day alter his return from the trip ] of inspection over the Mobile ana Montgotnery division. Mir. Walters IS President of the Atlantic Coast Line which controls the Louisville and Nashville. and Chairman of the Board | of Directors of the Louisville and i Nashville. having succeeded August Belmont
 The bumps mentioned are two of the heaviest grades on the Louisville and | Nashville system, the Fort Deposit hill I and the owassa hill. The Fort De- posit hill is the worst of the two as ! 1t is a long, continuous climb Of i've miles. The bottom of the hill begins l near Calhoun. twenty-seven miles south of Montgomery and the crest Is reached at Fort Deposit. thirty two | miles south of Montgomery and nVe miles steady up grade from Calhoun. Owassa Is seventy-sx miles south or Montgomery and four miles north or Evarwreen. While it Is nothing like as steep asi the Fort Deposit hill it has proved exceedingly troublesome to the | Itransportation department of the Mo- bile and Montgomery division. 4 It Is only within the past few years land since the installation of the mon ster "Jacks'' now used in the Mobile and Montgomery freight service tnat ia heavy freight train has been abe to get over the Fort Deposit hill without doubling. This doubling Is 8 thing that makes railroad men use language that is not the most chaste in the world. It means leaving one half or the train at the foot of the grade while the engine climbs the hill with the first ha1f. The first half is then kicked into a sidetrack while the en- zine returns to the foot of the hili, picks up the second half and climbs the hill with 1t. The two halves are then joined together again and the original train Is made up. All this takes a lot of time and causes sui- lphuric language not only from the men in charge of that train but from the train dispatchers in the main of- ice h In Montgomery
 For seNerai years a corps of civil engineers with complete outfits Of rod men and chainmen have every winter worked for weeks at a time on the Fort Deposit hill, running lines. and making specifications. Up to date all this mass of speclications has been lsnugly ensconced in the general offices Y of the Louisville and Nashville In Louisville. but 1t is believed that eith- CT this winter or some time in the near future tho task, a gigantic one, ,l of cutting down or zigzagging the Fort Deposit hill will begin. RalIroad Mans primer. Il Tn the December number of "The Railroad Mans Magazine" appears the following. written by ,Herrman Da Costa:
 What is a railroad?
 A corporation organized for the pur- pose of being sued for damages. II Who brings the damage suits?
 The people who don't get hurt. Il What does the railroad get? \ Full account of another terrible wreck, given by the newspapers.
 What do the newspapers get?
 Free transportation.
 Why?
 Search me.
 What is train?
 A group of cars which are unable to run fast enough for the passenger.
 What Is the best line in the, country2
 That one the passenger isn't on.
 What Is passenger?
 prospective damage suit.
 What is a pass7
 Ask the Interstate Commerce Com mission.
 New M. and o. Train.
 General Manager R. V. Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, announced today that arrangements are being made by the Mobile and Ohio for an- other daily train between Mobile and St. Louis, connecting at St. Louis for Chicago as an improvement on the Havana flyer of last year. It has not been definitely decided at what time 1t
 will be possible to inaugurate this schedule but the officials hope to be ready by December IS, says The Mobile Herald.
 As result of the arrangements un- der way and tho expectations of the officials, the Havana flyer will not be resumed on November IS on the old schedule. as originally intended and an- nounced.
 Mir. Taylor said to The Herald that a schedule was being arranged by the officials, and 1t was hoped to have a train leave Mobile daily at 1 p. n., ar- irving at St. Louis the next morning l at 5:S0. A train will leave St. Louis at 5:45 and arrive at Mobile at D. m. the next day.
 This will be the first through after noon train ever operated out of Mo- bile by the Mobile and Ohio One train now goes north in the morning and returns at night. Another comes south in the forenoon and one in the even- ing. That the new train will meet | with a popular reception there is no doubt
 The new daily train will even be an | improvement over the luxurious Hav- ana flyer The service will be bettered. | the schedule will be shortened. and | MT. Taylor said today that there will be new equipment New engines have been ordered for the new trains. ! Mir. Taylor received a communication this morning from superintendent Of Motive Power Mckee, informing him 1 that on account of the large number | of engines ordered he. could be assured that the new engines would be ready for service by December IS. Hence, the Mobile and Ohio expects to start this new schedule December IS. and IS mak- ing arrangements to that end. we are enabled to put on this new daily service between Mobile and St. Loais by the improved hotel accom- 1 modations In Mobile" said Mr. Taylor l to The Herald. With the completion of the cawthon and the letting of the contract for the new Battle House Mobile is forging her way into posi-
 lion in which the railroads can help her. This new schedule that we pro- pose to Inaugurate as soon this winter as possible. means new train Of the I ahest type out of Mobile for St. Louis and Chicago every day, and another
 one every day from Chicago.