The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-14
THE SOUTHERN
TO BE ENLARGED
RUMORED THAT IMPROVEMENTS
CONTEMPLATED BY SOUTH
ERN INCLUDE MANY
ADDITIONS HERE.
1t is Stated that Another Story will
be Added to South Wing of
Local Passenger Station,
Making Three Stories.

According to the latest rumor, the
improvements to be made here by
the Southern Railway in Mississippi
viii be very extensive, including not
only roundhouse and other build
ings for repairing rolling stock, but
the remodeling of the passenger sta
ton. 1t will be remembered that
some months ago the train dispatch
er's Office was moved from the pas
senger station to a point in the yards
near the shops, and the apartments
vacated by the men who have in
charge the movement of trains were
fitted up as Offices for the assistant
superintendent and the division road
master. 1t seems that the present
location of the dispatcher's Office in
the yards has proven entirely unsat-
isfactory, and, according to state
ments made by those who keep up
with railroad affairs, the Office is to
be moved back to the passenger sta
ton, occupying quarters above the
baggage room and the waiting room
for negroes. This portion of the
building is at present only one-story
in height, and in order to provide
quarters for the train dispatcher's
office another story will be added.
While, as stated above, this news
sis not obtained from official sources,
there is every reason to believe that
it is authentic. Mr.. Blue, the super
intendent of buildings and bridges
for the Mobile & Ohio, recently spent
two days here looking over the
ground in order to see what was
needed. and while he would make no
categorical statement regarding the
erection of buildings he tacitly ad-
mitted that many improvements were |
local division has grown at tremen- |
dous rate during the past few months |
and if the company is to handle this
business in a satisfactory manner |
there must be many improvements |
made and it's rolling stock must be |
greatly increased. One day last week |
there were two hundred loaded and |
empty cars here awaiting transporta- |
ton, with no engines to move them, |
and with the yards of various roads /
in this congested condition one can /
not wonder at the complaints arising |
as to a general car famine. When
Col. Russell first took sharge of the
Greenville division of the Southern,
he stated that he would do all in his
power to increase the efficiency of
the service and put the road on
paying basis, and in order to do this
he realizes that he must improve his
transportation facilities so that there
will be no delay in handling freight
or passengers.
At first glance it would appear
cence regarding contemplated i'm
on railroads, but it seems
that after recommendations regard
ing work are made by heads of de-
partments and plans and specifications
the executive officers fire.
quently make radical changes, and
for this reason none of the officials
will make a statement, as none of
them know exactly what work will
be actually executed. 1t is pretty
safe to state, however, that many i'm
are to be made here, and :
it is generally believed that work on
he roundhouse will begin at an early
late. The remodeling of the passen- :
ger station is an after consideration, .
1aving only suggested itself after the
officials decided not to move the train .
Office to Winona. This .
will probably be taken up later and :
he plan put into execution some time
Turing the next six or eight months. t
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