The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-12
NEW COMPANY ID
 HANDLE TRAFFIC
Passengers to Be Transferred
 Between Stations
TWO ROADS WILL REMAIN
Frisco and Central Will Use L. & N. Station Later Than July 1-lm- portant Meeting Held
 Yesterday.

At meeting of the traffic and passen- ger officials of the various railroads, held yesterday in the offices of President Me Cormack of the Birmingham Terminal l company, several questions which now confront them were discussed. Exclusive ] rights were given to the Birmingham Transfer and Traffic company to handle the transfer of passengers and baggage from the Louisville and Nashville depot to the terminal station.
 This insures the travelling public of an up-to-date service between the two depots and settles the discussion as to whether ! street cars or special trains should be employed for transferring. The new com pany took out papers of incorporation yesterday to transfer persons and proper | ty, operate livery stables stock yards and automobiles
 1 The capital stock is set at $30000 and the company is to begin business with $7500. A. L. Fulenwilder is president, Flu 1 gene Fes, secretary and treasurer, and the other directors are M. L. Bonner, D. B. Caffin and R. c. Sleigh.
 l MT. Fies stated last night that they intend to put automobiles and up-to-date omnbuses into service for passengers, as well as plenty of wagons to handle bag gage. The company will also have charge of the mails, providing special wagons to move the through mail from train to 1 train. This company will open offices i'm mediately and be in full running order by July 1, when the terminal station will | open.
 Secretary Foreacre of the terminal com pany presided over the meeting yesterday, and among those present were: M. M. Richey, manager of the western district of the Southern; J. S. B. Thompson, gen eral agent of the Southern; J. c. Halle of Savannah, general passenger agent, and H. B. Crawford of Columbus Ga, | division superintendent of the Central of Georgia; W. A. Benscoter of Chattanooga, | assistant general passenger agent or the l Southern; Assistant General Passenger | Agent Ligte of Cincinnati and Division | Passenger Agent J. c. Conn of Chatta- nooga, both of the Queen and Crescenti General Agent Lghtner and J. N. Cor natzer of Memphis, assistant general pas
 senger agent of the Frisco.
 On account of the late arrival of some
 of these officials the meeting did not be- gin until O clock and continued until b The whole time was given up to the trans
 fer problem and the rates incident to it | A new system of rates will be installed | all over the south so that where a pas | senger has a ticket on which he changes
 between the Louisville and Nashville anC
 some other railroad in Birmingham, ht
 will have a coupon for passage over tho
 cabs of the Birmingham Transfer ant Traffic company for himself and bag
 gage.
 This was not meeting of the directors l of the terminal company and therefore | had nothing to do with the new station | However, President Mccormack of the company said yesterday that all roads ex- | cept the Frisco and Central of Georgia | would move to the new station on July 1 | This is the first official announcement ol | the fact that these two railroads will re
 main for time in the Louisville anc | Nashville depot. They have secured per | mission indefinitely until further room is l made at the new station. MT. McCormacl
 stated that the other roads would moi
 move but for the fact that the Louisville 1 and Nashville is making improvements 1T | the eastern yards, which makes it impos | sible for them to enter the L. & N. sta.
 tion. The Frisco and Central both come | in from the west, which will still bt | convenient.