The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-05
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 Very few people in Montgomery have any Idea of the business that Is done at the South and North yards of the LouisRille and Nashville in North Mont gomcry.
 For the month ns August "a compare lively light month--694 trains were re- ceived and SAT trains sent out from the yards. making a total number of tralns handled by the yards l.341. The aver twenty five, making total of S3,525 cars handled. during the month.
 This includes only the freight trains, passenger trains and cars not beins
 The average number of trains handled daily was forty-four and the age number of cars handled daily over LUvv The daily interchange of cars with other roads centerinx in Montgomery averages over 300 cars day. making a actual handling of over L40O cars by the yards daily.
 Some months ago the yards had to be enlarged. enabling bG0 cars addition al to be handled. The yards now are about three miles in length. The north limits is at Riverside Park and the south limits just on the north side of the big ravine north of the union sta ton.
 In places there are rows of twenty five tracks. the number of tracks in other parts of the yard dropping to twelve or fourteen. though the average SNP6cAsS Atf SkAc S&t Nc AASW ~ ~S'~ts~~~@s tracks.
 With all this mile upon mile of trackage and seemingly endless string of freight cars. the constantly increas- ing business make another addition to the yards imperative. Within the next few months an addition will be made to the yards that will enable them to handle 1.20o more cars. materially en- larging the present capacity.
 Yardmaster Neal Bowen. Chief Clerk Browder and the office force are kept hard at 1t all day long now and If the business continues. to grow an addition to the office force will be as necessary as additional yard room.
 Big Business on Western.
 The Atlantic Coast Line and the Western will have interesting time ot 1t for the next few weeks in handling show trains. At midnight Monday night the Western will take the Buf- falo Bill outfit away from Atlanta There will be fifty cars which win be handled in two sections of twenty-five cars each. They will be taken from Atlanta to opelika. where the show will give a performance Tuesday That night the work of reloading will begin again, the Western handling tha show to Sell ma and Montgomery.
 This will take two engines away from the already heavy freight and pas senger business. and if there Is any kind of big oyster shucker or other ex- Ira movement. the western ESOple Will have an interesting time of 1t for the next two weeks. as next week they be- gin the handling of the circus trains.
 There will be forty-four cars In the circus outfit, the Western handling them with two trains.
 From Montgomery the circus goes down the Atlantic Coast Line, being on the line of that road for nearly a week. On account of the hills and heavy grades the Coast Line people will handle the outfit in four sections of about twelve cars each.
 TeIephOne Service.
 Chief ,Despatcher Young was back at his office yesterday after the trip to Mobile to test the new phones which were put in Thursday. The first thing he did yesterday morning was to give the orders for the phones to be put in at Che local shops, at Georgiana, Floma- ton and the Mobile shops
 The phone service between here and Mobile will have to be relayed as the phones are only guaranteed for 140 miles. MT. Young says that two phones will be put in the Flomaton of flee. the two being@ necessary for the relay.
 Superintendent Cox. of the Western, says that the phones will have to be relayed on his road also, West Point be- ing the relay or half way station, two phones being but in the office at that place.
 Complete Checking system.
 At midnight last Saturday night