The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-03
CHANCE SCHEDULE
sELuA MERCmASrS 1xNn MOST vI0k1NNT PROTEsi,.
Passenger Agent BiIlups PresASt st In- algnatasa Meetfng and Believed
 HeaA Wfl1 Put ca Two Tralns Daily.
Advertiser Bureau,

Trains Daily.
 ! Advertiser Bureau, Selma. Jan. 2. Tn most forcible manner this after noon at meeting of the Board of Di- trial Association was the Western Rail- way of Alabama told what Selma want ed in the way of changes in the sched- uie of that road. That this demand will be acceeded to there now appears l to be little doubt and instead of a night train from Montgomery to Selma there will be operated two day trains.
 J. P. Billups. General Passenger Agent of the Atlanta and West Point. and I. J. Powell, of thersam system in Mont | gomery, attended the meeting.
 Some weeks ago when the figures of the new schedule which will so into ef- feet Monday were printed there was held a meeting of the Board of Direc-
 tors of the Association and indignation was expressed at what was termed l bottling up the city. That meeting re- quested Secretary J. T. Slater to ad- dress . communication to President | Wickersham of the Atlanta and West Point and set before him the many dis. advantages and the inconvenience | which would result to Selma from the new schedule. The result of this com munication was the visit of MT. Bil- lups today.
 After reaching Selma he called upon Secretary Slater and explained the schedule. A meeting of the directors was then called for o'clock for the
 purpose of laying before the railroad
 what the city wanted.
 When the meeting opened E. F. Ull- man. who had first called the attention of the Association to the new schedule and who had studied the figures ciose-
 1y, addressed the meeting. He exr
 plained the many great disadvantages
 which Selma would suffer by the new schedule when 1t went into effect, how selmians returning from the East
 would have to spend several hours in
 Montgomery. how the Eastern mail,
 which was an important factor in the business world, would not be received in Selma until nearly ten hours after 1t had reached Montgomery. The close and friendly relations which existed between the road and this city were gone over and 1t was shown how ad- vantageous 1t would prove to both ts work for the best results to both com cerned.
 MT. Billups was then told that what the city wanted was a schedule which
  ring the business hours of the day and not at 10 o'clock at night.
 Mir. Billups in turn told how he had worked upon the new schedule with this object in view, and how he and President wickersham had spent sev- eral hours trying to do a1l that they could for Selma. He said that the ar ranging of the schedule was arbitrary with his road as theirs had to conform with and continue the fast trains over their road so that the best time possi- ble could be made. He then stated that business would not justify the putting on of a third daily train be- tween Montgomery and Selma. The question of the night train between the two cities was taken up and Mir. Ull- man suggested that the schedule of this train should be changed so as to reach Selma during the afternoon.
 This suggestion met with approval of the other directors. and Mir. Billups stated that the road was perfectly willing for Selma and Montgomery to get together and arrange local sched- ule to suit themselves. He said that Montgomery wanted the schedule that Selma now enjoyed and thnt 1t was hard to please both cities. The night train was further discussed at length and Mir. Billups finally agreed that train No. 33 which left Atlanta shortly after train No. 39 could be made some what, faster and reach Montgomery about one hour earlier than 1t had heen arranged, and that then the night train which had been scheduled to leave Montgomery for Selma at o'clock could possibly be changed as had been suggested that Is to leave Montgomery at about 2:30 o'clock each afternoon and reach here about o'clock. This. though. he said, was very bad as there would then be nJ train from Montgomery to Selma be- tween 2.S0 o'clock each afternoon and o'clock the next morning.
 It was decided that changing the night train SO that it could reach here about { o'clock each afternoon would be of a great deal more benent to Selma than the night train as 1t had been scheduled. This would give the business people chance to get the eastern mail and to answer 1t that night. It would also give the Western two daily connections out of Selma on all trains over the Southern going West.
 To those present MT. B!llups stated that he would take up the matter of changing the schedule of the night train with President Wickcrsham as soon as he reached Atlanta and that if the people wanted the change he thought 1t would be made.
 New '. O. O. F. OMlcers.
 At a meeting of Central City Lodge No. IS, l. O. 0. F.. the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: G. T. Golson, Noble Grand; c. W. kv. nard, Vice. Grand; T. P. Whitby. Sec | retary; J. B. Carter, Treasurer: VI. | l., Wise and J. E. Carter, representa- lives to the Grand Lodge.
 At meeting next Mondal night Mc- 1 Cauley Lodge No. 26 and Central City | Lodge will install their newly elected | officers jointly for this occasion. W. Nj. Crawford, Grand Master of the Grand | Lodge, has been invited to be present | at the installation.
 Lumber Trust Beaten.
 The price of lumber was raised away | above the price set by the lumber | trust in police court this morning for | Henry Foster, a negro. Henry want ed to make some improvements upon | the house In which he was living. The contemplated were not l very extensive. 50 the negro did not have plans for then; drawn by an ar chitect nor did he let the contract to some builder.
 Instead he went on Parkman street n,hara I q Norris Is erecting a mag