The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-25
RAILROADS BUILD
MANY NEW LINES
CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ALA.
BAMA COMPARES FAVORABLY
WITH OTHER STATES-LlST OF
LINES TO MAKE EXTENSIONS.

The Railway Age of March % has the
following complete list of the railroad
construction which is going on in Ala
bama now. These figures are shown in
connection with those of practically all
the states In the Union, and Alabama
makes a good showing. There are num-
Der of states in which there Is more con-
struction in progress, notably the south
western states.
This is the first accurate list OF the
roads under construction that has been
made this year, and it also shows some OIL
the new work contemplated Following Is
the report:
Alabama Central.-Jasper to Clear
Creek, % miles, surveyed and miles I'M
Ger construction. Albert Russell, vice
president and general manager, Jasper
Ala: H. f. Wilson, Jr., chief engineei'
Birmingham, Ala.
Alabama Coal. Iron and Lumber Com
pany.-Gurley up Paint Rock creek .
miles. George e. Mcneil, president, Chi
cago. Ill. g.
Alabama. Tennessee and Northern.-Ex-
tension to Aliceville, 20 miles. Johh l..
Cochrane, president, Mobile, Ala
Admission and Columbus.-Anniston' Aia''
IN Columbus. Ga. w. II. Weatherly, presi-
dent, Admission, Ala. -
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay.-opeliha'
Ala. to Panama City on st. Andrews Bay,
Fla. 172 miles. mileage in Alabama ho
miles: completed from Dothan Ala, 10
Cottondale Fla, 80 miles. p j. Doner'
SUPERINTENDENT, and J. l.. Neill chiel en-
gineer. both of Dothan, Ala.
Atlanta, Birmingham ana Auaht.c.-
Georgia state line to Bessemer, loo hines
under construction. c. ID. smith anu ~
Memphis Tenn, contractors. AleHanoei
Bonnyman, chief engineer, Atlanta Ga.
birmingham Southern.-Extension 70
coal mines near birmingham, 6 miles. II.
M. Urban, engineer, Ensley. Ala
Cullman and hwestern.-Cullnan -
BRYAN. William M. Cook.
Demorolis and Linden.-Demopols to
Linden, Is miles. F. NJ. Abbott, president
Selma, Ala.
uiwanee and Tombigbee.-Hiwan
Miss, to Womack, Ala, 30 miles, Auoipn
Heller, president.
Illinois Central.-Corinth. Miss to Ha'
leyville. so 16 miles, of which 1882 miles
are in Alabama and AZ "a miles In Missis-
sippi under construction. c. ID. smith Y
Co. Memphis, Tenn, and John Scott d
Sons, St. Louis. Mo-, have the contract
for the Mississippi portion, and George u
Clinton 6, Co., of Chicago, ILL.,, have the
contract for the Alabama portion. A. >.
Baldwin. chief engineer, Chicago, Ill.
Lathrop-Hatton --Pell City 10 Kelly
Creek. L. II. Lathrop, Riverside, Ala
Louisville and Nashville-Vulcan to
Shelton Creek. 1877 miles, under construc-
ton: branch to mine of the Lacey-Buek
Iron company. "a miles, under construc-
ton; Helena to Acton coal basin, miles
under construction, Dunno & Lallande
RiTf11inphar1 Ala. cOptraCtQl~r
branch Coaldale to mines of Warrior Coal
and Coke company. .SS miles, under con-
struction; branch Gadsden, Ala, to plant
of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and
Coke company 1.5 miles, under construc-
ton. w. II. Courtenay, chief engineer
Louisville. Ky.
Mineral Belt-Florence, Ala, to Mamie
Tenn. so miles. T. II. Allen, vice presi-
dent, Florence. Ala.
Mississippi Eastern-Theadville to But
ler Is miles. under construction. h. c.
Daudridge. contractor, Quitman. Miss.
j. ". Glynn, chief engineer, Quitman
Miss
Mobile and West Alabama Mobile to
Florence, Ala. 325 miles. j. A. Montgom-
cry, second vice president, Birmingham,
Ala.
Mobile and Western-Manns station to
Mississippi state line, % miles, under con-
struction. and IA miles of track laid in
1915 u. w. ATWOOD, vice prtSlueHl anu
general manager Mobile, Ala.
Pea River Valley and Gulf-Opelika
Ala. tc Choctawhatche Bay. Fla, 1856
miles, of which 100 miles viii be in Ala
bama, partially surveyed. w. II. Booth,
president Banks, Ala.
Seaboard Air Lne-Trinity Junction to
Admission, Ala, 26 miles, surveyed and
bids received. W. L. Seldom. chief en-
gineer. Portsmouth. Va.
ST. Louis and San Francisco-Jasper to
Birmingham, "a miles; joint line projected
by st. Louis and San Francisco and Iii
nois Central.
Southern Railway-Stevenson Ala, to
Chattai ooga, Tenn. AZ miles, under con-
structicn. w. j. Oliver & Co.. Knoxville.
Tenn, contractors; w. II. Wells, engineer
of construction, Washington, D. c.
Tombigbee Valley-Millry to Butler. 35
miles, under construction and miles of
track laid in 1906. 7. L. Beatty. Tusca-
loosa, Ala. contractor; John It. Coch-
rane, president. Mobile. Ala; F. S. Parri-
gan. chief engineer, Millry. Ala.
Vanderbilt Timber Mining and South
westerr-Hopewell to Wedowee. 30 miles,
under instruction Ceorge q Vauder-