The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
IMPORTANT CHANGES
 MADE IN TIME TABLES
Only the South End of the Station Will Be Used at Present, But There Is Abundant Room for
 All Traffic.


 will be thrown open to public use, but only the completed part of the building, the south end, will be used for several months. The first train to enter the new passenger station will be Southern rail way train No. 20, from Selma, which Is scheduled to arrive in Birmingham at 10:50 o'clock tonight on the new Southern schedule which goes into effect tonight
 Everything is In readiness for the open ing, which will take place without cere- mony or display of any kind, and pas sengers from all parts of the world will be handled with every facility that distn- guishes the operation of a modern rail- way passenger station. These facilities will be greatly increased when the great terminal station is entirely completed, which will hardly occud before January, 1908, but in the meantime there Is abund- ance of room for handling all the passeii- ger traffic for handling all the passen- matter of fact the small part of the new station which Is to serve the public Tor about six months before the entire build ing is completed has more room and more facilities for the comfort and handling of passengers than the present Louisville and Nashville depot. which the five raii- roads. the Southern, Queen and Crescent Frisco, Seaboard Air Line and Central of Georgia, will leave permanently tonight
 Great Activity at New Station.
 Evidences of tremendous activity were visible at the new station yesterday, and Station Master L. c. Jones was the busiest man in the city directing the great force which he has employed in putting the iin ishing touches upon the temporary sta- ton arrangements, and in clearing away the debris which has accumulated from the great amount of work done. In the great waiting room the new benches are being placed and the lunch counter, which is capable of accommodating a large number, will be ready for service when the first passengers arrive. One of the features of the big waiting room is the private room for ladies, fitted up with rocking chairs and other conveniences. A gentlemen's smoking room also opens out of this large room.
 In the ticket office proper there is abundance of room for handling large
 
 of information has been established on one side, which will be in charge of an experienced man, who will be able to di- rect passengers to any point on earth, and to those coming in he will give informa- ton of all kinds concerning Birmingham, hotel facilities and answer all questions that may be propounded.
 Races Are Separated.
 In arranging the temporary quarters for passengers the negro waiting room is also placed conveniently for them, and as the entrance to this waiting room will be from the court alongside the baggage room the white and colored pas sengers will not come in contact with each other
 Station Master l.. c. Jones has hand some office fitted up in the south wing of the station and here he will direct his large force of more than sixty persons who will be employed at the new termi- nal station. These will comprise the sta ton master and his assistants, the bag gage master and his assistants, ticket agents. gatemen, train announcers. four switch tenders, two special policemen, five porters, four janitors and mattresses.
 Telephone Block Signal System. The working arrangements of the new terminals will be controlled by a block signal system operating telephones in stead of telegraph wires and for this service eight men will be employed day and night at four stations outside of the main station. This telephone system Is a private line with stations at Ninth avenue. Seventh avenue Second avenue and Twenty-eighth street all operated from l the main station at the depot under the direction of Station Master L. c. Jones and Night Station Master A. s. Gift. By this system trains coming into the sta ton will be signaled at each block sta | ton and the station master notified of | the incoming train. Upon going out the station master will notify the block signal stations that the train has started. By 1 this method no two trains can enter the same block and accidents will be pre- | vented.
 | Fifty Trains Come and Go. l Fifty passenger trains will be operated into and out of this station. beginning to- | night upon the five roads-Southern, Queen and Crescent, Frisco, Seaboard Air Line and Central of Georgia. In the origi- nal plan for the station ten railway 1 tracks are provided for, but only six of these will be used temporarily. Tenn l porary sheds along the sides of the 1 tracks have also been erected at great cost l, to protect the passengers from the weather. Provision has been made for l handling the passengers at the north end of the train shed so that no one will have to cross upon the rails, and no one will 1 be exposed to the danger of being run I over.
 List of Employees.
 Lee c. Jones. the station master for the new terminal station, was connected 1 with the Louisville and Nashville road for six years as night station master at the old union station. MT. Jones will have general supervision of the entire station including train sheds and waiting rooms. He has been in active railroad work in Birmingham for eleven years. and | his long experience will enable him to handle the affairs of the new station promptly and efficiently.
 A. s. Gift is night station master. and