The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
Fer Hlre
WELCOMES THE L (.
FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS
 INTO MfsRMEMGMAgG.
Event Es saRmalamea by Screaming of Whlstlea--Rn1lroad 0flleiaIs Are Gfven Bananet By
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Birmingham, May s0. (Specials LA special train bearing ofFiciafs of tie illinois Central Railroad, together with q number of newspaper men and others from Chicago reached Birn1snghaIn to- day as the first passenger train of the Illinois Central Railroad into Birnins- ham. N
 The hrss passenger train on the reg uIar sch heduie of the Chicag Blrfufng ham service left here tlis afternoon at o'clock and the first regular sceduled passenger train from Chicago is due here Sunday afternoon at s:i5 p. m
 The arrival of the special train today was the occasion of 8 general recsp-. ton rendered by the people of BlrTninR ham under the leadership of the Bir- mingham Commercial Club.
 Officials of the Illinois Central from the First Vice President down. includ- ing the General Freight ana the Gen erai Passenger Agents. committees of the Commercial Club. the citizens of mingham district. and other organiza- tions. went to Jasper and met the party.
 when the special train approached the city there was loud blowing of whistles. There was a crowd of peo- pie at the terminaj station 70 welcome the new road, into Biriningharn
 &-E&AluSnE k4AHHon anu %1Ct~ETe eelutHL Winburn of the Central of Georgia Railroad which lately became a part of the Hartman system of railways, were among the visiting railroad men to participate In the cffy's welcome of the new road.
 A banquet was given tonight to the visitinG railroad men and others at the HtlIman Hotel Walker Percy of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad i fSrts4s nFrsg cefa a e4 ar
 The Illinois Central -Railroad built It's own line from Corinth, Missa to HaIeyyiiIe, Ala. and from Haleyville to Jasper 1t uses the tracks of the Northern Alabama Railroad, (southern Ratlway), and from Jasper to BirnHlng- ham the tracks Of the Frisco Railroad are used. The. Illinois Central put in extensive terminals, shops and other facilities at this end of the linea A thorough sleeping car servtfe will be established. commencing Monday, be- tween Savannah, via Central of Geor-l gia and Chicago. Illinois Central Rail- road.
 The citizens of Birmingham will later extend a welcome to tho passenger trains of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Atlanta Birmingham and At lantic Railroad. the latter building its own lines between Brunswick, Ga., and Bessemer and from the latter place will come into Birmingham proper over the tracks of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad. using the depot and other facilities of the Louisville and Nashville. All other roads will use the new terminal station.
 The new shops of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad. built just outside of the city limits of Birmingham near Pratt City, are among the best in the country. The latest Improvements In the way of engine and car repairing machinery as we'll as car building apparatus have been installed. and when the shops are opened In thirty or sixty days hence tn . place will be prepared for all kinds of work. The round house Is arranged for no less than twenty-four engines at a time, with double that numb CT in case of emergency.
 General officers have been stationed here, together with both freight and passenger soliciting agents.