The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-05
THE RAILROAD NEWS
SMALL ROAD FILES NOTICE OF IN
CORPORATION.
seaboard Air Line Announees That
During Summer Months Local
Freights on Thursday VIII
he Dfsc0nffnued.

One Of the very few railroad in
corporations reported since the hos
tile attitude OF Alabama to common
carriers came yesterday to Secretary
Of State Frank N. Julian, under the
tile OF Hixoa- Sumter and Northwest
ern Railroad, Of Sumter County, with
capital stock of $4,000. OF this
amount all has been paid in by the
following incorporators: John Alex
ander, George G. Hixon, J. M. Hixon.
T. e. Brittingham and +. J. Hughes.
It is only very short line. as the
size OF the undertaking is expressed
best in the figures involved. The COM
pany gives Its business as that Of a
common carrier OF freight and pas
sengers.
Following is description Of the
proposed direction the line Of road will
take: From Hixon. Sumter County.
Ala a station on the Alabama Great
Southern Railroad. In a northwesteriy
direction to the State line between the
States OF Alabama and Mississippi.
about one and q half miles south of
the point where Sucarnatcher Creek
crosses said State line.
Comemrcial Agent o. c. Humphrey
Of the seaboard Air Line, Of this city,
stated that beginning June 10, the
seaboard Line would discontinue local
freight trains every Thursday during
| the summer months.
The freight business of all the rail-
roads generally falls of during the
summer months. and Mr.. Humphreys
said that 1t was the custom of the
Seaboard Line every SUMMER TO dis
continue local freight trains one day
each week in order to give the en-
p1oyes day OF during the hot wealth
err.
r. G. west. travelling Passenger
Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line In
| this city, has returned from trip
through Georgia.
f. G. Dabney, Commercial Agent
| OF the Savannah line Of the Ocean
| Steamship Company, With hehdquar-
| ters at Atlanta, was In Montgomery
yesterday visiting the several raiiroao
| officials.
| G. p. Jackson, Of Birmingham. As
sistant General Trafic Agent OF the
M. and O.. was in the city yeste.uay'
n Y. weisiger, General Southern
Agent Of the OLD Dominion Steamship
| Company, with headquarters at Allan
| ia, spent yesterday In this city.
J. c. winters, Train Master OF the
M. and o. at Tuscaloosa. was In the
city yesterday.
| Louisville, June 4.--It was announc-
| al TODAY that Milton Fl. Smith, Jr..
has been appointed Assistant Genera
| passenger Agent of the Louisville ana
| Nashville Railroad. The road has al
WAYS had two assistant general pas
| senger agents, but when w A. Rus
| sell was appointed General Passenger
| Agent, to succeed Charles L. Stohe' MS
| place was not filled.
| UuderGround Connection Assured.
| Nav york. June 4-Undergrounc
| toininS of the Hudson River tunne
system with the city's subway 9no
with the New York Central ana NeW
Haven Railroad terminals, was pracelc
~, aseured today when the board OF
| estimate and apportionment granted
| sbe hudson and Manhattan Railroad
/ romnanv's application for franchis'
~ ertend Its Sixth Avenue tunne
northwarSf from Thirty-third Stree'
/ Ia tbe Grand Central station at FORTY
second street and Park Avenue.
| The Hudson River tunnels as tnu'
| .xtsnded will afford direct connect
/ ions between the great railroad Term
4 inaIs on the New Jersey side OF IN,
1 Hudson ana the Important raiir oa'
avstems and underground frame rou.e'
| on Manhattan Island. William McAuo 100
bsad 81 the Hudson and Manhattan sys
rem. said today that his company ex
rected to be carrying passengers Iron
| Forty -secand street to Jersey CITY
| within two years.
| furlsngton Wants PoEsession;
saaunah. KY, June 4.-The BUR-.
:, s,ton railroad which has purchased
abont $4,000 worth Of uropety IN
and around Metropolis. III. twelve
| miles below Paducah, Is NOTIFYING the
naorIe occupying It that II wants pos
session by July i. which indicates tnat
the road viii shortly os Tna ear loads