The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-18
NEW TERMINALS
WILL SOON OPEN
All Necessary In Chattanooga
Is the Crossings
LONG DELAY NEARLY OVER
Southern Railway Engineer Is Busy
Now Putting In Signal System
Which Will Include Towers
and Bridge.

Chattanooga. October Ii Especially
President w W. Finley of the Southern
railway says the new terminal station
in Chattanooga will be opened as soon
as crossings can be put in for the Gin
cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa
cidc tracks over the Western and Allan
tic tracks at East End avenue. He de-
clared over his signature that the West
ern and Atlantic, of which the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad COM
pany are lessers, and not the city coun-
Gil of Chattanooga. has delayed the OPEN
ing of the new station. That road has
hindered this great project by protract-
ing negotiations relative to crossings that
are absolutely essential a contract ha $
at last been made between the two rail-
road interests, whereby the Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific can cross
the Western and Atlantic tracks. This
Contract was signed August "a. President
Finley thinks the tracks can be ready by
December 1.
c. J. Eek, chief electrical engineer of
the Southern railway. is in Chattanooga
to superintend the work of installing the
signal system in the new terminal sta
ton His coming means that the rail-
roads are going to open the new station
at the earliest possible moment. One
large signal tower has been erected on
the property of the Chattanooga Station
company Just west of the point where the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cifc will cross the Western and Atlantic.
All the wiring for this tower has been
installed, and nothing remains to be put
In but the connections.
A large signal bridge will be erected
between the Western and Atlantic and the
Chattanooga, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific tracks All week force of men
has been at work removing track which
Law on the site of the signal bridge. This
has been torn up and the ground prepared
for the structure which will control the
moving of passenger trains over the main
line of the Queen and Crescent.
without the existence or probable pas
sage of a law compelling them to do so,
the street railway company has started
placing life-preserving tenders on all OF
the cars in use Orders have been placed
for a sufficient number of tenders to per-
NIT of their use on every car, even on
extraordinary occasions, when traffic Is
the heaviest The cost will be enormous,
considering the large and increasing num-
Der of cars in use, but sui the company
has decided to take the step, being actu-
ated solely by desire to promote the
public safety.
The indications are that the East End
avenue viaduct, contemplated by an ordi-
nance recently introduced by Councilman
Henderson, will not be built by the rail-
road companies, on whom it fails, with
ont a struggle against the city's mandate,
on the part of at least one of them Inc
ordinance which commands the erection
of the viaduct, did not pass the coun-
ell until after a struggle, but 1t seems the
struggle has just begun. 1t IS the OPINION
of the city authorities that no light can
be made against the construction OF the
v,aduct except through the abutting prop
artv law of 1907. The viaduct ordinance
was drawn with that act on hand, and
with that act as complete authority.
T. A. Schumacher, a rough rider ana
sharpshooter, and Lillian Ward, bare
hack rider of considerable fame, who
claims Boston as her home were married
in this city Monday. Both were members
of Buffalo Bills show. During a per
Torrance in Kentucky town Schumach-
er was thrown from his pony and serious
w injured, and was left behind in hos
pital. Miss Ward remained to nurse
Schumacher, and. on becoming GONZALES
cent the two started to join the company
Upon arriving in this city they concluded
to marry. The ceremony was performed
by Squire Caulkins in the office of the
county clerk.