The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
PLANS FORMED
FOR NEW TRAIN
Chattanooga Southern viii In
crease Service
STEAMBOATS, ARE TIED UP
River Traffic Above CHATTANOOGA Has
Been Suspended Until Water Is
Higher--ls Candidate For
Park Comm ssioner.

Chattanooga, January 4.-tSpecial.)-
The Chattanooga Southern railway is
formulating plans which, if put into
effect, will increase the service be-
tween this city and Birmingham by
Two trains a day each way. Accord
ing to a statement made by Charles
Hicks, general superintendent of the
road, these plans may be carried out
within the next so or so days. 1t Is
the intention of the road mentioned
TO run trains from this city to Gads-
den. where connection Will be made
with the Louisville and Nashville road,
giving a through schedule to Birming-
ham. This will be accomplished either
by transferring passengers at the
Junction point. Gadsden. or by con-
Meeting the cars themselves and car
rying them through from starting
point to destination without a change.
If 1t Is found necessary sleepers and
dining cars will be put on to these
train in order to give the best SER
vice possible and attract passengers
to the new line. Should the plans ma
terfalze the TWO trains each way will
be put on by the Chattanooga South
ern as stated above. one of the trains
will leave this city in the morning, go
ernoon. The other train will leave
Chattanooga in the afternoon. return
ing the next morning.
The shopping train which has been in
operation on the Chattanooga Southern
between this city and Gadsden since
December 16 was discontinued after It's
run on the last day of December =.
was put on partly as an experiment
and partly in order to catch the holt
day trade. 1t was stated on the time
table that the train would be taken off
If 1t was found to be improbable.
Owing to the low stage in the river
the steamer John A. Patten has been
tied up at Bridgeport. Ala. Her car
go, consisting of four cars of live
stock, two cars of corn, two cars of
hay and two of miscellaneous freight
had to be transferred to the Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis railway at
Bridegort. Captain Mckee of the Pat
ten and his engineers and pilots came
through on a train, for the purpose of
taking out the small steamer John
Ross. Traffic up the river from Chat
tanooga has been abandoned owing to
present conditions of water.
At the First Methodist Episcopal
church a memorial service in honor of
Bishop D. A. Goodsell was held Sun
day night. in which all of the Metho
dist Episcopal oh urches of the city
participated. Bishop Goodsell, at the
time of his death, was living at Is st.
Nicholas Place, New York city, ant
was the resident bishop in New York.
He was for eight years the resident
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Chattanooga.
Col d. M Steward who Is a can
didate for the position of the Chick
amauga and Chattanooga park commits
sion, made vacant by the death of
Gen. e. A. Carman. Is DESTROYS of the
Endorsement and support of every ex-
Federal soldier In reference to the
meeting recently held in the chambe
of commerce which Endorsed Major
Colburn for the vacancy, Colonel
Steward said that he did not ask for
its Endorsement. implying that 1t was
a meeting of Major Colburns friends
He states. however. that he does sin
cerely desire the support of every old
soldier.