The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-02
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 HERE ID PACIFIC Frisco and Santa Fe Work
 ing Together GIVES LONG MILEAGE Seaboard Traffic Arrangements Make Birmingham Hub of Lines Radia-
 ting to Atlantic and Pa cific Oceans
GIVES LONG MILEAGE

The Frisco lines through President B. L. Winchell announced yesterday that as a result of traffic arrange- ments with the Santa Fe railroad there would be established immediately through freight trains between Br- mingham and Los Angeles and San Francisco In a statement Issued yes- terday A. D. Lightner general agent for the Frisco lines, says that in the winter ans-continental passenger train will be inaugurated from Br- mingham to San Francisco without change of cars over the Frisco and the Santa Fe
 The telegram of President winchelr follows:
 "St Louis. May 31. "A. D. Lightner. General Agent. Bir-
 mingham, Ala.
 Announce the consummation of trafs fife agreement we have completed with tie Santa Fe for through route from Birmingham to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Memphis, Springfield ana Award. Okla. Line opens at once for freight traffic and through limited trans continental passenger trains will be put on from Birmingham during the coming fall. This means a great deal both for Birmin gham and for the Frisco | lines.
 | "B. IL. WINCHELL. President" With the traffic arrangements of tb< Frisco lines and the Seaboard Ai--,soa the Atlantic coast and the Pacific-e5J are linked together with an uninter- rupted chain of rails From New York | oh i'm rIaat fru ipS xriIl ha an erated regularly. From the Atlantic coast the Seabord now handles into this city shipments destined to the far west handled by the Frisco and other con- nections dependable upon circum- stances With the new arrangements 1t will be possible and business-like to handle an immense amount of through cross continental traffic directly through Birmingham to destination without delay. General Agent Lightner said yesterday in speaking of the new traffic agreement that Birmingham was brought Immediately before the great west by this agreement and with the Seaboard- Frisco agreement this city was the hub of wheel of railroads embracing a total mileage of more than 1000 miles from coast to coast.
 The industrial leaders of this city have been trying for many years to get better western connections as the iron and steel of this district in addi- tion to the great iron and soil pipe sales place Birmingham in imperative need of trans continental connections.
 The new service as stated by MT. Winchell will be through Memphis. Springfield and Award, Okla, on the Frisco, where the Frisco joins the Santa Fe. Thence to Texico, Albu- querque to Los Angeles and San Fran cisco over the Santa Fe
 Recently the Frisco has entered an agreement with the Iron Mountain (Gould line) for entrance into New Or leans direct on that line, using the ser- vice from Memphis to Baton Rouge. This gives the Frisco from Chicago the same approximate mileage the pres ent short line which is the Illinois Central From indications 1t would ap- pear that some potent influence is working the Frisco to not only play briskly against the Hartman empire, connecting the two coasts, but also in opposition to the southern possibilities of the Illinois Central and other lines.