The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-07
|. & N ARRANGING
new CITY YARDS
The Work Nill Cost About
S15O,e0Q
TO IMPROVE IR TIC
Will Render Unnecessary
Switching That Is Now DeIrs
Donc-Will BE Completed in
Next Three Weeks
TO IMPROVE ~ VIC

AT cost of sl50,ooo the Louisville ana
Nashville railroad is arranging new city
yards between Fourteenth and Eighteenth
streets and Morris and Railroad avenues.
The space used for years BY the old shops
of the Louisville and Nashville Is being
utilized. 1t is said by officials of the
| company that the yards will be the best
,, in the south when completed. The space
utilized for tracks will accommodate ar
least 20 new city delivery tracks Wills
between the tracks Georgia granite
blocks have been imported for paving.
The team track paving of that area is
said to represent very large amount NJ
money.
The officials here say that the new
yards win be unlike any railroad yards
in the south. In point of convenience
space and general adaptability the yards
will be the best In this section of the
country. IL Is said. The creation OF tho
yards was rendered necessary by reason
OF the small amount of trackage of the
Louisville and Nashville as now oonsti-
tuted The company has been forced to
switch continually downtown jerking a
car out here and another there in order
10 keep up Win tne loauiflS anu the un-
loading
1t Is stated that with the new eonven-
fences the Louisville and Nashville will
! Improve its service 100 per cent, on ac-
count of the adjacent yards and the ef-
! hcency of operations. The merchants
of Birmingham dependent upon the Louis
Vile and Nashville for service will find
| In the new yards great convenience
| for they will secure better service and
| greater capacity of cars by reason OF
the new Yards. IT is stated that the fire.
quent switching back for forth on Twen-
tieth street will be unnecessary and the
Louisville and Nashville will only need
one switching movement and that will
be late at night when traffic at Twen-
tieth street is very light.
The new yards. It is said, with tho
team tracks will be completed in the next
three weeks and the better service in
augurated Immediately.
The work of the Louisville and NasA-
Vile Is In connection with the s1.5to.0cJ
development on lower First avenue on
the part of the Birmingham Realty com
pany. which includes the construction OF
several wholesale houses and the erec-
tion of cold storage plant However.
II was stated yesterday that the improve
ments OF the Louisville and Nashviis
would have been authorized whether the
other improvements had been contemplate
Ell Of not. The new work will cause
the Louisville and Nashville main Lille
To be Strengthened. The trains now sweep
around Il curve from Eighteenth streot
to Fourteenth street. When the new work.
is completed the trains will make di-
rect line from Fourteenth street to Eigh
tecnth street That within itself consti
tutes a great Improvement in the general
passenger service Of the Louisville anu
Nashville.
The vast Improvements in that section
are being done under the direct supet-
!, vision OF local officials who are familiar
! with the mercantile needs of the city 50
| far as railroad facilities are concerned.
! and when completed Will typi6s protracted
! thought Of engineers and traffic men on
that subject of service.