The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
TR|-C|TY SHOPPERS TOB|RM|NGHAM GET. EIGHT HOURS TIME

After another painstaking inves- tigatlon of the passenger schedules between Birmingham and Muscle Shoals and those between Muscle Shoals and Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga, O. L. Bum, general manager of the Chamber of Com merce, comes to the conclusion that Birmingham is not discriminated against, and finds no ground of com- p!aint.
 He shows that citizen of the Tr... Cities may spend seven hours in Bir- mtngham for shopping purposes, whereas in Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville they will have only four to five hours.
 Speaking of this matter, Mir. Bum said:
 Should De Careful
 For the purpose of ascertaining to what extent Birmingham was dis criminated against, 1 called upon MT. Freeman, general passenger agent of the Southern railroad, Birmingham. and was agreeably surprised to find that instead of discrimination, Bir- mingham really had decided ad- vantage over other competing cities" said Mr. Bum.
 The Birmingham Chamber of Com merse has, on number of occasions. called the attention of our people to tho mistake they were making by going to the newspapers with state ments that have not been thoroughly analysed as to their correctness, etc. Before making any adverse state ment regarding Birmingham, it's in- dustries, or even it's citizens, great care should be taken to be abso- lutely sure the said statement is cor rect, because when once published, if erroneous. it creates the wrong impression and hurts our city or business more than even the most well informed can realize.
 Train Schedules
 q find, after a careful investiga- ten, that the morning trains leave Sheffield for Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Birmingham via Decatur and Birmingham via Parrish. The people visiting Nashville are only al- lowed four hours and ten minutes purchase time at that point before they are forced to return; to Chat .tanooga, four hours and thirty five minutes; Memphis, five hours and thirty-five minutes, and at Birming- ham, eight hours and three minutes if they come via Decatur and four hours and thirty-five minutes if they come via Parrish.
 q further find that via Parrish there are two trains, one leaving Sheffield at 4:35 a. m., arriving at Birmingham at 11:25 a. m. There IS another train leaving Sheffield at D. m., arriving at Birmingham at [ :4o D. IA Returning, you can ieave BIT mingham at 6:50 p. m, arriving at Sheffield at 142 p. m. or you can leave Birmingham at p. m.' arriving at Sheffield at 10:35 D. m. Via De- catur and the l.. X N. ralIroau there are three trains operating each day and each direction, the first ieaV- Ing Sheffield at 4:42 q. m., arriving at Birmingham at 9:07 a. m.
 "The second train leaves Sheffleid at 12:55 D. m, arriving at Birmins- ham at T D. m. The third train leaves Sheffield at 11:55 D. m. and arrives at Birmingham at 4;0S a. m. Re- turning to Sheffield via Decatur, you car leave Birmingham at 7;20 a. m. and arrive at Sheffield at 12:55 noon. On the other train you can leave at BIO D. m. and arrive at Sheffield at 10 D. m.. while the third train leaves Birmingham at 1130 p. m. and ar rives at Sheffield at 417 a. m. There are only two trains each way to Nashville; three each way to Mem phis and Chattanooga. while to BIT mingham you have three each way via Decatur and two each way Wa Parrish, making a total of hve, as against three to Chattanooga anu ,I.....Ahir a nd twn tn NaShYille.''