The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
KURN CONFIRMS
 FRISCO PROJECTS
 ON SOUTHSIDE
Railway Plans $1,5OO,OOO Terminal Development,
 States President
INDUSTRIAL BOOM
 DUE HERE, HE SAYS
Road Chief Leads Annual Inspection Party
 Through City

Confirmation of the inten- tion of the Frisco lines to erect new terminals. for freight and allied industrial development, involving over $1,500, ,000, was made here Monday by James M. Kurn, president of the line. He was here at the head of a party of officials engaged in an annual inspection. In an interview given he said: "If everything works out the way I believe it will, there will be an industrial development of great importance to the Bir- mingham district and very ad- vantageous to the Frisco line."
 Realizing the widespread interest here in the, report published by The Age-Herald several days ago that the company engineers had completed an in s2ection of the Avenue A properties on which would be constructed a $1,500,00 freight terminal and many auxiliary business houses, Mir. Kurn frankly said that such plan was being worked out and while he could not make any final statement at this time, he believed the proposition would result in an immense ly valuable development. not only to the district, but to his company.
 The published reports which were confirmed by the Frisco chief executive were in regard to the several acres owned by the Frisco on Avenue A ex- tending to Fourteenth street from Eighteenth. The properties were se- cured from the Belt railroad several years ago for the purposes now being completed by Mir. Kurn and the mem bers of his staff.
 Line Inspected
 The Frisco officials came here Mon day night at 6 80 o'clock from Mem phis They inspected the line during the day and reached Thomas yards in time for short inspection of the prop critics there. They left the special at the Terminal station and went to the Tutwiler hotel, where they were enter tained by party of local coal opera tors. The special returned west at 10 o'clock Monday night.
 October business on the Frisco
 was the best in the history of our
 company" said Mir. Kurn. "I re-
 call telling newspaper men here
 one year ago that 1928 was pros.
 porous. am in a position to say
 this October that during 1924 we
 have enjoyed immense patronage.
 In October of this year we loaded
 over 100000 cars on our rails and
 received from other lines moro than |. enough business to make it the real
 banner month of the year and the
 best month of any past year on the
 Frisco. It Is very easy to observe
 enormous agricultural and indus
 trial growth in the Birmingham dis trict and along our lines in the
 south. In fact, I would not be
 surprised if were able to tell you
 next year on my trip to Birming-
 ham that 1924 has been the best
 of all the years of our company. We
 are progressing along with Bir-
 mingham and arc very optimistic.
 T have been informed of the refer ences made in the Birmingham papers regarding visits of Colonel Jonah, our chief engineer, and others in regard to the Frisco properties in Birmingham and the suggested terminal and indus- trial development there. l am not yet in position to speak with assurance concerning those plans. However, am able to say this much: "If everything works out the way we think 1t will there will be a. development in B1r- mingham of great importance to Blr- mingham and very advantageous to the Frisco"
 Financiers Here /.
 The party included Walter Seligman of J. & w. Seligman and company, who is making the trip in the interest of bond holders of the company, as well as other financial men. He seemed to see great opportunities for the Frisco and was apparently well pleased with the facts given him respecting Birmlng- ham.
 The remainder of the party included ID. N. Brown, chairman of the board, NeW IOrKS S. W. MlcIcl' NASS PrNSA dent, New York City David r. Ben nett, president, Pittsburg Steel Prod ucts company, Pittsburg, Pa; Frank o. Wright of Lee, Higginson X Com pany,, New York City; Walter Selig- man of J. & w. Seligman and com pany, New York City; Colonel Rob ert M. Thompson, New York City; Gen eral Sir Reginald Hoskins, London, England Grant k. Mccullough, presl- dent, First National bank, Tulsa, Okla; {; Sam Lazarus, president, Acme Develop ment company, St. Louis. Mo-; Ford Harvey of Fred Harvey, Kansas City, Mo; Sidney. w. Moves, vice president, New York Trust company, New York City; J.. E. Hutchinson, vice presi- dent, operation, St. Louis, Mo-; F: Il. Hamilton, vice president-secretary-treas- ury, St, Louis, Mo-; E. T. Wood, vice president. St. Louis, Mo-; Colonel r. G. Jonah, chief engineer, St. Louis, Mo; H. l.. Norman, superlntendent motive power, Springfield, Mo-; Ed ward Hungerford, J, k, koontz, vice president, Frisco building, St Louis, Mo-; J.. H. Fraser, general manager, SnrinRfieId Mo