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Birmingham State Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham railroad launches new passenger train between Memphis and Birmingham to serve Atlanta exposition travel, with schedules and connections to Southern Railway; officials Sullivan and Shipman mentioned.
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The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road will put on a new passenger train today, thus making three double daily trains between Memphis and Birmingham.
The additional train is put on to accommodate the travel from the west and northwest to the Atlanta exposition, and will probably be discontinued at the end of the present month.
This train will leave Birmingham 7:15 a. m., and arrive in Memphis at 5 p. m. Returning it will arrive in Birmingham at 9:30 p. m, making connection with the Southern train, which leaves here for Atlanta at 12:15 midnight. The west-bound will make connection with the Southern from the east, which arrives here at 5:55 a. m.
Superintendent J. H. Sullivan of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road was in the city yesterday.
Traveling Passenger Agent L. A. Shipman of the Southern went to Atlanta yesterday morning and returned last night with the Birmingham school party.
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The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road adds a new passenger train to make three double daily trains between Memphis and Birmingham, accommodating travel to the Atlanta exposition; it leaves Birmingham at 7:15 a.m. arriving Memphis at 5 p.m., returns arriving Birmingham at 9:30 p.m. with connections to Southern trains; Superintendent J. H. Sullivan visited, and Agent L. A. Shipman traveled with a school party.