Looking at his WWI Draft registration, Oather Tyler worked for TC&I in 1917 or 1918; i think i've "googled" this query but haven't been able to dig far....... any ideas? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > At 05:40 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >>yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There is >>a >>photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake >>Trolley >>from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" >> >>This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, FL., on >>several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a pro at >>AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed in >>the >>Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just putting in >>Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. >>I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and >>took >>many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out from >>my computerm this was a WPA project. > > My father worked for the old BRL&P {Birmingham Railway Light & Power > Co} from the end of WW I until his death in 1945. Initially he was a > trolley conductor {collected the money and tickets} but later became > a "dispatcher" responsible for keeping the trolleys and buses running > on schedule. > > The BRL&P was the predecessor of the Birmingham Electric Company, the > Birmingham Transit Company, and whatever the current public > transportation system is named. > > Before the electric trolleys came into use, there was a mule drawn > rail car that ran from the down town business section, southward > along 20th street, then up the steep hillside to Five Points > South. That was the end of the line and the turn around location. > > I have a very old photo of that mule drawn rail car. Will be happy > to share that and other old Birmingham area photos if someone can > tell me how to post photos ..... I don't think that it's appropriate > to "attach" them to regular notes such as this one ? > > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

At 07:16 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >Looking at his WWI Draft registration, Oather Tyler worked for TC&I in 1917 >or 1918; i think i've "googled" this query but haven't been able to dig >far....... Use the following search term at google.com Tennessee Coal and Iron Company history and you will get several hits. Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee

try Tennessee Coal and Iron - still exists ----- Original Message ----- From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports | Looking at his WWI Draft registration, Oather Tyler worked for TC&I in 1917 | or 1918; i think i've "googled" this query but haven't been able to dig | far....... | any ideas? | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:55 PM | Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports | | | > At 05:40 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: | >>yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There is | >>a | >>photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake | >>Trolley | >>from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" | >> | >>This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, FL., on | >>several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a pro at | >>AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed in | >>the | >>Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just putting in | >>Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. | >>I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and | >>took | >>many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out from | >>my computerm this was a WPA project. | > | > My father worked for the old BRL&P {Birmingham Railway Light & Power | > Co} from the end of WW I until his death in 1945. Initially he was a | > trolley conductor {collected the money and tickets} but later became | > a "dispatcher" responsible for keeping the trolleys and buses running | > on schedule. | > | > The BRL&P was the predecessor of the Birmingham Electric Company, the | > Birmingham Transit Company, and whatever the current public | > transportation system is named. | > | > Before the electric trolleys came into use, there was a mule drawn | > rail car that ran from the down town business section, southward | > along 20th street, then up the steep hillside to Five Points | > South. That was the end of the line and the turn around location. | > | > I have a very old photo of that mule drawn rail car. Will be happy | > to share that and other old Birmingham area photos if someone can | > tell me how to post photos ..... I don't think that it's appropriate | > to "attach" them to regular notes such as this one ? | > | > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee | > | > | > ------------------------------- | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes in the subject and the body of the message | > | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Per Carl's instruction, google "tennessee coal and iron history", there it is; this is a very good website. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delilah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > try Tennessee Coal and Iron - still exists > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:16 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > > | Looking at his WWI Draft registration, Oather Tyler worked for TC&I in > 1917 > | or 1918; i think i've "googled" this query but haven't been able to dig > | far....... > | any ideas? > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> > | To: <[email protected]> > | Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:55 PM > | Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > | > | > | > At 05:40 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: > | >>yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There > is > | >>a > | >>photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake > | >>Trolley > | >>from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" > | >> > | >>This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, > FL., > on > | >>several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a > pro > at > | >>AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed > in > | >>the > | >>Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just > putting > in > | >>Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. > | >>I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and > | >>took > | >>many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out > from > | >>my computerm this was a WPA project. > | > > | > My father worked for the old BRL&P {Birmingham Railway Light & Power > | > Co} from the end of WW I until his death in 1945. Initially he was a > | > trolley conductor {collected the money and tickets} but later became > | > a "dispatcher" responsible for keeping the trolleys and buses running > | > on schedule. > | > > | > The BRL&P was the predecessor of the Birmingham Electric Company, the > | > Birmingham Transit Company, and whatever the current public > | > transportation system is named. > | > > | > Before the electric trolleys came into use, there was a mule drawn > | > rail car that ran from the down town business section, southward > | > along 20th street, then up the steep hillside to Five Points > | > South. That was the end of the line and the turn around location. > | > > | > I have a very old photo of that mule drawn rail car. Will be happy > | > to share that and other old Birmingham area photos if someone can > | > tell me how to post photos ..... I don't think that it's appropriate > | > to "attach" them to regular notes such as this one ? > | > > | > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > | > > | > > | > ------------------------------- > | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > | > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > | > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > | > > | > | > | ------------------------------- > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >