Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
RAILWAY FOLKS AND FACTS.

Inc tide of immigra ton southwark has
set IN with vengeance, and yesterday
immigrants were to be seen at the union
passenger station in great numbers The
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmineham
Drought in two separate parties ali
Douno Tor truithurst and Tallapoosa and
rloI1da points. They with three car
loads from the northwest which arr;va5
at 100 over the Louisville and Nashville
were transferred to the eastbound South
ern, which was held for the old reliable.
MT. N. A. Burnham, excursion and inn
migrant agent in the colony department
OF the Farm, Field and Fireside and the
western Rural, two agricultural period
Icals OF Chlcago, was in charge of par
| ty OF eight, who came in over the Kan
sas CITY; These go to Green Cove
| Springs, Fla.
The second party over the Kansas civ
road comprised twenty-five people from
Minnesota and Iowa. These We're en
route to Fruithurst and Tallapoosa, Ga.
ana were In charge of Mr.. H. Westerlund
| OF the Southern.
These, with the three carloads of inn
migrants from the Louisville and Nash
Vile, when transferred to the Southern
tram made quite passenger list for
| that train.
Mr., L. A. Shipman, travelling passenger
agent OF the Southern, returned yester-
day from Cedartown, Ca, where he has
been working up business for his line
among the delegates to the Georgia Bap-
list convention which is being held there
during this week. Mr.. Shipman reports
that he will secure large number of
Georgia Baptists- for the convention
which meets in Chattanooga May g.
Mr. Shipman is in receipt of a beauti-
fully gotten up folder announcing rates
to the great Confederate reunion to ba
held at Richmond, Va The outer cover
has beautiful reproduction of Con-
federate flag, and on the back are photo
graphs of four monuments erected by
loving hands to the memory of Lee.
jackson and others of the lost cause
The folder has the following letter from
Gen. John b. Gordon:
Washington, March g.
w. III. Tayloe, District Passenger Agent
Southern Railway Company, Atlanta,
My Dear Sir: I thank Won in behalf of
the Confederate veterans for the good
work you are doing in securing low rate
for our next meeting. l know but re-
1ect the sentiment of all when 1 say your
labors will be duly appreciated by them
WIN best wishes. | am very truly yours.
]. b. GORDON.
On the opposite page Is the rate from
all the principal cities along the several
lines of the Southern.
49, ie+P II. DCdSfcys tTdNe1lnk DdSSen-
ger agent Of the Louisville and Nashville,
left for Atlanta yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. r.. l.. Newton. travelling passen-
ger agent of the Alabama Great South
ern, returned yesterday from business
trip to Chattsnooga.
Maj. G. r. Rutherford, the popular con-
ductor of the BIocton accommodation,
is at the other end of that line attending
court. Capt. T. Nj. Young is pulling the
cord during Major Rutherfords absence.
Chief Clerk Ernest Cox of the Louis
vile and Nashville freight office, was at
his post yesterday after long and pain
full illness from infiammatory rheuma-
tism.
! Popular r. w. Weaver. claim clerk OF
the Louisville and Nashville freight Of
flee, is confined to his home with rheuma-
.tism.