The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-26
ENGINEERS GAVE CUE
AN ENJOYABLE OUTING Al
BLoEMFoNTAINE PARK.
Fine Dinner, Dancing and Boating
Features Of Successful Affair.
II. e. Day Goes With Sea-
board Air Line.

Not since its opening has Bloom Fon-
tame Park been the scene of such q gala
day as yesterday when the barbecue OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
and the Ladies' Auxiliary to that body
was given there.
This event is annually looked forward
to with the keenest interest and pleas
ure. The picnic of the Engineers was
to have been held last spring as usual but
1t was postponed and yesterday Division
No. 46 of the brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers and Division No. 207 Of
the Ladies Auxiliary gave the annual
barbecue at Bloom Fontaine Park.
To mention the names Of the Commit
tees Is to say that the affair was an I'M
qualified success. Mrs. Wicker was
Chairman Of the COMMITTEES from the
Ladies' Auxiliary with Mrs Jack Wright.
Mrs. T. ]. Cowell. Mrs. Ed. Bourne and
Mrs. Arthur M. Payne the other MEM
bers of the Committee. The Committee
from Division No. 49s Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers was Messrs. Cren-
shaw, Chairman; Pendergrass. Huiett,
Daugherty. Payne and Bourne. Each
member of these committees worked hard
all day to make the occasion pleasant,
and to their untiring effort belongs the
credit.
The dinner was a triumph OF culinary
art. Great brown barbecued meats and
vegetables were on the tables In album
dance. 1t was just such q dinner as
might have been expected from these or
CARNATIONS. A good string band kept
dancing going In the pavilion most Of
the day, and boating on the lake was
also INDUCED in. Supper was served as
the shadows began to iengthen in the
beautiful woodland and again the whirr
OF dancing feet began and continued un-
til midnight.
1t was day long to be remembered
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and Ladies Auxiliary have add
ed another to their long list Of success
full outings.
Henry E. Day, a former citizen of
Montgomery. has resided In Florida for
several years and for a term or more
has been member OF the State Railroad
Commission there. These officers are
elected and at the recent Democratic
primary he was defeated. He has secured
| a fine position with the Seaboard Air
Line. and with headquarters at Jackson
| Vile. In consequence OF this, he has
| resigned from the Commission, effective
October 1, although his term Of ONCE
| would not expire for some months The
| Governor appointed Hudson Burr. to
succeed him. He was Mr.. Days success
full opponent in the primary. Mr.. Day is
| first class railroad man.
Just before noon yesterday an excur-
sion train from Gracevilie. Fla. arrived
| in Montgomery Rain was falling when
the train left Graceville and the crowd
| was materially diminished. There were
| nearly 400 persons on the train, however,
and they saw Montgomery throughout
Trolley cars seemed to have the call. but
carriages did big business~sA few Of
the excursionists left the city on the
| afternoon train but the bulk Of them win
| return on the regular excursion train at
6 O'Clock this evening.
The Plant System division Of the At
lantic Coast Line ran Its last excursion
train out OF Montgomery yesterday. The
excursion was from here to Savannah
and number of persons went from
Montgomery. The crowd was greatly
augmented between here and Savannah.
| Division Passenger Agent Taylor per-
sonally conducted the party. The tickets
are good until Sunday.
A private car came in over, the Mobile
and Ohio road yesterday morning with
| the following officials on board: II. w.
| Clarke, Superintendent of Transports
| ton; A. ]. Alexander, Acting Superin-
| tendent at Meridian, Miss, and George
8. Mckee. Superintendent Of Motive Pow
er at Mobile. They left on the return
| trip in the afternoon.
j. H. Mckenzie Of Birmingham. Trav-
cling Freight and Passenger Agent OF
| the Ocean Steamship Company spent yes
| terday In Montgomery.