The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-27
nessee Division. Sons of Veterans. VIII be located at the same place.

nessee Division. Sons of Veterans. VIII be located at the same place.
 A special car belonging to Pat Chap belle Is at the union station. II will be here for several days. 4 special Fore paugh and Sells Brothers car is also here.
 Ed T. Wilcox. commercial agent Of the Frisco system, who has been in Memphis for several days, has returned home.
 Upon the return of c. o. Jackson. local passenger agent for the Frisco system, of the office. will teturn to his own terri tory. with headquarters in Memphis.
 The pass question which has been wor- rying the passenger agents of this entire country. more or less, for many months, has caused row between some Of the western companies. The New York Com mercial has the following, which will be of interest:
 Some disposition has been shown to hold the Grand Trunk up to view as
  cause it's management saw nt to be as courteous to the American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents as the Erie and Ontario and Western were to the Master Car Builders and Master Mechanics' associations when they held their conventions at Saratoga last June.
 The general passenger and ticket agents are to hold their annual meeting in Portland, Me, in October, and in all probability the attendance would have been very slim if the Grand Trunk had not stepped in and issued special invita- tions extending the courtesies of the road to those who might wish to avail themselves of the privilege.
 Tn doing this there is no reason what ever why it should be criticised, for since last June the Erie has made 1t clear to the president of every other trunk line that 1t will not refuse trans portation for meetings of railroad men.
 This Is the right sort of spirit to show toward organizations whose object is solely to legislate in the interest of the railroads their members represent.
 It is certainly more becoming than to acknowledge that while they are able to withhold the privilege from representa- lives of sister roads there is complete sur render to the politicians, who get any thing they ask for, and have gone so far as to obtain for railroad men that which they were denied under the anti pass agreement.
 The agreement is and has been a good thing in many ways, but its great incon- sistency Is the discrimination between railroad men and politicians that ought to be modified in some way if it Is to be reaffirmed for another year. Whether the results of an experiment of a years trial have been such as to insure its con tinuance is uncertain, especially as some of the executives do not hesitate to say in private that they do not like 1t because of the inequalities and unfair discrimina- tion it imposes.
 They also say that they do not believe 1t can be continued unless there arc de- cided notifications in some of It's provi- sions.
 | It has been stated with respect to tho action of the Grand Trunk for the Port land meeting that 1t has given offence to other lines which would like to carry the passenger executives to Portland upon the same basis as in former years. when the annual meetings have been held at other points, special trains having been run for this purpose.
 This Is doubtful, because a majority of the members will be able to have free transportation where they would other wise have been obliged to pay fare if they went to Portland.
 | Furthermore, they can now take mem- bers of their families with them, some- thing they could not do at the expense of their respective companies. It is safe to say that every member who can use the Grand Trunk for the trip and would have to pay fare without It's courtesy Is mighty glad the way has been opened to all for that purpose.