The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
CLAIM AGENTS
MAKE PLANS
FOR CONVENTION MAY 1919.
MAYOR MYERS TO DELIVER AD-
DRESS OF WELCOME.

Response to BE Made by President
of the Association, II. c. Barlow.
Two Hundred Visitors Expected.
Many Matters of Importance WIN
Keep Agents Busy Two Days.
Trip to ThunderboIt, Drive to Isle
of Hope, and Visit to hell Buoy
Among the Trips Planned.
Preparations for the entertainment Of
the members of the Freight Claim
Agents's Association and such ladies
as may accompany them to the con-
vention of the association, which will
be held in Savannah, May 1913 have
been practically completed.
The arrangements have been in
charge Of Mr.. Joseph F. Gray, of the
Central of Georgia, chairman Of the
Committee on Entertainment The
other members are Messrs. l.. r. Van
diviere, of the Ocean Steamhsip Com
pany; B. l.. Bugg, Of the Central of
Georgia, and the Southern Railway;
C. C. Martin, of the Seaboard Air
Line; L. NJ. Erskine, of the Ocean
Steamship Company; Thomas warrick.
of the Atlantic Coast Line, and w.
w. Tull, OF the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company
The visitors to the convention will
number, 1t is expected, about 200. The
De Soto will be their headquarters and
all the meetings of the association will
be held In the banquet hall of the
hotel. The programme will begin at
10 o'clock on the morning of the 18th,
when the visitors will be welcomed to
the city by Mayor Herman Myers. The
response will be by the president of the
association, Mr.. H. C. Barlow, of New
York, freight claim agent of the Erie
Railroad.
other Omcers of Association.
The other chief officers of the asso-
citation, who are expected to attend
the convention are First Vice Presi-
dent a. E. Rosevear OF the Grand
Trunk Line, Montreal: Second Vice
President Robert Kirkland, of the Illi-
nois Central, Chicago; Secretary and
Treasurer Warren P. Taylor Of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac, Richmond. AS has been stated
before the sessions of the convention
will be unusually busy ones, because
of number of important matters that
must be settled in the allotted two
days. On this account the members
of the association will attend strictly
to business during the day, so that
such entertainment az is provided for
them must be given at night.
With the ladies, however, the case is
different, and so a number of very
| pleasant trips have been arranged for
them. In taking care OF the visiting
| ladies the ladies whose husbands are
connected with the local roads, will be
asked to assist. Invitations to these
will be sent out within a day or two
by Mr.. B. l.. Bugg, who will probably
be chairman of this part of the Com
mittee on Entertainment.
Programme of Entertainment.
The details of the progremme Of en-
| tertainment as concluded consists so
far of the following plans:
Wednesday, May 1S-Afternoon drive
for the lady visitors to Isle of Hope
and back, the trip to the resort to
be made by one road, and that back
to the city by another. The visitors
will be accompanied by the lady MEM
bers of the local committee and prob
ably others. At night-The members
of the association, the lady visitors,
and number of invited guests will
be taken TO the Thunderbolt Casino
for a fish supper. Afterwards the
guests Will enjoy LIle peTIorflance LHaI
will be given in the auditorium. 1t is
possible that the whole Casino grounds
will be secured and turned over TO the
railway men and their friends.
Thursday, May 1.-the lady guests
OF the convention will visit the Tel
fair Academy of Arts and Sciences
and probably take q trip around the
city on the A. & B. and the E. & w.
belts of the street railway. In the
afternoon both the ladies' and the
claim agents, as well as their guests,
will make a trip on the steamer Clay
ton to the bell buoy and back. Music
will be furnished and light refresh
ments served on the trip. At night
the agents will be given a smoker In
the Tomochichi Club.
The railroad men know how to en-
tertain, as was shown during the con-
vention Of the American Association
of Local Freight Agents Association.
held in Savannah last year. If the
weather IL good-and it usually is at
this time of year-the visitors may be
assured of a pleasant visit.