The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-21
RAILROAD PARTY
SEES THE DISTRICT
Local Business MenAccompany
Them on Trip
WENT TO COUNTRY CLUB
After Leaving Birmingham the Visit
ors Went to TrussviIIe, cadsden,
1atteIIe and Chattanooga.
Full List of the Party.
WENT TO COUNTRY CLUB

The party of prominent railroad officials
who were brought to the Birmingham
district by General Manager w. A. Gar
rett of the Queen and Crescent route,
Thursday night on an inspection tour,
left yesterday afternoon shortly after l
o'clock for Trussville. Gadsden, Battelle,
and Chattanooga. From Chattanooga the
party went direct home.
Yesterday morning a party of Birming-
ham business men went out to Wood
lawn on an electric car to meet the rail-
road officials, the special train having
been side-tracked there for the night.
With the local people on board the spe-
clal went to North Birmingham, Thomas,
Ensley, Pratt City and Bessemer, return
ing to the city about 1880 o'clock. The
visitors were then taken in carriages to
the Country club where about two hours
was spent. The party then returned to
the city and boarded the special train
made up of engine No 1879 on the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad, private
car No. 401 of the Big Four route pri-
vate car No. 9O7 of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and private car No. sS of
Pacific railroad.
Furnaces Inspected.
En- route to Chattanooga the hrst stop
was made at Trussville, where the FUR
naces of the Lacey-Buek Iron company
were visited. A stop was made at Gads-
den. the party inspecting the properties
of the Schulers and the train then went
oRrtxtt no
there last night.
The object of the railroad officials was
only to inspect the Birmingham district.
They came here as the guests of Gem
eral Manager Garrett, who is a great
friend and believer in the Birmingham
district The officials represent railroads
operating in the iron, steel and coal dis
tricts of Pennsylvania. and they were
brought to Birmingham to inspect south
ern industries and just what progress is
being made here. All of the officials ex-
pressed themselves as being well pleased
with the district.
In the party were the following;
The Party.
]. D. Besler, assistant 10 second vice
president, c. B. @.
w. G. Besler, vice president and gem
eral manager, C. r. r. # N. j.
w. M Greene, general manager, B. &
o. s. w.
C. e. schan, general manager, Big
-Four.
C. H. Waldo, general manager. c. H.
81 d.
James McCrea superintendent. P. G.
C. & St. L.
E. A Chenery, superintendent tele-
graph, Missouri Pacific Ry.
H. McC. Grafton. engineer of signals,
Pennsylvania Co.
W. A. Garrett general manager @ &
C. route.
Charles Patton, treasurer, @ & c.
route.
C. P. Biles. general freight agent. C.
N. o. & T. P.
L. Sewer. general freight agent, A.
G. S.
H. NJ. Waite, superintendent, c. N. o.
& T. P.
H. w. Mcclure, superintendent, C. N.
o. & T. P.
A. Griggs, superintendent. A. G. S.
w. A. D. Short superintendent of sig
nails, @ & c. route.
E. c. Tomlinson, assistant train mas
ter, @ & C. route.
NJ. NJ. Richey, assistant general super
intendent, Southern railwcy.
C. C. Harvey president and general
manager N. o. & N. E.
Major F. Y. Anderson, land agent. @,
& C. route.
Local Men on Trip.
The following Birmingham people ac-
companied the officials on their tour Of
the district:
A. B. Freeman. travelling passenger
agent Queen and Crescent; G. r. Browd-
er, general freight agent, Southern rail-
way; Rick" Woodward of Woodward
Iron company; j. W. Mcqueen, vice.
president Sloss-Sheffield company; j. G..
Maben, president Sloss-Sheffield company:
C. e. Buck, president Lacey-Buek Iron
company; Messrs. Adler, Charles Nc
Creepy, vice president and general man
ager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway company; ]. j. Cotter, superin-
tendent of the Southern railway; j. w.
Minor, George 8. Tyler, w. w. Crawford.
r. s. Munger, w. F. Greayes general
southern agent of the Big Four route: J..
c. Nelson, roadmaster of the Alabama
Creat Southern railway