The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-08
RAILWAY co,rMEssIoNERs TO WIS.,
 TT MONTGOMERY
wnI Reach Here Novenber IF, and erestdent Smith of Alabama fs Anxious Thut Capital City
 Enterxafn Them. s

President John " Smith. of the Alabama Railroad Commission, who is president of the National Associa. tion of Railway Commissioners of the United States, has prepared "a state ment regarding the coming meeting of that body in Birmingham on No vember IS. 16 and IT.
 The Itinerary of the special train bearing the commissioners which will start out of St. Louis shows that the party will reach Montgomery at :s0 IT.
 President Smith is anxious that the people of Montgomery offer some en- tertainment between that hour and Ii o'clock on the night of November IT. He has received reports from other Southern cities which will be visited indicating that hospitaIities are await ing the party upon its arrival. The commissioners and party. which will be joined by few Birmingham citi- gems, will go from Montgomery to Pensacola and from Pensacola to Mo- bile.
 Other cities to be visited are New Orleans. Houston. Tex. and Galveston, Tex. The Republic of Mexico will be visited after the special train leaves the Texas points.
 President Smiths statement Is as follows: -,et.s s, v
 This, association, composed of the Railway Commissioners of the several States having Commissions and Inter- state Commerce Commission. will meet in Birmingham, Aia., on the 18th of and will remain in session for three days. This meeting promises to be one of the most largely attend cd and interesting meetings ever held by the association.
 .'f am In receipt of letters from the mayor and from prominent railway ofiicials of Birmingham in which that city promises to furnish more enter for the association than the time allowed there for our meeting will permit us to accept. MT. Robt. president Of the Birmingham Light and Power Co.,. solun- tariiy writes me that he will take pleasure in furnishing to the associa- tion all the cars, free of charge, dur Ing the convention and that they will be glad to furnish special cars to the to visit any part of the dis- trict in body. e
 T am also in receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the Chamber of Com merce of Pensacola, Florida, in which he says: Pensacola desires to extend a welcome to your association upon It's arrival here, and after you have ar- rived, to take charge of you for the time that you will spend with us"
 "Informagion~ comes to me from Mo- bile that. from the time we arrive there to our departure, we will be en- tertained by the people of that city with a trip on the bay and an excur- III ception that night.
 '"Tha citizens of New Orleans, Hous- ton, Texas, Galveston, Texas, am in- formed, have arranged for entertain ments for the association during the time spent within their borders. Af- ter reaching the Republic of Mexico, it will be impossible for us to accept many of the invitations extended us.
 Tt has been the custom. after the meeting of the association is over, to take an excursion. The excursion this year will be from Birmingham to the City of Mexico. This excursion is us- ually composed of about 150 to 200 people, from all sections of the United States. Besides a large number of rail- way commissioners and their wives. and a large number of guests, there will be men of prominence, many of
 
 H. B. Meyers of the Meyers Printing Company of Chicago will accompany the association on this excursion for the purpose of getting out a souvenir edition of the proceedings of the meet ing in Birmingham and of the several cities visited. Usually, of course, some prominent citizen of the cities visited makes an address of welcome. setting out the various resources of the city visited. In this souvenir re- port the addresses of welcome will be included. together. with an account of the courtesies shown by each city. ;
 ''The program outlined by the asso- citation arranges for 1t to reach Mont gomery at 5:3o p. m.. November 17th, remaining here until II o'clock that night. I regret to say that Montgom- cry is the only city which we will visit that has not as yet made some definite arrangement for the entertainment of this large party of visitors.
 MT. Ginnivan of the Montgomery Street Railway, however. has, in q conversation with me yesterday, stated that he would Be glad to furnish all the cars free of charge. to meet the association at the depot and transport them to the capitol and back to the depot. - af +2>1 .% -c
 "A reception at the rooms of the Commercial and Industrial Association thereafter would be very appropriate at which time the mayor or some other representative of the city would have the opportunity of making an address of welcome. and the citizens of Mont gomery would have the opportunity of becoming acquainted with and mingling with the excursionista there by making a pleasant impression upon the visitors and friends of at least 150 prominent people who would sing the praises of the city of Montgomery from one end Of the United States to the other.
 Being a citizen of Montgomery and with the usual customs of the cities visited by the association and the entertainments always, pro- vided for them. and the benefits to be derived therefrom, I should regret very much if nothing should be done by the city of Montgomery looking to the entertainment of this party in the city"
 It is very likely that a meeting of the. Montgomery Commercial and In- Association will be held soon to devise some form of entertainment for the prominent visitors during their short stay in Montgomery.
 
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