The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-03
WANT THEIR TOWNS
 PROMINENT ON MAP Queen & Crescent Advertise
 ment Causes Amusement MANY KICKS REGISTERED
An Irate Citizen of Richmond Says He Is Going to Take the Matter Up With Officials and Have Ills
 Town Placed on the Map.

While 1t Is serving as an excellent ad- vertisement for the Queen and Crescent railroad route the map now being painted on a window in the Woodward building has probably caused more genuine amuse- ment than any other sign ever placed before the gaze of the Birmingham public.
 Artist Freeman is limited in the number of names and railroad routes placed on his map and this is the bone of conten- ton that is causing so much trouble among passers by who spend an idle moment in working out the various lines of his drawing. Some of these onlookers insist that the towns from which they hail should be given consideration on the map and some of them raise strenuous kicks on the relative sizes of the letters employed in locating their native burgs.
 The occupants of the railroad office which boasts of the window map were very much startled yesterday by the sud- den thrush of a stylishly dressed, middle aged man who demanded that he be al- lowed an interview with the gentlemen in charge" The gentlemen referred to was not present, but this did not deter the visitor in the least.
 Wants Richmond on the Map.
 T want to know why Richmond is not on that map" he demanded
 Really it was not convenient" one of the railroad men started to say.
 That makes no difference" insisted the Richmond man. We have a great city and it's disgrace that 1t Is not placed on that map I am going to in- vestigate the matter and see why our city is so disregarded
 With that he rushed out in rage only to return an hour later and ask for further information.
 Did you know" he asked, that the charter of the Southern Railway, of which the Queen and Crescent Is a part. is now locked up in the vaults at Rich mond. And to think that you have left such city off the map"
 The clerks tried to explain, but the Richmond man wouldn't have it.
 T am going to take this question up with the commercial bodies and the city authorities when I get back and see if something can't be done
 l am also going to take 1t up with the president of the road"
 In a rage the man from Richmond left the office and the clerks are still discus sing the effect of his probable investiga- tion. lslsxrsyrs.
 Man From Atlanta Kicks,
 On the map the letters forming the word Atlanta are very small, while Birmingham appears in large gold letters, and is quite prominent. An Atlanta man stopped the other day to look at the progress of the map and this feature didn't set well on his stomach.
 Rushing into the office he demanded to know why Atlanta was not given the pref erence, and then started off with a long discourse on the virtues of his town. He got little satisfaction, but said he would take the matter up with higher authori- ties
 The office of the Queen and Crescent has been besieged during the past few days with agents of the various rail- roads, who want their lines clearly traced on the maps All of them are greeted with smile, but it Is seldom that anything Is doing. Some leave very sore, while others simply accept the inevitable with as good grace as possible. party of railroad men the other after noon counted 150O people who stopped at the window between the hours of l and o'clock p. m.
 Mir. Freeman, the artist, is now working on scheme by which he expects to please everybody. He may paste a map of the United States in the lower corner of the window so that all can see their own cities and railroad men can see their various lines worked out in detail.