The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-15
Notable Speech by President Samuel Spencer on Inter- relation of Railways
 and People
IS GIVEN BIG OVATION
 AS HE RISES 10 SPEAK
Said That He Desired Closer Relations With the People-Fair Statement of the Conditions That
 Exist.

Samuel Spencer, president of the South srn railway. and score or more of other prominent railway officials, were enter tained at a banquet given last night at the Country club by ten leaders in the in- nustrial, commercial and financial life of the city.
 The dinner. in the personnel of those who attended it, as well as in the ap- pointments of the banquet room and the sumptuousness of the repast, was easily the most notable that has been given in the history of the city.
 The directors of the Southern rail- way at the banquet were James T. woodward, president Hanover National bank New York; Edmund D. Randolph, treasurer New York Life Insurance com pany, New York Joseph Bryan, proprie- tor Richmond Times, Richmond, Va; s. M. Inman, capitalist and member of firm of s. M. Inman & Co., New York; William Solomon, head of firm of William Salo- mon & Co.,, New York (bankers); Col. w. r. Randolph, U. s. A., retired; Charies 1I Marshall, president Alabama Mineral Land company, also chairman of Ihverpooi and London and Globe Insurance com pany New York; Philip Schuyler, New York; A. C. Newbigging, Leith, Scotland tmerchant); James H. Echels, president Commercial National bank, Chicago, H.; Col Archer Anderson Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va; Col. w. Gordon McCane, Richmond, Va.
 The Southern railway officials were Sam uel Spencer, president New York; A. B. xioa N. C.; w. " Finley, second vice president, Washington, D. C.; J. H. Culp, third vice president, Washington, D. C.; c. H. Ack- ert, fourth vice president, Washington, D. C.; T. c. Powell, fifth vice president, St. Louis, Mo; J. S. B. Thompson, general agent, Atlanta, Ga; l.. Green, freight traffic manager, Washington, D. C.; 5. II. Hardwick. passenger traffic manager, Washington, D. C.; II. B. Spencer, general manager Washington, D. C.; c. s. Me Manus, general superintendent, Washing ton, D. C.; H. Baker, assistant general superintendent, Greensboro, N. C.. M. M. Richey, assistant general superintendent, Birmingham, Ala D. w. Lum, chief en- gineer maintenance of way and structures, Washington, D. C.; w. H. Wells, engineer of construction, Washington, D. C.; A. Stewart, mechanical superintendent, Washington D. C.; J. J. Cotter.
 The Alabama Great Southern officials were: W. J. Murphy, third vice-president, Cincinnati, O.; w. A. Garrett, General manager, Cincinnati, o.
 The Mobile and Ohio officials are: F. L. Russell, vice president Mobile, Ala; R. V. Taylor, general manager, St. Louis; P Thornton Mayre, architect, Atlanta.
 Invited Guests.
 Invited to meet the distinguished guests were these citizens of Birmingham:
 Oscar Underwood, w. P. G. Harding, F. s. White, w. H. Harrison. John Raul, M. V. Joseph. B. F. Moore, John P. Tillman, E. K. Campbell A. P. Lightner. Bones Moore Otto Marx, George Ward, 3. c. Maben, Don H. Bacon, Walker Per ey. w. H. Hassnger, T. G. Bush. Frank Nelson w. w. Crawford, G. B. McCor- mack, w. E. Leake, F. D. Dimmick, B. F. Roden, R. H. Pearson, Joseph F. John ston. H. L. Badham, R. N. Rhodes, E. w. Barrett, James Smith, T. H. Motion, Walter Moore. J. H. Barr, w. R. Brown. F. l.. Brown, F. B. Fowlkes, J. V. Allen, A. T. London, Mel Drennen, Judge Thom- as G. Jones' c. A. Senn, c. w. Ferguson, IA A. Coleman, J. T. Stokely, F. H. Cab aniss c. E. Buck, M. M. Richey, w. H. Sims, A. l.. F'ulenwider, Ross c. Smith, Erskine Ramsay, E. w. Fucker, J. J. Cutter, F. Y. Anderson, w. H. Wood ward J. D. Kirkpatrick, MT. Murphy, James Weatherly. A G. Smith, l.. Sevier J. J. O'Connell, F. H. Lathrop and E. H. Shaw.
 The dinner was given by these repre- sentative leaders in the industrial and financial development of the Birmingham district.
 J. c. Maben, president of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company; Don Fl. Bacon, president of the Tennessee