The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11
Ticket Arents, conventIou.

t Ticket Agemts' Convention. | The iss delegates to the Canadian
 Ticket Agents Association convention
 fairly captured Mobile today and ths | agents and ladies of the party were, in turn. captured by Mayor Pat J. Lyons,
 the local railroad people and others.
 Mobiles old-tfme hospitality was shown
 the more than 200 people from the
 domain of King Edward of England in
 America and not one but tonight was ready to declare that what had been
 said of old Mobile and her generous people was correct to the letter. Early this morning members of thu
 party were out for look over the Gulf
 City. taking the various points of in. terest. Later and while the Associa- tion was in convention, the women
 wended hither and thither in the busi-
 ness district and made shopping excur-
 sions. The program of entertainment,
 as noted in today's Advertiser, was car- ried out in it's entirety.
 At 10 o'clock the convention was called to order by President W. Buntoh
 of Petersborough, and 13S members re- sponded to the roll call of Secretary. Treasurer D. de la Hooke of London.
 This was the largest assemblage of
 agents in the twenty years of its exist encc.
 | President E. L. Russell of the Mobile
 and Ohio Railroad and Mississippi DI vision of the Southern Railway, Prest | dent Max Hamburger, Jr,, of the Com- merciaI Club and other well-knowu Mo- biIians, including Nrailroad officials.
 Routine. matters were at once entered
 into and after the reading of minutes
 and the Presidents report, Mayor Pat J. Lyons arose to deliver the welcome ! ofAr rS AF~kfNo Tha delegates stood and welcomed him with
 the song. For He's Jolly Good Fell i low" and three cheers and a tiger. | President Max Hamburger, Jr, spoke | for the Commercial Club and Col. P. l.. | Russell, who only returned this morn ing from business trip In Mississippi. | spoke for the several railroads of Mo- Mobile and Ohio, whose especial guests | the delegates were.
 l President Bunton arose and extended | thanks and replied to the welcome ad- | dresses of Mayor Lyons, Colonel Rus sell and Mir Hamburger.
 | Much interest was manifested in a paper read by H. J. Pettypiece of For est, Ont, upon Railway Development | In Canada" This address was very in- | structive and gave forth the informa- | ton that during the year ending June 30, 1905, the Canadian railroads carried \ 2E 900 900 passengers and 5L000,0oO tons of freight; the gross earnings were over $1O6, 6,O0O,doO and the net earnings were $26.00O.O00; that there was now under construction in Canada i l,5OO miles of railway; that the proJ- ects under way would employ SO,OOV | msn for the next seven years, and that | the total amount paid in grants, subsi- | dies, etc., not including the Grand
 Trunk Pacific, amounted to s256.oOO.OoO, which exceeded the national debt 9f Canada.
 l His report showed that there were | 75. 900 men employed in Canada In the actual operation of it's railways. This report was regarded as the most im- | railway system and the convention
 voted Mir. Pettypiece thanks for it's compilation.
 The place of holding the next con-
 vention was discussed because Of sew eraI invitations having been received from Milwaukee and Denver urging the association to- hold its annual meeting there next year. Selecting
 the next meeting place is left to the executive committe which nets for the purpose in January. It is the opinion
 of the members that Wlnnepeg, Cana
 da, will be selected that they may see and learn a little more of their own Icountry.
 ohicers were elected for the ensu- ing term as follows. W. Mellroy, Pe-
 terborouEh, president; c. R. Coleman,
 Truro, N S.. first vice-president; R. J. Craig, Coburg, second vice-president; IJ. P. Manly. Kingston, third vice president; E. DeLahooke, London, sec retary and treasurer; F. R. Rodgers, Clinton, auditor; W. Jackson, Clinton
 J. F. Dolan. Montreal; W. Bunton, Pe- Peterborough; c. G. Morning, toronto; lE. G. Pike, toilette, executive com
 mittee. The convention concluded this afternoon with a fish dinner in Ger
 man Relief Hall and tonight with a grand banquet at the Cawthon.