The Washington herald., 1907-02-04


Samuel Spencer, president of the road
who lost his life in an accident last
Thanksgiving Day. The work of raising
the money is now in the hands Of a
general committee. with headquarters in
Washington.
The management has received a large
number of resolutions unanimously
adopted by the employees in various de
partments, expressing a desire TO build
a suitable monument TO the memory Of
MI Spencer. These suggestions have
met with the hearty approval of the
executive officers of the Southern. from
President ". W. Finley down With
this assurance on the part of the EN-
ployes, it was deemed advisable to or
ganize a general committee TO outline
plans for collecting these contributions.
which viii give each and every employee
an equal opportunity to contribute to
the fund. J. w Connolly, chief of the
special agents Of the system, is chair
man.
The committee has agreed upon a
method Of raising and collecting the
money which will afford the little lamp
lighter or the messenger boy the same
opportunity to give as is offered the
highest official of the company, and he
can proudly say that he contributed just
as much toward building the monument
in proportion To his earnings. as did the
president of the road. The plan is to
allow each employee to contribute on a
percentage basis.
None Asked 10 Contribute.
Circulars 90 each of the 1900 employees
of the Southern Railway are being sent
out. 10 one will be asked TO contribute,
the circular simply stating that If the
employee desires he may give a share of
his earnings for the cause
Ia order 90 reduce the great amount Of
work incurred I'm taking up collections in
the usual manner. il has been decided
by the committee 10 have the contribu-
tons made in the shape Of an order on
the paymaster of the Southern Railway.
These sli-is-more than 4oC00 of them
containing the autographs signatures Of
all the contributors, viii be sealed in "a
vault and placed In the corner stone OF
the monument II. c. AnsIey. treasurer
of The Southern. VIII act as treasurer of
the Spencer memorial fund" as il viii
be called.
The month Of March was selected as
the most appropriate time for collecting
the fund because il was during this
month that Mr.. Spencer was born. Had
he lived until next month, he would have
been sixty years old.
VIII stand in Atlanta Plaza.
The monument the design Of which has
not been decided upon, viii stand in the
plaza in front Of the terminal station
at Atlanta Mr.. Spencer was a native Of
Georgia, and was educated in that State
Atlanta, in addition TO being the capital
Of the State is a central Point of the
Southern Railway. This particular site in
front OF the terminal station was chosen
because The building itself stands as a
monument of AIr. Spencers own energy
and love Of his native State.
The plan Of the monument viii be left
with the members of the Spencer family
OF this city. After the fund has been
collected different plans viii be considered
by the committee, and later the designs
will be submitted to Mrs Spencer. The
base Of the monument viii probably be Of
Georgia marble. In addition to Mr. Spen-
GERS name and the dates of his birth ana
death. the monument viii contain "a few
words, stating by whom il was erected.
All Of the various classes of employees
Of the road are represented on the gen
eraI committee.
Committee Is Representative.
The committee is composed Of the fol-
lowing:
-''.Eu ~. H'' - l. 'duoifF. Atlanta, ia.
t[s'5"' Siam agents D. Hooper Washington
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Passenger traffic delartmeut-L- s Brown. Wash
lngton ID. G.. j. q. Beam, st. Louis, Mo- George
b. Allen. Atlanta. Ga
Itti=.l Ae.Ae e.lailHeli-l-- l. Mcll'sEeg. At
laa'a, Ia, Randall Clifton Atlanta ia Fred IT,
behFlis' Louisville, h1
Ia" as-nts dsIarimeut-N +. Combs, Macon.
Ga.
Sl''lal agents nei.AilIneHl-J y" connolly wash
Aeloh- T. 80 J.. g. t-lulff Louisville. ~.
Right Of aay aseuts-C j. Saeiyerton, Lyrchburs.
lie ana iiInnef c'i4filneit-'- a slater, Wash
hE'-A- H. l.
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C,,1,-.r-s-R NJ Mon. y,..rf,.+,, u ~.
T. e. LaurhIin. Princeton. Ind
Dining car couducJws-G. l. Best. Charlotte
y. q.
Ifaiiiiea ". B. p, Haml''n; haoS'ilie. Tenn
49, i5;e..e, D. /" s..,.' 80 '..,', va
R0-Jgsv dorsrt,,a,f T. " ,+1,,t, o..
4 d KNIGHT Grssrst1r4 \ a. q I 2f,-rf,
Princeton ina
Civil engineering dsrarmeut-W p. CrCushaw.
Bridge and building depaTtment-Bernard Herman,