The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-07
IN MONSTER PARADE BIRMINGHAM SHOWS
 PRIDE IN TERMINAL
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fire department. Chief A. Y. Bennett and Alderman Y. R. Gum in the chiefs new automobile headed the line of per fectly kept and shining apparatus, dozen wagons several engines and the aerial trucks.
 The downtown apparatus alone was fin use as both North and South High lands had to be protected Arrange ments were made to give the alarm to the chief within a minute should a flame break out anywhere, but no trouble developed.
 After passing through the principal downtown streets the parade turned up Fifth avenue toward the Terminal, and the pride of Birmingham was thrown open , for the public and dedication. It required only a few minutes for Grand Marshal | McCrossin to line up the police, troops and bands around the platform and then several thousand people were let in under l the shed at the baggage room end Of the station.
 Visitors on the Platform.
 John L. Parker was master of cere- monies, and seated on the platform were | T. Harahan, president of the Illinois l Central; C. H. Ackert, vice president and | general manager of the Southern; Presi- ! dent J. F. Hanson of the Central of ! Georgia; H. c. Utrlcht assistant to MT. l Ackert; J. s. B. Thompson. assistant to | President Finley of the Southern; P. l Thornton Mayer of Atlanta, the architect who planned the terminal; w. H. Harri- 1 son. chief engineer, under whose direction i the building was erected; I. G. Rawn. vice president of the Illinois Central; Donald 1 Rose assistant to the president of the | Illinois Central Horace Baker, general manager of the Queen and Crescent T. C.. | Cameron, general freight agent of the | Tff4x. |. T0frdd dc rrfa T ent of the Illinois Central at Corinth; W. L. Mapother. vice president of the Louis | vile and Nashville; Gen. E. W. Rucker, | Harry Jones' president of the city coun- | cil c. W. Ufford, president of the Busi- ness Mems league, and several others. 1 Station Master l.. c. Jones, the man who enjoys the honor of handling the l terminal and H. M. Waite of the Sea- l board Air line, chairman of the board of control of the station. were both energet- ic and courteous in handling the crowds. l At the appointed time MT. Parker began the celebration with one of his character | istic speeches. But few decades ago" he said "a box car sufficed for Birming- l hams terminal. Only a few years later the Louisville and Nashville railroad built what was then a magnificent depot, and here only few years later we are open- ing to the public one of the most splendid | pieces of architecture in the whole south,
 
 embodiment of our dreams" He then in- i troduced President Harry Jones of the city council to receive for the ztizens of Birmingham and Jefferson county the completed terminal
 Harry Jones Talks.
 AS the representative of the municipal government of the greatest city of the south I have the honor of expressing the gratitude of the Birmingham district for this magnificent building" said MT. Jones q must say that this gerat outpouring of everybody from the bank president to the little boys at the industrial school is a showing which cap express the apprecia- tion of our people for what the railroads have done better than words.
 we have here a station for city oi million people. We talk of Greater Birmingham when right here we have already a great Birmingham. We need nothing to make 1t the greatest oity in the south but for the people to get to- gether, stay together and cut out tom foolery. We must learn that the railroads do not come to tear down but to build up