Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
ACCENTS ARE HEARD
Down Fasteners Stop to See What
Omaha is Like.
STREET CAR MEN SHOWN CITY
No Such Reception In stRid Old BOs-
ton II Westerners stopped There,
Says the B~OstOnian nj
Head of Party.


Two special trains of street railway an
interurban men and their wives arrived in
Omaha Saturday morning, but they were
not strike breake and took no hand in
the Omaha situation. The first train was
York. The Boston folk stopped, but the
New Workers went right on through.
We'll. l don't think any club in Boston
would turn out this way IL a group Of west
erners came through" said James F. Shaw.
president of the American Street and Inter
urban Railway association.
This is the association which holds its
annual convention next week at Denver
and 1t is to this convention that all these
special trains are bound.
1T Wakes the westerners to show hospi-
tally. How can all these prominent BUSH
ness men afford to leave their places Of
business, come here to entertain a crowd
Of total strangers? l never saw anything
like it in my life and I'm sure the entire
party appreciates the thOughtfulness."
Many such expressions were heard from
the ninety-two people who alighted from
their splendid electric-lighted special train
and found a score or more OF automobiles
waiting to drive them around Omaha to
show places of interest. The Commercial
club had charge Of The arrangements.
A new scheme was tried in making the
drives and IL worked admirably. Instead
OF sending the machines around in a long
procession, raising a cloud Of dust to the
discontinue OF those following, each driver
was instructed to strike out in any direc-
ton he choose, just so he Included the
Omaha Field club on his route and arrived
back at the station in time for the con-
unuation of the journey west.
Life saving station IT Club.
At the Field club an informal entertain
ment was prepared. A canopy was set up
on the lawn and, as the cars drove up, the
occupants we're given refreshments and
cigars, with flowers for the women. Many
OF the men made enthusiastic at seeing the
long line OF Uncle Sans troops march
through the city, had their ohauffeurs
drive to Fort Omaha where several regI-
ments are in camp.
Some OF the most prominent street rail-
way and interurban men YIN the country
were In the Boston party and these capt.
tulists did not mince words In praising
Omaha for its wonderful material growth
Some had been here a few years back and
these marveled at the wonderful changes.
Among those IN the party were J. A
Arnold, president Of the Tauton & Paw
tueket Street Railway company; Mrs. Ar
mold, Milan A. Ayres, electrical engineer
Boston s. Worchester Street Railway COM
pany, South birmingham, Mass; w, H
Bacon Boston; Robert f.. Belknap, sales
agent Pennsylvania Steel company; Albert
w. Bliss and Mrs. Bliss, BTookline, Mass.
John Burns and Mrs. Burns. Duxbury,
Mass; Charles S. Clark. secretary Massa-
chusetts Street Railway association. and
Mrs, Clark, Boston, Joseph +. Clark, Miss
Arabella B. Clark, Miss Anna N. Clark
Cambridge, Mass Frank L. Coates, Stone
a Webster Engineering corporation, Bos.
ton; Gerald COghlin, Montreal: Clifton l.
Auburn, Lynn, Mass; Edward Dana, Bos.
ton; Bradford ID. Davol, J. +. Dozier, Lynn
Mass: Howard f. Eaton, Plymouth.
Charles r. Edwards, J.. r Fletcher, Z. c
Foster, vice president New orleans Rail
way and Lighting company, New Orleans