The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-02
QUEEN AND CRESCENT
 MEN SEE DISTRICT Party of Officials Spending
 Two Days Here GOING TO ENSLEY TODAY Trip 10 Various Industrial PIaifts Made Yesterday in AutomobiIes-The Party Includes Only Freight
 Traffic Men
GOING TO ENsLEY TODAY

At an early hour this morning the dele gation of freight representatives of the Queen and Crescent route will leave the Terminal in a special train for trip around the city. They will go to Wood- lawn and thence to Ensley and Bessemer hy way of the lines of the Alabama Grea Southern and Southern railroads The visitors will be on the trip all day and Will have seen every industry, practically, in the Birmingham district when the trip is completed this afternoon
 The party of freight officials arrived in Birmingham yesterday morning over the Queen and Crescent route at 10 o'clock. They were taken In charge by F.. T. Steele. freight traffic manager of the Ala bana Great Southern and E. D. McIver, commercial agent. Automobiles in which they travelled over the district we're awaiting the party at the Woodward building. They went through the upper part of the city, through Avondale and East Birmingham and on the west side of tie city beyond the Alice furnace of the Tennessee company near the old ball grounds.
 The officers, some of whom have never been in Birmingham. were amazed at the great industries which were pointed out to them. They marveled at the evidences of g metropolitan city which were on every hand
 The visitors are from some of the largest cities in the country, and they were free to admit that Birmingham com pared favorably with any city of like size in the United States.
 The railroad men said the city's great population as shown by the census re- turns had attracted attention throughout the country and persons everywhere were opening their eyes to Birmingham, which has sprung into the public eye by reason of the phenomenal report of the census takers.
 Their trip will conclude with the in- spections today when the officers will leave for their homes.
 Those In the party included: L. Sevier. general agent Alabama Great Southern, Birmingham; G. P. Biles, freight traffic manager Queen and Crescent Route, Gin cinnati: H. A. Poveleite. general freight agent Queen and Crescent Route, Cincin- nati; J. B. Ford, vice presidents office, Queen and Crescent Route, Cincinnati; E. Schryver, manager Queen and Crescent NDespatch, Cincnnati E. T. Steele, freight traffic manager; E. D. McIver, commer- cal agent; S. A. Williams, traveling freight agent; J. w. Evens, superintend- ent; H. H. Vance, trainmaster; R. C.. Reid, trainmaster; H. Osborn, commer- cial agent R. l.. Gainer, soliciting freight agent H. Flowing, soliciting freight agent J. B. Clancey, commercial agent; H. Langmead, travelling freight agent; ]. W. Piatt, travel freight agent; J. G. Bliss, soliciting freight agent; F. w. Fairbairn, commercial agent H. E. Freund commercial agent; R. C. Semon, travelling freight agent; J. c. Hill. com mercial agent l.. F. Banta, travelling freight agent; J. P. Tocher, general agent: C. A. Egly. eastern freight and passenger agent; G. NJ Benus, commer- cial agent D. F. Murphy, travelling freight agent; w. c. Stephens, division freight agent; E. l.. Hunt. travelling | fl eight agent; w. ]. Cartwright, solicit ing freight agent; E. F. Slsson, soliciting | freight agent; P. A. Wright commercial agent; F. J. West. travelling freight agent; C. C. Elder, commercial agent; E NJ. Iane commercial agent; w. E. Hur- ley, travelng freight agent; E. W. Mihm' commercial agent; J. G. Mitchell, travel 1 ing freight agent; w. F. Rodgers, com mercial agent; A. B. Collins, soliciting freight agent; H. c. Montgomery, solicit ing freight agent; W. H. Timberlake' commercial agent; A. C. Valentine, tray l cling freight agent