The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
TRAVELLING MEN ARE
 IN LIVELY. FIGHT
Railroad Rule On Mileage
 Books Is Objectionable
IN MOVEMENT
Georgia Railroad Commission Will be Asked To Take the Matter Up And Settle It On Differ
 ent Basis

Atlanta, January 3.-(Special) )-With the appointment by the Atlanta T. P. A. s of committee to take up the matter Of the abolition of the rule requiring that mileage shall be exchanged for tickets, the fight of the travelling men has reacheo definite and positive stage.
 The travelling men are going to take the matter directly before the railroad commission in the hope and belief that that body can find means to give them some relief, but If not they will not stop the fight there, going if necessary to the legislature and the courts.
 Since the matter has been taken up in Georgia 1t has come to the front in other states. and the travelling men through out the south are gradually becoming en- listed in the movement. President w. 0. Hudson of the National T. F. A. re- mained here to confer with the Atlanta post and to assist it in the preliminary work of getting the movement started.
 It is q movement In which the entire organization is becoming enlisted, and they propose to get behind it with a support that will come pretty close to having the desired effect.
 The strength of the railroad position lies in the assertion that the exchange of mileage for a ticket is a condition upon which the concession of 2-cent mileage was based.
 Notwithstanding this travelling men be- lieve the railroad commission, while it cannot force the roads to issue mileage, can make a rule that where mileage is the same as ticket. Anyhow, the travel ing men want the commission to make this ruling as a sort of test and see what will come of It.
 Numerous instances are being given of the inconvenience to which the travel ing public is being put through the mileage requirement, and at least senti- ment against the rule has been aroused to such pitch that there is going to be q stern tug of war before the matter is finally settled.
 Season Of Annual Reports
  when everybody is telling about what was done during the year and comparing it with what was done the year before.
 Atlanta's municipal reports show pro- gress along many lines, in some in stances very gratifying, in others only ordinary. Growth on the whole, though, is considered quite satisfactory.
 Atlanta's bank clearings for 1910 were s574 l64 915, as against s406, 6,049, 53S for 1909. The large increase over pre- vious years is accounted for by the fact that checks on out of town banks situated within the Atlanta territory, or within radius of 50 to 75 miles, are included.
 Building permits in Atlanta in 1910 ag- gregated s7,4o5,910, as against so,55l,951 in 1909.
 Atlanta's postoffice receipts in 1910 were sl .050, 512 as compared with $S53. 716 in 1909
 The total amount of money collected by the city from all sources during 1910 was .Sl, ,260, ,479. .32. The city finished the year with a cash balance of $1,220,077 and with a surplus above appropriations of sl447.
 There were laid in Atlanta during 1910 35.s miles of sidewalk and curbing; 10.94 miles Of new street paving, of which eight miles was chert and macadam, F 43 miles of new sewers.
 Grady hospital tlIe city's charity in- stitution, cared for 9675 patients In 1slo. as against 2932 the year before. The cost per patient, with an average of 127 per day. was reduced from .66 to s1. .65 per day.
 The fire department answered s9S alarms in 1910 as against 739 the year just closed being the largest on record in number of alarms. The total losses for 1910, how ever, were smaller, being sSls,2Oa, as against S352 S2S in 1909
 During the year 1910 the sanitary de- partment removed 255,293 wagons loads of garbage and trash, an increase of ap- proximately 1500O.
 During 1910 50316 persons each paid 10 cents admission to see the cyclorama of the battle of Atlanta at Grant Park. City Warden Evans attended 2S96 calls | for charity assistance during 1910, buried 46 white and 124 colored paupers and is- sued orders for transporting 59S men, | omen and children out of the city There were 1151 children haled before the juvenile court during the year. of which s1 were discharged as frivolous cases. others were variously dealt with. l The total number of arrests made by the police during the year was 1S,166. a decrease of about 800, as compared with 1909
 There were approximately 7s0o0,00o let tcrs and parcels handled by the Atlanta postoffice during 1910.
 | There were issued b ythe ordinary dur | ing 1910 1502 marriage licenses, or 5O6 less l than in 1909.
 | The foregoing constitute few of At lanta's figures and statistics for 1910 which are being published and commented upon with the close of the year. GIee Club Organized The Tech Glee club, which has been or ganized with 60 members, is now en- gagged in arduous practice and is get ting ready for it's first appearance, which will be in Atlanta on the night of Satur- day, January 21.
 Following the first concert here the Tee club will make brief tour, taking in the principal cities of the state, and may also run over to Alabama for one or two con- certs.
 The club has secured the services of a splended director, William Arnaud, the chorus of 40 voices is now in fine shape. The Yellowjacket orchestra, the Mando- lin club and the scrap iron" quartet, which made such hit last year, are all doing good work.