The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-30
THE HALL OF FAME
By CLYDE ". ENNIS
James W. Evans

he will stand about as much chance as Chain has of being elected President
 The work business is not knew. Far be 1t from. It has stood said James in good stead for many years. Looking back be- fore our esteemed friend, A. Griggs was given the merry init and immediately be- came president of a furnace company | in Cedartown, we find James working as l he also worked In Chattanooga. He went to that place of hills from a real big
 railroad One day the private car of one Horace Baker, general manager, rolled into the yards there. While the switch
 men were nervously unhitching tse roll ing palace preparatory to linking into onto fast train. Fl. B' received a call from his old friend, "J w. E''e Brother Baker has grey eyes and grey hair. He can say mo in 40 different languages
 and is called 'the wizard of transporta- tion." Therefore it is safe to assume
 that he knows live one when he looks
 him over. He gave James W. one look and says quietly: "Ohi James how about running down to that place called Bir- mingham and taking over that division as superintendent, Have cigar" or words to that effect. Of course James being a hard working mechanical department head could hardly see an operating of flee However Horace put it over again and we find U. w" in our midst He has been on the job from the time he bounced off No. l one fine bright morn ing until this Is written. He will con- tinue to be on the job when one next hears a murmur of him. He is the real working man of the A. G. s., and when anything goes wrong he is on the tack before John Winston wakes up.
 He worked away here for some years until now he has placed the local division among the top notchers on thNQueen and Crescent There is no question about the tremendous task he has assayed to handle, yet he has handled it. We spoke of his name being work Well, he worked so hard and made such hit with his as- socates on the Terminal board of con trol until they said to themselves: This is a big job We can't do 1t, so let's hand 1t over to Jim Evans" So they handed 1t over to him. When they next hear of that job he will be running it. And if some recalcitrant semi-official thinks he has an easy mark and can put one over he has only to try one to get a rude awakening. The general idea is that "J. w. D." will turn the Terminal around once or twice and make it face First avenue, put HIS TelOItndl1On VIII narule go that far although he is still the willing worker.
 He can surprise one with the vast store of information which he possesses and can tell a story about as good as any of them. Among the railroad men he is ex- ceedingly well liked, while on his di- vision the entire bunch will spend day at 'Ipse" if by so doing they think it will please the 'old man" Which is to say that he is popular.
 MT. Evans may be. depended upon to give the Terminal properties a straight from the shoulder administration. He Is well poised for acts instead of arguing, and is quick to make up his mind. Tn fact his mind belongs to that working organization, although one might in the rush overlook that part of it.
 MT. Evans is a Shriner, high degree Mason, and the father of three charming daughters. and a well equipped son.