Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-05
in HONOR OF FINLEY
Southern Railway President
Chief Guest at Banquet.
INCREASE IN THE REVENUES
Many Employees of the Passenger
Traffic Department
Present.

Passenger traffic department employees
of the Southern railway attended the
banquet last night at the New Willard in
honor of President W. w. Finley of the
road. the guests coming from every sec
ton of the country in which the South
ern maintains q representative.
In President F.nley's address he dwelt
upon the well directed work of the pas
senger traffic men, which. he said. had re-
suited in increasing the revenues of the
Southern for that department of its
business from S4.3:29, 1925 in 1895 to
SIG uJ6,3o3.16 in 1911.
President Finley. speaking of the per-
sonal relations of the passenger agent
with all classes of people, said that these
men have an exceptional opportunity Tor
Influencing popular opinion as regards
railroads. In these days of general re-
ad JUS ,ment of the reiations OF govern
meme 10 private and corporate business
activities ne saId, the passenger franc
zen Throughout me county are IN a posi-
tim TO renuer Il real service TO potn tnelr
road ana the puoLc, by spreading a
nnowleGge a~tudi railroad condi.iohs
among inose with whom they come In
contact
brlef addresses We're made by }. NJ.
Cup. vice president OF the southern, ana
by General Iounsei A. I. Inom.
List of Banqueters.
The banqueters also included III. b.
Spencer, vice president; +. ii. Coapman,
vice president and general manager W..
A. Henderson, genera. solicitor; l.. L.
Jeffries, general attorney; Z. b. Northrup'
assistant genera counsel; }. *. Graves
SOLICITOR; I'll. c. Ansiey, treasurer; L.
Green. freight trafnc manager; u. ~.
BroWder, assistant freight ndhdSeT, e.
ii. hemper, assistant contfoiier' II. II
Laushton, auditor; T.. t. farhanl, assist
ant treasurer and cashier: u. w. I@yior
general superintendent OF transportauon'
NJ. V. Ri.hards, land and industrial
asent: FL. Z. Waernicke, assistant lana
and industrial agent; K. W. Hunt super
intendent of ticket collections; George IL.
Smlta of New Orleans; W. A. Becker OIL
Cincinnati: William Pedrick of New
York; r. L.. Stall of Philadelphia; +. j.
Lockwood Washington: Omar -es L. Davis,
" arm Springs, Ga; L. f. Paine, Wash
inlton; ]. c. Williams. l.. Foreman, Ed
ward Birch, Guy Mauidin. Ralph Shrop-
shire, Harry Bell s. IL. HardwicA ana n.
F. Cary, Washington; {. A. Benscoter'
Beam, ST. Louis: G. A. De Saussure
NJ EN- 1his; C. A. Kline, Washington; l."
S. Brown. Washington; A. S. ThWeatt. New
ork: 4. FL. A, ker. Augusta; 4. e. Acee.
W as! ington; 4. r. boStWich, odehoon-
vile; r. L. Baylor. Birmingham: L. IL.
Burgess. Baltimore; j. S. Bloodwortn'
Savannah: H. l. Bishop, Washington;
S. E. Burgess. Richmond: H.. d. Boyn-
ton. Washington: III. II. Board, Chica 20;
r NJ. Balthis. Char ottesville: 7. j. Goa
nell, ST. Louis: Stanton Curtis. Chicago:
| w NJ Culpeper, Norfolk: r. S, Carroll,
| Washington: W. II. Caffey, Columbus,
Ca: C. R Chesney, Cleveland; G. w.
| Carter, Montreal: r. Il. Creagh, Dallas:
u ~ Macon
| Atlanta George c. Danies Boston: I.
| L. Dyer Washington: 5. NJ. Dent, Bos-
ton: r. H. IeRutts. Charlotte, n. c.: G.
NJ. Ellis. Knoxville: " L. Estes. Atlanta:
Memphis: A. NJ Frazier, Winston-Salem.
y. c.: j. t. Fowler. Washington: Will
/ liam Flannelly. Kansas City: c. w
| r etcl CT. Washir gton: r. Graham st.
| Paul: E. C. Gill, Wash.n ton; r. C. Hor-
ner. Philadelphia: Fl. I. He derson, Wash
I -s.or. y Hasrs9r, San Francisco:
II. S. Jennings. New York; j. o. Jones.
Raieigh: E. d. ia OBJ. Wash n to-: NJ.
c. Jones, Augusta f. l.. jenkins, Wash
ington: \. p JOHN or. Washington; f II.
ton: A. J. ee. New Or cans; T. +. Logan,
/ ] ouiSviiie: w. p. Lester Charlotte n. c.;
I H II. Little, Washington; I. w. Luckett.
| Washington: IL. II. Lusco nh, Boston: ID.
| Columbia, S. c.: T. B. Martin. Phi.aIel-
ph.a; JOIN Me, calfe, Montgomery. Ala
/ w. e Niece Charles on. S. c.. F. J.
Mucke nhaupt. Washington: f. A. Nc
| Dona.d. Richmond: r. McMillin. Hous-
ton. Tex: II. c. Motley. Chattanoo "a
Tern. ]. r. Martin. Chat anoosa. d. f.
Moncrief. Washi gtop; H. j. New, At
lante, Ga; Addison Outv ater New York;
w. I'll. Parnell. No folk, Va: A. ] Pc ton
Washington: f. II. Poston. Washington;
| F. J. Parker. Washington: F. b. Prison
Tampa, Fa.: G. r Petit, Jackso vile
| Fla; w. b. Peckham. Washington; f. p
Ramsey, Washington; ]. r. Riley. Wash
ington; j. u. Ruben Atlanta. Ga; j. T
| Richmond, Wash ngton; G.. c. Robson
Selma. Ala: w r. Roberts. Washington
| e. K. Steele, Charleston; +. S. Sullivan
Seattle. Wash; c. y. Smith. St. Louis; G.
e. Stewart, Memphis, Tenn; W. G. Spen.
GER Chattanoo- a, Tenn; L. d. Stratton
Evansville, Ind; b. II. Todd Louisville
| KY: w. r. Taber, Greenville. S. c.: c. G.
Thorn, New York: A. S. Thweatt. jr.
New York; II. a. Via, Washington; F. =
Westerman. Washington, c. w. West
bury, Philadelphia; D. f. Winstead
Washington; t. E. Warriner Wash. ng
ton: o. G. wilson, Asheville, y. c.; j. III
! Wood, Asheville, y. c.: G.. G.. Walker
| Washington. and Q. f. York, Green's