The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
MEN IN SESSION
Conferred Over Passenger
Traffic Questions Here
TAKEN OVER THE CITY
Shown Some of the Sights of Bir-
mingham by John c. Lusk-Will
Boost Passenger Traffic to
Florida This Winter

With Samuel IIardwick, passenger
trafric manager. and II. II. Carey. gen
eral passenger agent. attending. a con-
ference was held here yesterday at
the Hillman hotel of the passenger
| Representatives of the Southern railway.
About 20 representatives of the pas
senger department from as many
points on the line assembled yesterday
morning when the meeting was called
to order.
The passenger officials discussed a
number of passenger traffic problems
that arise from time to time but the
conference dealt particularly with pas
senger traffic questions in this terri
tory. The officials discussed the new
Florida service lately announced in
Connection with the Frisco lines. IL is
understood that an extraordinary cam
paign Will be waged this season by
Southern railway and Frisco agents
to transport through Birmingham a
large volume Of Florida traffic.
The officials conferred with James
Freeman, lately appointed assistant
general passenger agent in this city
as to the work he will perform. Ac-
cording to the officials attending the
meeting. conditions are very good and
the outlook attractive for the incom-
ing season of railroad business
| After being in session some time the
officials We're taken in charge by John
C. Insk vice president of the Corey
Land company. and taken over the
district in automobiles. Mr. Lsuk. who
is a former Southern railway passenger
| official, knew all the representatives
here. He figured that during the sea
| son a number OF persons would inquire
about Birmingham while en- route to
Florida and he wished all the passen-
ger men to know about the city. He
accordingly carried them around High
land avenue. through Mountain Terrace
and up Altamont Road, and then to
Corey.
The visitors left for their homes last
night and included:
f. II. Coapman, vice president and
general manager s. II. HRrdwick, pas
senger traffic manager, Washington; II
r. Cary. general passenger agent
Washington; Il Sewer. general agent
/ - ~ DtilstOASiF acoAnAoAAh eSANfNA 49,
senger agent. Chattanooga; j. l. Meek
/ assistant general passenger agent, At
lanta; J. C. Beam. assistant general
passenger agent, st. Louis; c. A. De-
Saussure, assistant general passenger
agent, Memphis; c. A. Kline, assist
ant general passenger agent, Washing
Ton: w. f. MCGEE. assistant genera
passenger agent, Columbia, S. c.; James
Freeman. assistant general passenger
agent Birmingham; L. S. Brown, gen
eral agent, Washington: A. S. Thweatt
eastern passenger agent New York: c
| w. Westbury, division passenger agent
| Philadelphia; s. r.. Burgess, division
passenger agent, Richmond; II. H. De-
/ Butts, division passenger agent, CHAR
Iotte; ]. II. Wood. division passenger
agent, Asheville: w. II. Parnell, trav-
| cling passenger agent, Norfolk; q. X
| Petit division passenger agent Jack
sonville; Stanton Curtis. northwestern
| passenger agent, Chicago: A. j. Lee
district passenger agent. New orleans
r. L. Baylor division passenger agent
Atlanta W. II. Canney, division pas
senger agent, Charleston; c, c. Stew
ard. division passenger agent. Mem
phis: T. J. Cornell. district passenger
agent, st. Louis; 3. H. Todd district
passenger agent. Louisville M. Cox
we'll district passenger agent, BIZ
| mingham.