The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-17
TRAFFIC EXPERTS
in SESSION HERE
Southern Railway Employees
IN One Department Meet
at Raleigh.
DINNER 70 W. W. FINLEY
Handing Of Increased Business on
All Lines Is Discussed
BY Delegates.

One hundred strong, the passenger traf-
hc department representatives OF the
Southern Railway from all over the Unit
ed States and Canada met yesterday
morning at the Raleigh Hotel for a two
days meeting. In line with the progress
siye policy of the Southern Railway,
these meetings at Washington of all out
side representatives Of the passenger de-
partment are annual occurrences and are
for the purpose OF discussion and inter-
change of views relating to the business
generally. Better methods of handling
the already vast and constantly increasing
traffic of the system, which embraces
more than 700 miles through nine Of the
ten southern States. is the result.
Last evening at the New Willard Ho-
tel. the passenger men rendered din
ner to the president of the Southern
Railway. W. W. Finley: vice president.
Mr.. J. ". Culp. and other officers and
guests.
In addition to Mr.. Finley and Mr.. culp
the following guests were present:
Messrs. II. b. Spencer. vice president:
+. H. Coapman. vice president and gen.
eral manager; R., d. Landlord. vice
General counsel; W. A. Henderson. gen.
eral solicitor; L. z. Jeffries, general at
torney; C. B. Northrup. assistant gen.
eral counsel; H. C. Ansley. treasurer;
A. II. Plant, l. Green, Randall Clifton.
E. n. Kemper, II. H. Laughton. E. F.
Parham. G. w. Taylor, II. E. Waernicke,
r. w. Hunt. Fairfax Harrison. G. II.
Smith. W. A. Becker. c. B. Rhodes. w.
II. Tayloe, E ]. Chism, c. NJ. Bodum,
H. w. Miller, E. ]. Lockwood. F. s.
Wynn. E. E. Paine, J. c. Williams.
Lauren Foreman, Edw. Birch, Guy z.
Mauldin, Ralph Shropshire. Harry Bell,
w. S. Camp. and A. S. Thweatt. Jr.
Among Those Attending.
During the course of the evening much
amusement was furnished by number
Of stunts" which were pulled OF by the
passenger men.
Those attending the business meeting,
as well as the dinner, were:
S. II. Hardwick. II. F. Cary. c. A.
Benscoter, J. L. Meek, ]. c. Beam, c. A.
De Saussure, W. z. MCGEE James Free
man, E. n. Kline. F. N. Westerman, A.
E. Acee, A II. Acker. II. II. Bacon, c.
H. Ball, E. NJ. Barnes, Z. E. Barry. r.
l.. Baylor, II. l. Bishop. ]. S. Blood
worth. H. H. Board. c. P Boswick, II.
d. Boynton, L. s. Brown. r. X. Brown.
L. H. Burgess, S. E. Burgess, w. II.
Caffey, F. S. Carroll, G. w. Carter. I.
w. Carter, C. r. Chesney, T. J. Connell.
r. c. Cotner, L. r. Covert, NJ Coxwell,
A. NJ. Crawford, r. B. Creagh. W. n.
Crymes. Stanton Curtis. G. c. Daniels.
Devries Davis, S. NJ. Dent. r. II. De-
Butts. A. B. Dodge. G. P. Button, T. L.
Dyer, W. J. Earls, J. a. Edwards, X. p.
Edwards, G. NJ. Ellis, V. L. Estes. P. n.
Estes, G. A. Fisher. T. F. Fitzgerald.
William Flannelly, ]. T. Fowler, A. z.
Gay. j. H. Gentry, E. c. Gill. A. R.
Gould. r. H. Graham. II. B. Griffith. A.
B. Griggs, ]. N. Harrison, H. T. Hender-
son, L. H. Holsinger, r. c. Horner. Will
lam Humphreys E. G. Irwin, z. d.
p. Johnson. c. F. johnson, F. H. Jones,
J. o. Jones, NJ. C. Jones. H. C. King.
Porter King. r. NJ. Lawrenson, A. J.
Lee. II. II. Little. ]. F. Logan, T. W.
Luckett. s. II. Mclean. z. A. Mcdonald.
F. r. McMillin, 7. B. Martin, p. R Mar
tin, ]. r. Martin, John Metcalfe, H. C.
Motley. F. ]. Muckenhaupt, II. ]. New,
Addison Outwater, r. J. Parker, W. H.
Parnell. W. B. Peckham, G. r. Petit,
F. B. Pinson. A J. Poston, F. II. Poston,
E. P. Ramsey. o. A Reynolds, ]. T. Rich
mond, J. F. Riley, W. r. Roberts L. D.
Robinson, G. c. Robson, ]. D. Ruden, v.
B. Shiel, c. n. Smith, w. c. Spencer
G. R. Steele, n. N. Stem, c. c. Stewart |
z. S. Sullivan, W. r. Taber, W. R. p.
Taylor, C. c. Thorn, A. s. Thweatt, @. |
NJ. Trickett, B. H. Todd. r. S. Turk, |
]. H. Van Week, II. A. Via, George c.
Walker. r. p. Walker. H. G. wsrburton. !
E. Warmer. c. W. Westbury, o. c. Will
son. D. z winstead. ]. H. Wood, and |
o. F. York.
Another business meeting will be held |
al the Raleigh Hotel this morning after |
which the various representatives will re- |
turn to their respective headquarters.