The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
President of Southern Rail way Says That He Is
 Feeling Fine
PARTY IS SHOWN
 THE FINLEY YARDS
Also Look Over Plants at Ensley. Visitors Entertained at Banquet by Local Directors--Nothing New
 Regarding Service to East

Fairfax Harrison and his guests on trip, the purpose of which Is to look over Birmingham, were entertained la si night at banquet rendered them at tho Tutwiler by the local directors of hi, company. He denied very forclbly the statement that he was ih. and to af those who saw him the president of tn. Southern railway seemed to he in pe,. feet physical condition.
 ''l am not i'll nor have I been III ir Birmingham" said Mir. Hari ison Ia Il night as he greeted many Birmingham people, and assured them that the repol about his condition was erroneous. T am feeling fine. l arose this morning a o'clock and spent rather busy dae looking over the propertes es of our com pany and the Tennessee Coal, Iron ald Railroad company In tn;s district. | car. not imagine how the rcpolt about iis heing Ill came about. attended a inpet ing in Atlanta at which Mr. Johnson. tii. president of the Norfolk and Wertoll was present, and l invited him and sst eral others to come nere and see B.r. m ngham. There Is nothing very new iH this trip
 It was stated that the plan of John l.. l<aul and other local men interested t1 the Alabama Great Southern and other lines of the Southern railway for new schedule to the east by way of the Nor folk and Western of which MT. Johnson is president, had not taken on any new turn. The statement was made that While Mir. Raul and others had naaf many oyertures to the management of the Southern for the new iirn nothing Ian Int al it aat ion uft that proposition. It fig stated, howevet that recent changes in the Alabama Greaf Southern, which are announced this morning, may have bearing on the plans to get better service over the Ala hama Great Southern lines to the east which has been the ambition Of MT. kai.l and others for sometime.
 Officials Here Yesterday
 The officials here yesterday inciuded MT. Harrison. l.. F.. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Raymond Dupuy, vice president and general man ager Of the Virg nian railway; ]. M. Cub of the Southern railway F. II. Coapman, vice president and general manager of the Southern railway; T. c. Powell, vice president of the Queen and Crescent route; H. B. Spencer. vice president oi the Southern railway; D. D. curran, president of the New Orleans end North eastern. With the exception cf Mir. John- son and MT. Dupuy the visitors are well known.
 The officials yesterday morning were taken over the Finley yards and George G. Crawford. president of the Tennesses Coal, Iron and Railroad company also showed them over the properties Of his company. In this way the visitors, as well us the officials connected with the Southern railway interests. found an op- portunity of seeing what has been dons recently on the properties of the Steel corporation in this district. They were very much interested and expressed thelr delight over what they had been shown last night at the Tutwiicr.
 Many of them were unprcpared to see such a wonderful era Of development here.
 At the Tutwiler last night the local of- ficials of the Alabama Great Southern rendered q banquet to the visitors, There were plates arranged for i2. The dinnef was attended by some of the most pronll- nent men In town. among whom were included, besides the visitors. the follow ing: w. W. Crawford. c. G. Crawford. F. H. Crockard, ]. b. Moore. A. W. Carey, Morris Adler, A. II. Woodward. |. l.. Scvier. E. w. Barrett. l.. M. Tutwiler, ]. II. Barr, C. T. Fairbarn. Robert Jenil- son. Sr, J. J. Smith, Frank r. Glass, A. c. smith. I. r. Young, F. w. Rucker, c. Exun, J. w. Mcqueen. II. L.. Ba6- ham, w. II. Kettis. ]. T. stokey, P. G. Shook. John l.. Raul and Robert Jeun- son, Jr.