The Twin City star., 1914-03-27

Our through trains are all equipped
with new steel coaches. The coach for
white passengers seats eighty-six peo
pie. for colored people fOrty-eight pas
sengers. The facilities accorded the
colored passengers are greatly within
satio between white and colored travel
The accommodations are identical In
every respect. e..
"On some of our principal local trains
take as an illustration the train ieav.
Ing Atlanta for Monroe. N. c., a dis.
tance Of 275 miles-the car which is
used for colored passengers eastbound
is used for white passengers west
bound, there being no arrangement for
turning the train at its destination. On
some Of our branch lines and some of
the minor accommodation trains, where
the character and extent Of travel does
not justify the higher class equipment.
the accommodate are not as good
Tor either white or. coIored, but as far
as we are able to provide there ia no
discrimination between the two"
MIR. w. w. Croxton. general passen.
ger agent Of the Atlanta. Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad company, says:
II am much obliged for sending me
copy Of an article recently published
by you in the Century Magazine. The
management Of this company want to
accord to our colored patrons consid-
Grafton and similar accommoda tons
afforded white travel.
II am familiar with the conditions on
our lines as ! spend greater part Of
my time on our trains, and 1t Is impos-
sible for me to believe the conditions
complained Of by you exist on our line.
However. have referred your article
to our operating department and have
asked them to make investigation of
conditions outlined In your article"
Mr.. q. T. Lamb, receiver Of the At.
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic Rail-
road company. states: II have read
your article with great deal Of inter-
est, and in reply thereto. beg to say
that so far as our company is concern
ed We are furnishing the colored trav-
!elers with practically the same facin.
ties as are furnished white people. All
Of our coaches used by colored people
are equipped with two compartments
one for the women and one for the
men, ,aif they do not care to smoke, as
well, % y smoking compartment. There
are separate toilets provided for the
men and women.
almost as a universal proposition
there Is no difference In the character
Of the equipment provided for the COL
ored and the white people. There is
not as much space provided for the
colored passengers. but what there Is
10 equally as good. There is sufficient
space, however, provided to accommo-
date our patrons. At all Of our sta
lions the waiting room facilities for
colored people are just about the same
az for white people.
There Is not lunch stand on our
road that is not only willing. but anx-
ious to sell to colored people all they
want, and at one point there Is q sep
arate window provided for colored peo-
pie, and while this is not true at Man.
chester the same people operate the
lunch stand at Manchester as at the
other point-viz. Cordele, and colored
people have no just cause for COM
plaint as to their ability to get some
thing to eat at these points"
w. G. Parr, vice president of the
Illinois Central company, writes: II
note in particular what you say about
the railways and will give the matters
to my personal attention to
zee to what extent we are derelict.
am sure, however. the matters you re-
Fer to have been greatly improved un.
1er the present management Of the II
inois Central We have had some Of
The other questions you raise under
for some time back We
abolished the supply train on the Va
zoo and Mississippi Valley railroad.
We have stood for exact justice to
,ur colored employees In other re-
,pects."
@. w. Pidrock. president Of the Geor-
yia Northern Railway company, re.
plies as follows: 81 have yours Of the |
9th inst, inclosing a marked copy Of
containing an article which '
7ou recently contributed to the Cen. |
:ury Magazine, and have noted with
interest what is said on pages 13. IA |
Ind Is. For your information ] beg
% advise that within the last three
7ears this company has purchased two
lew trains Of passenger equipment to
.over our regular runs between Bos-
on and Albany, Ca. and which com.
rise all Of our passenger trains. and
PARTICULAR attention was given to fur
iishing exactly the same accommoda-
ions for colored passengers as for
white.
'@The cars are duplicates and contain
eparate compartments for colored
mokers the same as the white cars.
Toilet facilities were also given the
anne consideration. likewise ventila-
lon. lights. etc. Would say that we
t all times try to give the two races
he same accommodations: but. Of
curse, you will readily understand
hat there are times when we have to