The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
PREPARED
FOR REUNION TRAVEL
Largest Gathering In History of City
Brought ON Luxuriaus Trains
I'm superb Manner.
SERVICE WARMLY PRAISED
Southern Railyay Passenger Repre-
sentatiyes in Force for Attention to
Visitors.

On every hand is warm praise being
given the railroads for the splendid
manner in which the great crowd @:
reunion visitors have been handled in
to Richmond. They have come in
large parties and small in special
cars and on special trains, from dis
tant and nearby points. early and late,
and ever there has been that efficiency
and attention shown that has marked
the carriers service as near perfect
as 1t has been possible for human
minds to conceive.
The laymen and the ordinary trav-
eler atteding reunion or conven-
ton little realize the great amount of
work. though and expense to which the
railroads go In order to have the SER
vice at that particular time to and
from that special place handled ex-
peditiously and for the patrons best
comfort and pleasure. There have
been few gatherings held in the South,
as large as the veterans reunion now
in session in Richmond, and that the
immense travel into the city has been
so successfully handled speaks we'll
for the city's transportation lines.
large Force on Duty.
In order to provide the high stand
ard of service which has character
lied that line TO be known as 'tPre-
mier Carrier of the South" the South
ern Railway, has placed in Richmond
for reunion week the largest special
force of expert representatives in every
department of railroading that has
ever been sent for similar service
TO any one point. These men, who
iietad hainvy 4c ha {va
various parts of Richmond In various
capacities, each one wearing a. badge.
reading: Southern Railway Repre-
sentative" that they have been of in
valuable service to reunion visitors.
These representa- fifty-six In num-
Der. include:
Motive Power Department
r. c. Sasser, superintendent motive
power, Washington. D. c.: W. n.
Owens. master mechanic. Richmond.
Va: f. C. Deichert, road foreman of
engines. Spencer. n. c.; e. G. Burney,
road foreman of engines, Spencer. n.
C; J. L. Hicks, road foreman of en-
gines, Atlanta, Ga; w. r. Bailey. road
foreman of engines. Spencer. n. C.
Transportation and Operating Depart
ment.
H. e Hutchens. superintendent
passenger transportation, Washington,
d. c.; r. e. Simmons. general super
intendent. Richmond, Va: c. G. Ar
thur, superintendent, Richmond, Va;
w. T. Sutphen. trainmaster, Richmond,
Va; Jos. Byrd, chef dispatcher. Rich
mond, Va; r. c. Garden. agent. Rich
mond. Va; Thos. Smith. special rep
resentative of superintendent passen-
ger transportation, Washington, d. c.
Special Service Department.
~, w. Connolly, chief special agent,
Washington, d. C.; II. r. r. Moye, in
spector. Washington. %. c.; w. e.
Graves, special baggage agent, Wash
ington, ID. c.: w. s. Connolly. special
agent. Alexandra, Va: E. C. Rand.
special officer, Alexandria. Va: w. q.
Greene, special agent, Richmond, Va;
J. c. Seagle, special agent. Columbia,
s. c.; A. J. Jackson. special officer.
Danville. Va; W. NJ. Allgood, special
officer, Spencer. n. c.; l. r. Evans,
special officer, Charlotte, n. G.: j. W.
Partee, special officer. Toccoa, Ga; It.
y. Smyrl. special officer. Columbia. 8.
c: Michael Sage. special officer, Char
lesion, g. c.. W. e. Eagle, special
officer. Jacksonville. Fla; J. A. Coley,
assistant special agent. Macon, Ga;
w. A. Wright special officer, Rome,
Ca. d. ]. Readon, special agent. An
niston. Ala: A. A Beck. special off,
II
oficer KnoxviIIs Tam 7 n Green,
snaciaI ofyicer Anhville NJ g.. w n,
Carnenter snsrfaI offscer Memphis.
Tenn.
Passenger Tran7c Department.
n y cary general M ssenver agent
washington r.. q. & ryesauss,,ie
assistant general passenger agent,
Memphis. Tenn: r. w. Hunt, divis-
ior passenger agent Nashville Tenn:
+ p Martin aistrict passenger agent,
Chsttsnooxa Tenn: II r Creash' dis
,trict passanger agent Atlanta. Ga;
IA 7 lee, district messenger agent.
New Orleans, La: r.. L, BAYLOR. d.
vision agent. Atlanta. Ga. q. N. Nc
Lean district passenger agent Col
umhia s G.: Mauruyier Dent district
messenger agent. Aurustra. Ga: C C.
Stweart division PASSENGER agent,
Memnhis Tenn. 7 II. wood d,vision
ma asa nrer agent Ashv;lIe n g.. r..
II DaRntts divis,on messenger agent.
Charlotte \ g.. r. T. Jenkins. dis
trlct messenger agent. Washington. ID.