The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
Party Arrived in the City
Last Night on Special
Train
WILL TOUR DISTRICT
AND INSPECT PLANTS
Trip Part of a General Tour of All
Important Points on the Illinois
Central System Which
Started From Chicago

More than 70 officials of the Illinois
Central railroad arrived in Birmingham
about midnight last night for an inspec-
ton of the district. They came on a
special train of eight Pullman cars over
the Frisco from Aberdeen, Miss. D. w.
Longstreet of Chicago, freight traffic
manager of the system, headed the party
which consisted of the leading freight
and traffic officials of the road, the
commercial agents and the general
agents.
On account of the late hour of the ar
rival in Birmingham, the members of the
party spent the night in their cars, but
they will leave at 8 o'clock this morning
in a special train of the Birmingham
Southern for an inspection of the indus
tries of Birmingham and a tour of the
district. They will return to Birmingham
in time to leave for continuation of
their tour, going to cities along the
northern division from here. E. F. Stow
all, general agent, and l.. w. Collier,
commercial agent of Birmingham, are the
local men in the party. who are making
the tou. with the other officials of the
Illinois Central.
Today they will be met by local Off
Gals of the system, other prominent
railroad men. leading industrial operators
and others. The majority of the members
of the party have already visited Biz
mingham at some previous time, and ii
was stated that this fact would prevent
a longer stop here
GENERAL TOUR OF SYSTEM
The trip to Birmingham is a part of a
general tour of all important points on
the Illinois Central system. which started
from Chicago last week, and which will
not be concluded until August 10, three
weeks being spent by the party on the
quaint the officials of the commercial,
freight and traffic departments with the
situations existing at all important points
on the system, so that they might be In
better position to serve the road and to
give accurate information to the ship
pers and others with whom they had
business
This trip is a new departure in rail-
road management, but it Is one which
~ oiiiloCS W give Spl6UQlQ results, sale
Edward M. Bostick of the local Illinois
Central office yesterday. THE officials
of the road believe that it will be splen.
did thing If every official of the freight
traffic and commercial department is init,
mately acquainted with conditions at
every point reached by the Illinois Cen
trail lines. The members of the party are
being shown all the important Industries
hay a Atxriv
OF railroad and business conditions all
over the country and will consequently
be in better position to give the proper
information to the people with whom they
must do business for the Illinois Cen.
trail"
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
ne members OF the party reaching Bir-
bingham last night were:
/ u. w. Longstreet, Chicago, freight
traffic manager; V. D. Fort, Memphis,
assistant freight traffic manager: c. a
Cameron, Chicago, general freight agent:
Joseph Hattendorf, Memphis, general
freight agent; R. F. Reynolds, New Or
leans, foreign freight agent; William
Smith, Jr., Of Chicago, ]. H. Cherry of
Chicago, ]. L. Durrett of Louisville, F.
H. Law of St. Louis. and NJ L. Costiey,
New Orleans, assistant general freight
agents; J. w. Rhodes, Chicago export
civ AAAiPoAe dSCit, - I1dyuOCk 0dn FRAN
cisco, general agent; c. r. Phoenix, New
York, general eastern agent; E. F. Stov-
all, birmingham. general agent; c. ].
Grace, Boston, New England, agent; w
w. Stubs, Portland, Ore, general agent
H. G. Powell, Omaha. division freight
agent; DR.. A. E. Campbell of Chicago.
Mark Fentdn of Chicago, and G. B.
Harper OF Memphis, assistant industrial
and immigration agents; c. c.. Scoville.
Rockford, H.. contracting freight and
passenger agent, and R. l.. Anderson,
Chicago.
Commercial agents: F. A. Austin, Sioux
City; c. c. Backus, Milwaukee,; B. T..
Breckenridge, Evansville; ]. T. Bridwell.
Cleveland; L. w. Collier. Birmingham
J. B. Cenvery, Houston; James Culton,
Denver; j. A. Policy, Salt Lake CITY; T.
R. Fox. Los Angeles; B. w. Fredenburg,
Indianapolis; Hugh Hardin. Little Rock
Willis Mitzing. Nashville; H. A. Howe.
Buffalo, c. Klinger. Louisville; c. c.
Kunz. Dubuque; j. c. Lindsey, Seattle;
". c. Mason, Atlanta; j. j. McManus.
Jacksonville; w. F. Meath, Memphis; H.
M. Perryman. Kansas City; F. p. Red
man. Dallas; w. B. Ryan, Pittsburg; F.
A. Shaw New Orleans: G. A. smith.
Peoria; F. M. Stearns, Cincinnati; T. F..
Sweat, Detroit: C. S. Thompson, St Paul.
Travelling freight agents: y. H.
Boobro. Louisville; F. Bradford.
Fort Dodge. Ia; c. r. Calvert, Mem
phis; H. E. Cusie, Nation, Ill; L. L.
Eicholtz. Sacramento; W. NJ Frantz.
Cherokee. To-; M. J. Hanley, Freeport.
lIll. J. L. Jeffries. Jackson, Tenn: j..
IL. Manion, Memphis w. B. McConnico.
Baton Rouge; j. r. Mcmahon. Water
| loo, Ia; c. L. Netherlands, St. Louis;
r. D. Potts, Memphis; r. w. Quindley,
vicksburg; c. J. Ryan, Kankakee, Ill. !;
&c. E. Stailey, Oklahoma City; H. F..
Stanley, New Orleans; Ben Stone.
Bloomington. ILL.,; J. e. Wakeley, Car
bondale, ILL.,; J. w. Wenger. Cairo