The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-23
One Cent a Mile
Rate Will Take Big
Crowd to Washington
(By Associated Press.


Washington, d. c., Nov. 21.-A
one-cent mile passenger rate from
all points in the South is expected
to bring to Washington one of the
greatest crowds in its history for
the twenty-seventh reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans and
twenty second annual reunion of
the Sons of Veterans.
H. F. Carey, general passenger
agent of the Southern Railway,
chairman of the finance committee,
announced that a recent meeting OF
railroad officials a one-cent fare per
mile each way had been agreed up
ON as a patriotic and sentimental
concession to the Confederate Vet
Grams and that is making this ar
rangement the railroads were actu
ally putting into effect rate less
than cost The effect of this, he
explained, would be to bring rec
ord-breaking gathering, comparable
only to the inaugural crowds, and
possibly surprising them.
Mr. Carey, accompanied by Fred
A Emery, of the finance committee,
conferred at Baltimore with COM
mittee of representative citizens, in
Guiding Herbert Sheridan, traffic
manager, Chamber of Commerce,
George P Nelson, superintendent
Baltimore Bargain House; Major
Barton. Robert Beacham. secretary
Merchants & Manufacturers Asso-
citation; Writ Steel, manager of the
City Club, and Others. The Baltimore
men, representing large interests in
that city, were enthusiastic about
the convention. having in mind par
ticularly the close commercial and
sentimental relations. between Bal
timore and the South The organ
iZation of Baltimore committee TO
handle the question of financial CO.
operation in taking care of the Con-
Veterans was assured as a result of
the conference and the movement
will begin at once.
The one-cent fare arrangement,
as explained to the committee by
Chairman Cary, meant that the rail-
roads of the South have arranged
for the lowest railroad fare to
Washington and return from all
points in every State in the South
and Southwest that has ever been
authorized-one cent a mile in each
direction-,and that this will attract
a great many thousands of visitors
to the national capital at a time OF
the year when Washington is at its
best THE railroad fare" Mr.. Cary
stated, "is sentimental and pa
triotic action and arrangement on
the part of the carriers" The fare is
put as low as $13.25 round trip
from Atlanta. SIC, 6 from Birm-
ingham $685. from Jacksonville
sea- from New Orleans and SIM
liar reductions as sentimental AMI
patriotic concession to the Confed-
crates all over the rest of the South
The committee will rease 100000
to entertain the veterans. Active
steps in this direction will begin al
once and every citizen of Washing
ton will be expected to respond
promptly and generously. The COM
mittee will divide into sub-commit-
tees in charge of the various lines
of business and industrial activity
activity in Washington and confer
ances will be held separately by
these subcommittee with those
lines of business for which the sub
committees are held responsible. In
the meantime Baltimore is proceed
ing under its own plans with view
to organization for raising upwards
of $4,000 of the total amount.