The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
Actual Number of Passen-
gers on Several Lines En-
tering City Is Given
NO ACCIDENTS MAR
FESTIVE OCCASION
Local Street Car Company Establishes
a Remarkable Record in Handling
630,9S6 People Without
an Accident

A crowd of 10000 visited Birmingham
during the reunion, according to a con-
sentative estimate made by r. A. Brown,
chairman of the Confederate Veterans
I eunion general committee
A list of passengers handled by the va
rious railroads places the number of
tickets actually handled by the railroad
offices at a grand total of 571O0. In adj
dition to the tickets which had to be
validated or handled officially by the pas
senger agents, there were thousands of
tickets that were not necessary to come
under the eye Of the ticket offices. These
tickets were straight ound-trip tickets
which were not necessary to have vail
dated.
The number of passengers handled
through the ticket offices of the eight
t1unk line railroads follows:
Frisco Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 passengers
Seaboard ................... $500 passengers
Illinois Central .......... $500 pa ssengers
Central of Georgia ...... $500 passengers
Southern ........-.......... 1000 passengers
Louisville and Nashville. 5000 passengers
Queen and Crescent -. 5000 passengers
Az B. and A. ........... 1000 passengers
Total .................. s.. 100 passengers
Fred Geiser, assistant general passenger
agent of the Seaboard, Atlanta, gave sew
eral hundred tickets to the Veterans Old
Home for the transportation of these
soldiers to the reunion. There was no
qualification with the exception of being
a veteran who was an inmate of the
Veterans home in Atlanta
RAILROAD MEN ASSIST
Hundreds of railroad men from all Sec
tions of the south came here to facilitate
the handling of passengers and trains.
Not a single accident occurred and every
train made scheduled time. The feat of
handling the enormous crowd with such
ease is regarded as remarkable by those
versed in railroad affairs.
Much praise is due A. S. Cliff, station
master of the Terminal, for the manner
in which he managed the enormous
crowds j. w. .Cornatzer, general pas
senger agent of the Seaboard, ST. Louis.
stated that in all his experience he had
never seen as little confusion as had been
at this reunion. Mr.. Cornatzer said. that
he had attended numerous reunions and
that at most of them the crowds coming
in and going out were congested and hard
to handle. The fact that all trains ar
rived on schedule time and departed ac-
cording to schedule and that not one per-
son was injured shows the efficiency of
the railroads.
In addition to the list of railroad men
who helped the Southern railroad, which
was published yesterday morning in The
Age-Herald, the following assisted in the
work of handling the crowds:
Frisco Lines: J. r. McGregor, d. P. A.,
minghAn; A. P. Johnson, D. P. A., Mem
phis; j. N Cornatzer, G. p A, st. Louis,
A P. Matthews, d. P. A. Atlanta; r. E.
Bowden, T. P. A. Memphis.
Sea aboard lines: H. E. Peasants, T. p.
A.. Washington; c. B. Ryan, G. P. A.,
Norfolk; Fred Geisler, assistant G. P. A.,
Atlanta; w. "A. Muse. IT. P. A.. Memphis;
Carlton. superintendent, Atlanta; ]. H.
Furman, train master; N. r. Colder,
agent, Memphis; J. III. Flythe, CONNER
.cial agent.
Illinois Central lines: Robert Anderson,
D. P. A., Birmingham; j. T. Hunt, travel
ing engineer; A. c. Linton, r. P. A., Man,
phis; G. H Bowers, G. P. A.. Memphis;
A. w. Ellington. train master
Central of Georgia: Henry Baldwin,
superintendent, Albany; J. L. Hunt, D.
P. A.. Columbus; D. T. Blake, c. p AND
T. A.
In addition to the above lists the other
railroads had from five to 10 visiting rep
resentatives to help in the work,
It is estimated by the Chamber of Com
merce that less than % per cent of the
homes of Birmingham did not have at
least two visitors for the reunion!
BOY SCOUTS
The Boy Scouts came in for more praise
from the railroad than any one else. Capt.
J. r. McGregor of the Frisco said: ST
have never seen the equal of the Boy
Scouts. No one seemed to realize what a
wonderful thing their organization was
until this reunion came off. They worked
like true soldiers.
mot a one of them accepted tip from
the veterans. They were as careful and