The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Movement to Bring Surplus Population to Birming-
 ham Meets Approval
TRAIN SERVICE TO
 BE INVESTIGATED
Harold States Project Would Prove of Mutual Benefit to Anniston and Birmingham-Commit-
 tees At Work

The Real Estate exchange has received the cooperation of the Civic association, the Rotary club, the Kiwanis club, the Chamber of Commerce and the business men of Birmingham generally in their ef- forts to bring officers to Birmingham for the week-ends from Anniston and Mont gomery.
 The Rotary club has named a commit tee to take up the project and furnish the necessary support. The Kiwanis club will act on the matter at their next meeting, and the Chamber of Commerce will send General Manager Everett to Anniston next week to make some investigations and to extend an invitation to all the off, cers to come to Birmingham when they can find it convenient
 The Civic association was we'll repre- scented in Anniston last week when Will liam N. Driver, chairman of the conven- tion committee, made weeks visit to Anniston and other north Alabama cities in the interest of Birmingham's business men.
 GO AFTER BUSINESS
 There is nothing for us to do but to go after this business, for in the final an- alysis that is what it is, and we must apply business methods to our system" 7" said MT. Driver. We must take what we can get, since we did not get what we wanted"
 Sol Caheen is of the opinion that we should investigate before we talk of additional service, for he states that it is possible that we have enough trains Rates may be the thing we are after" states MT. Caheen.
 We have four trains per day to Anniston now, and it may be that we have trains enough, but the question in my mind is whether or not we could get rates that would justify the people to make these trips often flat rate for the round trip that would be att tractive. or place the transportation charges on a communication basis would be satifactory. It occurs to me that the railroads should get in on this busi- ness, they should be as much interested as is Birmingham" said MT Caheen.
 HAROLD GIVES VIEWS
 The Civic associations executive off, fcer. Charles l.. Harold, is very en- thusiastic over the prospects for this
  Birmingham, and expresses himself very optimistically:
 ''The chairman of the Civic associa- tion's convention committee, W. N Driver. has made it very clear to us that Birmingham has only to go after this prospective floating shopping popu- lation to get it. A great number of people will follow their soldier loved ones and Anniston will be hardly able 10 care for them. Birmingham IS SC situated that these people can be taken care of here, with very little incon- venience to them. I certainly hope that Birmingham can, and the CIVIC asso- citation is behind the movement to se- cure this business. We do not propose to take away from Anniston anything that Anniston can take care of herself but we are, as a matter of fact, helping Anniston out" stated MT. Harold.
 TRAIN SERVICE
 There seems to be a desire on the par of Birmingham business men to aWal the experiment with the present tran service before asking the installation O of a new schedule or the putting on o another regular or "scuttle' train.
 The Southern railrsad in a letter to ; local civic organization, state that the, are at the present time taxed to thei utmost capacity to properly care To their present passenger trains in vleV of the enormous amount of freight tha they are now handling for the govern ment They feel sure that there is ad eauate train services to Annlston whel the freight situation is relieved and tha at this time it would not be consis tent for the public to ask for anothe train to Annistin.