The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-22
u. Y. Reunion
and Strike
There VIII Be Ample Time For
Veterans to Reach Home
Before Trains Stop Run
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Chattanooga, Tenn, DOT. Is
The only thing that is worrying the
officials of the Confederate reun-
ion committee now is the possibility
of a railroad strike on the evening
of October 80, and even that
should lot prevent the attendance
of all people in the Confederate
zone of the country upon the re-
union. All Of the committees
ureparations to entertain q large
crowd of people are about complet-
ed, and the hope is entertained
that fear of railroad strike Will
not deter any who have made
their arrangements to be in Chat-
tanooga upon the reunion occasion.
The committee, in the first IN
stance. does not believe there Will
be a strike, but even if there is
every visitor can leave Chattanooga
as late as October %, the day af-
ter the reunion closes. and reach
their homes before the strike be-
gins. They can travel from Chat
tanooga to the Atlantic seaboard In
"a hours; from Chattanooga to
central Texas in sc hours; from
Chattanooga to the Mexican bor-
der in is hours; from Chattanooga
to St. Louis in 80 hours; from
Chattanooga to Richmond, Va, in
22 hours; and from Chattanooga
to the center of Confederate terri
tory in less than one day.
Sixty hours will elapse between
the morning of October 2S and
the time set for the railroad strike,
and in that time a person can ride
almost to Denver, Colo, Or to Kan
sas City IN a little more than nall
the time. 1t is easily possible for
95 por cent of the people who at
tend Confederate reunions to leave
Chattanooga on the morning OF Oc-
tober. 20, two days after the close
of the reunion and reach their
homes before the date of the rail-
road strike arrives. Hence 1t ap--
pears positively sure that no visitor
to the reunion is in the least dang
er of becoming stranded even II
the strike materializes on schedule
time
The railroads have made public
their reunion tariff sheet, provld-
ing for the purchase Of round trip
tickets for the reunion occasion.
The price Of tickets from all sta
tons to Chattanooga is printed IN
the tariff in bold figures so that
there can not possibly be any mis-
understanding about either the
cost of tickets or the privilege OF
buying round trip passage. AS I,
matter of fact the printed prices
are for the round trip, clearly so
stated in the tariff sheet. The
fares are remarkably low for these
reunion tickets. The local agents
will doubtless supply the public
with all the information contained
in the tariff sheet. both as to price
Of tickets and the route Of travel to
and from Chattanooga. They have
been supplied with all this infor-
nation and it is now public prop
erts.
RnEae complaint has reached re-
union headquarters that local
agents We're not supplying informa-
ton is due to the fact that not un-
til Friday of last week had the
railway officials east of the river
completed their tariff sheets, and
in advance Of this very important
work, no Official information could
be impaired to the local agents.
Those agents who may have given
information were speaking without
official sanction, and in some in
stances the information they gave
the public was incorrect. One Of
these complaints came to the COM
mittee from Mayesville, KY. to the
effect that the local agent there
haG given out the information that
the cost Of a ticket to Chattanooga
would be $3.50 one way only. The
printed tariff sheet shows that the
cost Of q round trip ticket from
Mayesville, KY, to Chattanooga is
$3.50. The agent at Mayesville had
doubtless heard that reunion
ticket to Chattanooga would cost
the figure quoted and that it was
a one-way ticket 1t is 316 miles
from Mayesville to Chattanooga. or
632 for the round trip by the
nearest route. Selection of an
other route doubtless explains the
slight discrepancy between the rate
and the mileage. Other COM
plants have come from Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma, but the
facts are that not until this week
had the Southwestern Passenger
Association issued official orders to
their ticket agents in that Territory
Their rate is one cent mile west
OF the river. the same that the
Southeastern Passenger Associa-
ton has given east of the Mississ-
ippi. Official knowledge of the rate
is now in the hands of all railway
agents in the territory covered by
these passenger associations.
Raleigh. y. c.. Oct. 20.-J. T.
Harris was electrocuted in the state