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June 19, 1906
Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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Southeastern Passenger Association committee meets in Atlanta Wednesday to discuss labor shortages in the South and resolve mileage agreements for Central of Georgia and Georgia Southern railroads amid widespread demands for more workers.
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OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS LABOR
Passenger Agents to Have a Meeting This Week.
The conference committee of the Southeastern Passenger Association meets in Atlanta Wednesday, and the meeting is sure to result in the gathering of most of the head officials of all the large lines in the territory.
While there is no subject of special interest on the programme for this meeting, it is expected that the matter of bringing more labor into the South will be brought up for general discussion.
From every side come demands for more help, not only in the agricultural districts, but in the cities of Georgia and other Southern States. With the coming of these officials it is expected that the general passenger agents of the Central of Georgia and Georgia Southern will settle beyond all dispute the matter of these two roads entering the present agreement of most of the southeastern lines for interchangeable mileage.
Passenger Agents to Have a Meeting This Week.
The conference committee of the Southeastern Passenger Association meets in Atlanta Wednesday, and the meeting is sure to result in the gathering of most of the head officials of all the large lines in the territory.
While there is no subject of special interest on the programme for this meeting, it is expected that the matter of bringing more labor into the South will be brought up for general discussion.
From every side come demands for more help, not only in the agricultural districts, but in the cities of Georgia and other Southern States. With the coming of these officials it is expected that the general passenger agents of the Central of Georgia and Georgia Southern will settle beyond all dispute the matter of these two roads entering the present agreement of most of the southeastern lines for interchangeable mileage.
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Historical Event
What keywords are associated?
Southeastern Passenger Association
Labor Demands
Atlanta Meeting
Interchangeable Mileage
Central Of Georgia
Georgia Southern
Where did it happen?
Atlanta
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Location
Atlanta
Event Date
Wednesday
Story Details
The conference committee of the Southeastern Passenger Association meets in Atlanta to discuss bringing more labor into the South amid demands for help in agricultural districts and cities. General passenger agents of the Central of Georgia and Georgia Southern will settle their roads' entry into the southeastern lines' interchangeable mileage agreement.