The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-09
SEEKING CHEAPER RATES
A CENT A MILE FROM SAVANNAH
TO THE MOUNTAINS.


So Rate From Atlanta to Savannah
and So From Macon - General
Passenger Agent Charlton's Plan for
Cheap Rates to the Mountain
Resorts-The Matter Now Before the
Passenger Association - Effect OF
Cheap Rates.
General Passenger Agent Charlton of the
Central railroad is trying very hard TO get
a low rate for summer travel to and from
Savannah, but has not yet effected it, al
though be is striving to accomplish part,
at least, of his original plan. His first idea
was to establish a uniform round trip rate
OF one cent per mile from Savannah 10
Warm Springs, Marietta, Salt Springs,
Iallulah Falls and other summer resorts,
tickets to go on sale for Saturday night
| trains good to return on Tuesday mornings
| following Mr. Charlton communicated
with the commissioner of the Southern pas
senger association on Aug. 8, but the mat
ter remains in stdtu quo, the other rail-
roads evidently thinking that If these rates
| were established south they would be fol-
lowed by like demand from other cities
| where the population is denser and the re-
| sorts are near by.
LON AAIES III The SEA.
ar. Charlton's next proposition, which
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Is willing to see adopted, is to have a low
excursion ticket for the rest of August and
the first two weeks Of September, from
Atlanta and Macon TO Savannah and
brunswick, with round trip tickets from
Atlanta to Brunswick or Savannah for So,
| and from Macon 10 Savannah or Bruins
wick for So on Saturday evening trains,
l good fn an, Mnn1oU trains Annli-
cation has been made TO the commissioner
OF the Southern passenger association, and
| yesterday kilograms were passing. The
| cooperation of the Savannah, Flor
| ida and Western railway and
the Brunswick and Western is
all that is necessary for the more complete
success of the plan, and it is not believed
that they will oppose the plan.
| PLAN OF THE EXCURSIONS.
| If they do it will not prevent the system
of low rate excursions proposed as the
| East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia can
reach Brunswick without the cooperation
OF the Brunswick and Western, and the
| Central can feed the East Tennessee, Vir-
gina and Georgia at Macon, and can reach
Savannah without the cooperation of the
| Savannah, Florida and Western, but if the
Savannah, Florida and Western and the
Brunswick and Western join in the move
ment, the East Tennessee, Virginia and
| Georgia will feed it at Jesup with the Sa-
vannah travel. and the Central will feed
| the Brunswick and Western at Albany,
with Brunswick travel.
| In an interview with a MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday, Mr.. Charlton said that
| he made the application on Aug. 4, and it
| ought TO have been settled before this time.
He intends, however, to have the tickets
| prepared, as he can see no reason why the
| application should be denied by the COM
| mis- sioner, for the Central and the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia have
Through lines, the one TO Savannah and the
| other to Brunswick, and it is only a ques-
| ton whether the Brunswick and Western
| and the Savannah, Florida and Western
want to share in the business The tickets
will be what is known as the Iron clad''
tickets to avoid having them pass into the
| hands Of scalpers.
| Low RATES SWELL TRAVEL.
Mr.. Charlton says that there is no doubt
| that low excursion rates swell the volume of
railroad travel, and thousands travel on
| these excursions who cannot, or will not,
travel at the regular fare. He cited the
tact that the Sunday excursion trains from
| Augusta ovor the Central have continued
to draw large crowds every Sunday to
| Tybee and new faces are seen on every ex-
cursion. The round trip fare on these ex-
cursions is but 81 95, the lowest, he thinks,
of any other railroad in the United States,
for as the distance is about 334 miles, it
brings the fare down to about .3S of cent
per mile aud the tickets are good for about
eighteen hours. The Savannah and Macon
tickets will be good for about thirty-six
hours. The proposed Macon tickets to Sa-
vahnah are 81, and as the distance is nearly
400 miles it will bring the fare to about one
half cent per mile.
TYBEE BEATS THEM ALL.
A -
Cumberland and st. Simons islands writes
that Tybee is a much more desirable beach,
and as the railroad runs down to the beach
in full view Of the broad ocean, it only
wants big hotel to draw from Birming-
ham, Columbus, Americas. Macon and
Atlanta, as to reach either Cumberland OF
st. Simons island a long boat ride must be
taken and street cars must be used in dis
tances varying from IL to four miles. The
writer predicts that next summer Tybee
will be better known and will be a great
summer resort because the hotel accommo
dations will be increased by the new $50 00(
hotel, and that il will be resorted to from
far and near.
Mr.. Charlton's attention was brought to
this, and he was asked If the writer was moi
a little visionary He replied that Tybee
cannot DO worked up in one season, but thai
1t VIII be great resort hereafter.
THROUGH TO THE SEA.
People will be pleased with direct ride
without change of cars, to the ocean
Augu to has found Tybee pleasant resort
and other cities will begin to look this way
Mr.. CHARLTON said that with the completion
of the road from Amerlcus to Savannah
the distance irlm Birmingham to Savan
nah will be reduced to 425 miles, and that
schedule might be arranged for trains tt
leave Birmingham in the evening, and in
thirteen hours run excursionists coulC
breakfast in full view of the ocean without
having changed cars.
Mr.. Charlton says that tickets will be pu
on sale on Saturday next at all points OF
the Central at cent per mile for the Chau
tauqua at Salt Springs, to give the people
an opportunity to hear Rev. MIR. Talmag'
preach there next Sunday. The tickets
will be good for five days.