The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-27
THE PASSENGER AGENTS.
Sixty More of Them Stop Here on Their
Way North,

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The second party of the General Passen-
ger Agents, mostly from the Northwestern
roads, arrived in Savannah yesterday morn
ing on their way North from Florida.
There were about sixty in the party.
They left Jacksonville Sunday night
in special train Of Woodruff
sleepers and reached Savannah at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. They
breakfasted in their dining car and re-
manned on board the train until after it was
transferred to the Central railroad depot,
when they We're taken in charge by the
local passenger agents and carriages were
ordered and couple of hours we're spent in
driving through the city and out to Bona
venture and Thunderbolt At o'clock the
party was dined at the Pulaski.
The heavy rain which fell during the rest
Of the afternoon kept the visitors indoors.
They left at 500 last night, and will go
through TO Chicago via the Evansville
route.
Among tAose In the party were A. j.
Smith, LaR Shore and Michigan Southern,
Secretary of the General Passenger Agents
Association George King, Of the Michigan
Central; George NJ. Gay of the Pullman
Sleeping Car Company; w. A. Thrall, of
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad; G.
i. Lockwood of the Grand Rapids and In
diana railway, and wife; b. f. Homer of the
New York, Chicago and ST. Louis railway,
and wife, Miss Mary Smith, of Cleveland
Miss Nelson, of Nashville; James f. Agler,
OF the Union Pacific railway, and wife;
George II. Daniels, Vice Chairman of the
Central Traffic Association, wife and daugh-
ter; f. II. Crane, Superintendent of the
Woodruff Sleeping Car Company; H. c.
Townsend, of the Missouri and Pacific rail
way; J. w. Coleman, of the Illinois Cen
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railway, and Miss NJ. l.. Chandler, of st.
Louis; w. II. Lyford, Attorney for the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad and
the Chicago and Indiana Coal Company,
and wife; ID. l. Roberts, of the Pennsyl-
vania line, and wife; William Murray, Cen
eral Southern Agent Of the Illinois Central;
w. l.. Danley, of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis railway, and wife;
John w Radey, of the Chesapeake and
Nashville railway and family; w. H.
Grant. of the Cleveland, Lorraine and
Wheeling railroad; r. NJ. Case, Private
Secretary to Vice Chairman Daniels of the
Central Traffic Association; j. c. Daniels,
Of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Robert d. Mar
tin, of Rand, McNally & Co.; Mr..
{. W. Hornick, of the st. Paul
Pioneer Press, and wife, and Miss
Wyncopp, of st. Paul; Robert D. Geer, of
Mathews, Northrop & Co, Buffalo; w H.
wife, of Chicago; Mrs. James jackson and
Miss Julia jackson, and William Hill, Gen.
Passenger Agent of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois railroad, and wife and Mrs. c.
w. Adems and Mrs. O.. w. Ruggles, of
Chicago.
The party was in charge of Mr.. Hill, who
was joined at Jacksonville by John H. Crit
fin, General Travelling Passenger Agent of
the Evansville line, and who brought the
excursionists to Savannah, and had charge
OF them here. The rain yesterday after
noon interfered with the programme
for their entertainment here, but
they were a jolly crowd and made
the best of everything. They left last
night delighted with their trip South and
with the welcome they have everywhere re-
ceived
The party is travelling with every COM
fort that elegant cars can give. The dining
car attached to the train is one of the finest
i'm the service. The bills of fare are elegantly
got up and the menu is elaborate.
On the cover of the menu card in one cor
ner is the picture of a snow covered train
driving through the drifts with the locomo-
tive tender covered with ice, and the car
windows frosted. In the opposite corner is
a tropical scene with flowers in full bloom
and orange trees laden with fruit. The OK
cursionists at either end Of the route can
appreciate the picture.