The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
OUT FOR A GOOD TINE.
PHILADBLPHIA'S CITY COUNCIL
MEN TAKE IN SAVANNAH.

Sixteen of Them Stop Here After a
Tour of Florida They Visit Chief
Firemen Fernandez and Drive
Through the City 49, The Way They
Travel and Live-A Jolly Crowd and
Who They Are.
Chief Fireman Fernandez had about as
lively party of visitors yesterday as often
come to Savannah. They were sixteen mem
bers of the Philadelphia City Council, who
have been making tour of Florida and
stopped on their way North to 'do" Savan
nah.
The party left Philadelphia a week ago
yesterday in the special car, President"
and went straight through to Florida.
Their objective point was Kissimmee, where
some of them are Interested in the large
sugar interests at that place and Runny-
mede. While those interested took the op-
portuDity thus offered TO visit the scene of
the great sugar mill interests of ST. Cloud,
the main object of their trip was for pleas
ure.
TRAVELLING IN LUXURY.
The PRESIDENT car, in which the party
is travelling, is most luxuriously appointed
Pullman hotel and sleeping car. 1t is YER
table palace on wheels finished in mahog-
any and maple, and upholstered in rich gar
net plush, and is provided with every con-
venience to render such trip rare pleas
ure. 1t will comfortably accommodate
twenty sleepers. The Councilmen have
their meals served on board, and they are
provided with everything that the heart
can desire, and which is served up in the
highest style of the culinary art.
The marty was met at jackson villa nv
Hamilton Disston, who went through with
it to Kissimmee. From there the junketers
went to Orlando and Enterprise, and on
their way back took in st. Augustine. They
lett Jacksonville Friday night and will
reach Philadelphia tomorrow.
CALLING ON CHIEF FERNANDEZ.
Chief Fernandez was at the Marshall
House yesterday morning when the fire
alarm bell struck one tap. Thinking that
something was wrong the Chief jumped
into his buggy and went galloping to
headquarters When he arrived there he
found a crowd of strangers around the
engines, and one Of the lremen on
duty waved to him that everything was all
right. The alarm had been struck To bring
him to headquarters. 1t was rather an
unusual proceeding, but the occasion was
an unusual one.
When the Chief alighted from his
buggy he found himself surrounded by
the Philadelphians nearly every one of
whom he knew when he was member of
the Philadelphia Fire Department.
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
The visit was a surprise, but the Chief
was equal to it, and he took the visitors I'M
der his charge and showed them the points
of interest about the city-the Guards
and Chatham's armories. the Exchange,
the Park and drove them out Bull street,
stopping at the Jasper monument. Some
of the party went ont to Bonaventure
Their time was limited and what they saw
was seen in hurry. After driving through
the city for a couple of hours they returned
to their car and left on the fast mailn for
Charleston, where they stopped last night
THE VISITORS.
The members of the party are: E. w.
Patton, of the Twenty-seventh ward
Mes,rs. Charles K. Smith and Atwood
Grace, of the Twentieth ward; Andrew
Maloney, of the First ward; Squire Nc
Mullen of the Fourth ward; Thomas Ryan,
of the Sixth ward; Harold Mann, of the
Tenth ward; Edward Matthews, of the
Eleventh ward; George Grim, of the Thir-
teenth ward; Joseph A. Abrams, of the
Fifteenth ward; Isaac Wilde, of the
Twenty-first ward; Joseph A Brown, of the
Twenty ward; Messrs. Carroll R. Will
liams and Daniel jerks, of the Twenty
fourth ward; Messrs George W. johnson
and John baldwin, of. the Twenty-ninth
ward; and Prothonotary William b. Mann.
They are a jovial, jolly crowd and are
bent on getting all the fun there is to be had
out of the trip.