The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-06
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1885,

Her cargo capacity is about 2,400 tons dead
weight on draft of 1716 feet She carries
1000 bales of cotton.
The steamers of the fleet carry 5000 to
1000 bales of cotton each, and 100 or more
tirst-class passengers, and have long been
known to the travelling public as unsur-
passed IN safety, speed, comfort and ele-
gance, and patrons of the line can feel
assured that no efforts will be spared to Sc
cure their personal comfort while travelling
by this favorite route, and that all ship
ments of freight will be carefully and
promptly handled and forwarded.
The Ocean Steamship Company con-
templates building two additional steamers
for the line, and in the comparatively near
future daily line of steamers will doubt
less be in operation between Savannah and
New York.
The line formed by the Ocean Steamship
Company and the Central railroad and con
nections is already carrying large freight
traffic between the east and Memphis, Kan
sas City and other points west, actually
competing successfully in rates and time
with the all rail routes.
Gen. G.. NJ. Sorrel is general manager of
the Ocean Steamship Company.
Toe general officers of the system are as
follows
President-E. P. Alexander.
Clshier-T. NJ. Cunningham.
General Mauager-M. S. Belknap.
General Manager o ean Steamship Com
pany-G NJ. Sorrel
Comptroller Mcintyre.
Traffic Manager-W. f. Shellman.
General Freight AgenU-G. A. White
head.
General Passenger Agent-E. T. Charl-
ton.
General CONSOLIDATION & Cunning
ham.
These gentlemen are all experienced and
faithful servants Of the company, each one
perfect master of his own department.
Maj. NJ. S. Be!knap, albeit still young
man and comparative stranger, stands in
the very front rank of railway experts
Already the impress of his genius and en-
larged views is felt and recognized in every
department of the Central railroad system
He is in every respect sagacious and pro-
gressive official The names of Messrs. G.
A. Whitehead, W. f. Shellman and E. I.
Charlton, are household words in Georgia.
while who does not know Gen. G. NJ.
Sorrel the able manager of the Ocean
Steamship Company: The President of the
Central system.
GEN. E. P. ALEXANDER,
has certainly won his spurs in railroad
circles. The success of the great work
entrusted to his care, with its multiform
and diversified ramticatious, is most won
derful. Witness in two brief years the
result, as shown in generous dividends,
new enterprises either accomplished or in
process OF construction, constantly in-
creasing territory tributary to Savannah,
and probably when its vast proportions are
considered. the best regulated and managed
railroad system in the union.
Mr.. Alexander, though bold and even ag-
gressive in his policy. is always wise and
judiciouS in his conclusions. He informed
the writer in a recent interview, that the
road had all the business it could possibly
handle, end very large additions to the roll
ordered for the winter business. Truly
should our city be proud of the 'old Cen
tral, through whose instrumentalitY in no
little degree, is due her advance in popula-
ton from 1000 souls in 1910, to $4,000 in.
1888. All honor to the president and man
ayers of this great thoroughfare.