The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-05
CONDUCTORS SEE THE CITY.
A Train-Ioad of Them Take in the
Town and Tybee.

A Train-Ioad of Them Take in the
Town and Tybee.
The Old Reliable Railroad Conductors
Association of the United States and Canada
invaded Savannah yesterday, arriving from
Jacksonville on the early morning train.
The association was on an excursion
through the south after its twenty-third
annual meeting. held in Chattanooga.
The association met in Chattanooga Oct.
90, and held a two days session. On Oct.
81 they left Chattan Ooga in special train of
seven Pullman cars, furnished by the East
Tennessee, Virgluia and Georgia railroad.
with General Passenger Agent B. w.
Wrenn in charge. The party
reached Rome in the afternoon,
and took supper there with Mr.. Wrenn, by
special invitation. At Rome Mr. Wrenn
turned the party over to Charles N. Right,
assistant general passenger agent of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
Macon, where they spent several
hours Saturday. From Macon they
were carried straight through to
st. Augustine. which they reached about
midnight Saturday night. Sunday and part
| of Monday was spent in st. Augustine, and
from there the party went to Jacksonville,
which they lett night before last for Sa-
vanuah.
About no people were in the party, about
sevsnty-1ve Of whom were ladies. When
they reached here they were in charge
| of Frank Nd. Jolly. district passenger agent
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia at Jacksonville, William Jones,
| travelling passenger agent of the East Ten
| nessee, Virginia and Georgia at Jackson
vile and r. R. Hargis of the Western and
Atlantic, and they could not have fallen
int no hav - hot 81 NJ oh
jolly is the name of the first of the three,
and jolly is his nature, and he
certainly gave the conductors jolly time.
| "Dick" Hargis Is the big mogul of the
Western and Atlantic. feet 4 in hight and
with voice like a fog horn, which was
heard long and often.
| The party filled the De Soto, and a large
| number registered at the Pulaski. They
| took in the town during the day and visited
| Thunderbolt and Bonaventure. They vis-
| tied the wharves and cotton yards and spent
| considerable time down among the ship
| ping.
AT 1880 the party took a special train for
Tybee, where they made short stay and
returned to the city ABOUT $3.50. They all
voted the beach to be very fine, but found
| little to attract them besides. They put in
the afternoon walking and driving over the
city in parties of two to twenty.
| The party consists of Charles W. Hum
phrey of the Lake Shore and Mi chigau
Southern railway, Toledo, O., accompanied
bv his sisters, Mrs. G. q. Sparkin and Miss
Ella Bliss; A. c. Sinclair and wife, n. G.
Young and wife, Chicago and Northwest
ern, Chicago; C. L, Hungerford, c. Z.
Hurd and wifs, c. c. Davis and wife, ILL
nois Central, Chicago; w. B. Moore and
wife, Missouri Pacific. Kansas City; ]. w.
King, Missouri Pacific, st. Louis; G. X.
Hanford and wife, New Y ork Central and
Hudson River railroad, New York; c. W.
Seiwell and wife, Wabash railroad, Dan
vile, ILL.,; A T. Rich and wife, Chicago
and Northwestern, Chicago, Mrs. w.
Q. Beckley, St Louis; Mrs. ). ID. Boyer
and Misses Oracle and Nellie Boyer, Pitts
burg; Miss Grace Hurd, Chicago; W. h.
Piper, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
way, Dover; j. r. Cal er, She andoah
Valley railroad, j. S. Bescher, Baltimore
and Ohio. Columbus, O.; A B. Bedell
wife and son. Mrs. w. II. Phillips and
daughter, Newomee. Mich. w. 5. Carey
Utica. n. Y; J. B. McBuritt. New York
Francis Cashen, Weatherly. N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. Rhine, Ogden, Utah; Lew d.
Stiuson. Terre Haute, lad. J. V. Sulis and
wife, Indiana; J. V. Dyer and wife, Miss
e. Parcher, Wolfair, Mass. w. f.
Mansfield and wife, Westernport
Nd; Frank Chafin, Charles Goetznan,
Boston, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. w. Canton,
Reading, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs c. H. Shep-
pard, J. Gibson, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. J.