The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-04
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The SoutLe-u Passenger Association
shows dis- os..51 d 70 Discriminate against
Saranuaz ~ - meeting al Ja,ks1lFi-is
On Ssturylsv II refused o give Ter the here
{. q tours. rates. although strongly urged
% Do so L elsuei. doul ties, that the
roads il reursse1ts would make more money
By a5ha-ias - policy that Influences a.
tourists coming south % 60 at once 70
Flori5a The reason Il gave for refusing
tie REQUEST il behSf Ct Savannah
was that Savannah gets more
Commercial travel than any other South
AtlE-tic coast city. and that II tourist rates
we're given her his travel would take sd-
vantage ot them. That does not appear e
D god reason Comparatively few CON-
ruercizl travellers would find Il possible to
take adv anszEe q them, because they SCI
dom come directly here from New York
Thsy step 81 slorg the route, frequently
going many miles away from the main line.
4 few, prouably, would avail themselves Of
then. but TIE amount that would be lost in
that way would Be more than made up by
the number OF tourists who would come 10
Savannah if the i8ducement Of tourist rates
were he'd cut, bat who would not come
sou.h ST all If there were no such induce
ment.
Savannah IS one of the most interesting
sud beautiful cities in the south Her at
fractions are sufficient to draw visitors to
her, and, beside, Ter citizens have erected q
magnificent hotel at great expense on pur-
pose TO accommodate tourists. Do the rail- |
roads purpose 10 ignore her enterprise aud |
her attractionsi Do they intend to use
their vast influence TO draw visitors away |
from her instead Of to herl
The policy adhered to by the Southern |
Passenger Association Is certainly not Just. !
1t is that kind Of policy thst makes the |
people insist upon railroad commissions, |
and all sorts Of stringent laws for the regu- |
lation Of railroads.
When Savannah was building her fine |
hotel the understanding seemed to be that |
the railroads appreciated her enterprise |
and would recognize Il in every way they |
could. Is the action Of the Southern |
Passenger Association at Jacksonville the |
kind Of recognition they purpose to give |
herl
Nobody thought when it was proposed |
that the railroads be requested to deal with !
Savannah as literally as they deal with |
Florida cities that the request would be re-
fused Ii was assumed that it would be |
granted promptly. No one in Savannah !
believed for & moment that there would be |
discrimination against her.
The granting Of tourist rates to Savan-
nan would not injure travel to Florida in
the least. Most Of those who would come
directly to Savannah would 20 20 Florida
before returning north. The railroads,
therefore, would lose nothing in the long
run, because the making Of Savannah a
tourist point would help to increase the
number of tourists
The fact that there is disposition to dis
criminats against Savannah is further
shown by the failure of the passenger as
ISOLATION TO increase the time which the
holders Of tourist tickets can stop over at
| Savannah. The time is now less than two
weeks-a very short time indeed Why did
not the association make it a mouth, or even
| two monthsl A concession Of that kind
would have been appreciated, and would
not have cost the railroads anything.
Savannah cannot afford to be dlscrimin-
ated against in this matter of tourist rates.
| She must continue to make efforts to get the
benefit Of these rates until she succeeds.
| She has right and justice on her side, and
with their assistance she can hardly fail.