The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-24
RAIL AND CRoSsTIE.

The rails OF the Osceola and Lake Jesup
railroad have now been laid as far as Ga
briella, Fla, and the work of surfacing tie
road is going rapidly forward Trains will
probably be running In two or three weeks.
The Pennsylvania this year will expend
$4,000,000 in the construction of third and
fourth tracks, 81 100000 for real estate,
$4,000, 900 for locomotives, passenger and
freight equipments, and 50, 900, 00) in branch
and auxiliary lines-a total of S11, 800 600.
This amount is to be raise1 by bonds, and
other betterments will be made out OK the
earnings.
The work of the conductors convention is
about finished, and the meeting this year
has done more for the interests of the
knights Of the punch and lantern than any
convention which has been held in wears.
The elimination of the prohibitory clause
regarding strikes means considerably more
than appears on the face Of it. One of the
greatest abuses to which the men have
been compelled to submit is the whole
sale discharge of conductors with no reason
for their dismissal being assigned. A we'll
known member of the order, in speaking of
the matter, said; "Of course, it has always
been an open secret that the reasons for
these wholesale discharges have been the re-
suit Of the reports of the spoilers ana train
checkers employed by the compa-
MES. While / have nothing to
say about these men, still ths fact
is self-evident that they must make their
reports in such manner as will show to
the company that they are doing the work
expected of them. If they did not do this
they could not hold their places, and many
conductor has been fired without reason,
on whose character no one could ever find a
blemish. The day is coming, however,
when the companies will be compelled to
tell man why he has been discharged, and
If there is a spotter in the case they will
have to bring the men face to face, aud
right there and then find out whether the
spotter has been honest or not ia his re-
ports. Ii he has, why, the conductor must
go; and IL he hasn't, the man must be re-
tanned aud not thrown out of work, with
HI good name furnished, simply on the
word of lying spotter."
The conflict between the Southern Pass
enger Association and the non-association
lines will probably be brought to an agree
able ending. The general passenger agents
OF the lines not in the association held a
meeting in Birmingham this week for the
purpose of considering what was the best
thing to do under the circumstances. Those
who attended the meeting were: d. G.
Edwards, general passenger agent of the
Queen and Crescent; c. P. Atinore, general
passenger agent of the Louisville and Nash
vile; W. l.. Danley, general passenger
agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis; Patrick Rogers, assistant general
passenger agent of the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas; G. w. King, general
passenger agent of the Mobile and Ohio;
j. E. lockwood, general passenger
and Birmingham, and G. A.
Kniskern, assistant general passenger
agent of the Illinois Central. The AGE
Herald says: mo definite conclusion was
arrived at, but the probabilities are that the
gentlemen will shortly have conference
with the Southern Passenger Association,
and an effort will be made to induce that
organization to reconsider its action and
take the tickets, as they now stand, off sale.
The non-association lines are perfectly sat
lsfied with the low rate as made at Atlanta,
but they object to the open contract, non
limited form of the ticket. They desire the
Southern Passenger Association to make
the summer tourist tickets of the old-time,
lron-clad signature form, ard should thew
agree to this there will be no further trouble.
Mr.. Edwards, general passenger agent of
the Queen and Crescent, said, after the
meeting, that the roads running to the
south have had great deal of trouble in
getting the other northern roads to make
rates to southern resorts, and if the present
summer ticket was retained the other roads
would not touch the business under any
circumstance. He said that the open con-
tract non-limited ticket sold at the reduced
rate would greatly reduce the revenue of
the other roads, who naturally would object
to such a proceeding. The tickets were of
such character that they could be used by
any one at any time prior to Oct. 81. This
would interfere to no little degree with the
workings of the roads, as people would
ouy the tourist ticket in order to escape
paying the regular rate, no matter
whether they were tourists or not. Another
thlng which had to be considered was that
the tickets would afford fine harvest for
scalpers When asked whether or not the
association had placed itself in posi- ion
from which it could not readily recede, Mr.
Edwards said that it had not. Any organi-
zstlon had the right to reconsider its action
II IL found that that action had been i'm
polite. He said that the idea now was to
get the association to reconsider its action,
and to recognize the representatives who
met IN Birmingham as joint organization
working for the common good: No matter
what may be the result, he did not think
that there would be any serious clash be-
tween the roads and the association
why suffer with sick headache and bilious