The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-22
RAIL AND CROsSTIE.

$1,000 ANO SGOco lie
W. NJ Davidson Of jacksonville. general
passenger agent Of the Savannah, Florida
Soto. Ffe - VIC 10
The new private car Of Vice President
croker OF the Southern Pacific. the Mis-
havana, Is finished in mahogany, and cost
$4,000.
The Philadelphia & Reading has adopted
new code Of signals for the safety OF pas
senger trains. A blue signal will be dis
played for a period of ten minutes after
the passing of train. after which a white
one viii be sub5tisutei. TIE agents or
operators will give the signals.
The Ohio legislature has passed the bill
making it unlawful for railroad companies
70 employ any person as passenger con-
uoctor who has not had two years expert
ence as conductor on freight OF construc-
tion train or any person as freight conductor
wno has not had two years experience as
brakeman or trainman.
The common pleas court at PHILADELPHIA
nas decided that the Pennsylvania railroad
company is not liable for baggage lost 10
the destruction Of the train in the great
Johnstown flood of 1889, holding that the
disaster was unforeseen and came under the
heading of an act of God, for which the
company could not be held responsible The
decision was rendered in a suit to recover
soOO for the loss Of two trunks.
bill has been introduced in the Penn.
sylvania Senate which provides for the reg,
nletlon OF the passenger fare in the cars OF
parlor, chair aud sleeping car companies
doing business in the state, and making
them liable as common carriers and respon~
Side Tor losses OF personal property. 1t
provides that companies may not charge
more tnan one-foureh cent a mile for chairs
or seats, and one-half cent for berths.
The New York Central road is credited
with having more veterans in railroad
service, according to its mileage, than any
other road in tue country. Among the
Oldest engineers, who commenced service
with the company 10 the early fifties, are
jefferson Clark, Matthew Welsch, Edward
Shatfer, Charles Z. Clark and George
Brown. With the exception of jefferson
Clark, who runs one of the fast trains, the
others are 80 advanced in years that they
have been given easy berths in running yard
engines.
Considerable complaint is being made in
Florida and in Northern aud Southwest
Georgia that the Merchants week excursion
rates to Savannah do not go into effect
soon enough to allow the visitors to reach
Savannah before Monday morning and
noon. A great many who intend to visit
the city desire to reach here and make ar
engagements for accommodations by the
opening of the week. AT some points the
rates do not go into effect until Monday.
Last year tickets were put on sale from
distant points as early as Saturday after
noon.
10 H. White of New York. eastern pas
senger agent Of the Atlantic Coast Line of
railways, is stopping at the De Soto on his
return north from his annual trip south
over the line. Mr.. White is one of the best
known passenger agents in the business, and
Is well known in Savannah and throughout
the south. He has held the position of east
ern passenger agent of the Coast Line for a
number of years, and his success is attested
by the increasing thousands Of northern
tourists who come southwark every year.
tie is brother of Maj Joe w. White, the
popular travelling passenger agent of the
Georgia railroad.
THE General Time Convention, as the
title of the semi-annnal gatherings Of super
lntendents and managers for the purpose of
arranging the spring and fall time tables
has long been known, has now ceased to
exist, having been replaced by the "Ameri-
can Railway Association" The new name,
while less distinctive than the old, the
RdtLLCdy Age regards as much more COM
prehensve, and its adoption suggests the
fact that the scope of these half yearly
gatherings has been greatly enlarged and
that they will include discussion and action
in regard to various matters pertaining to
the operation of railways OF wider
Importance than the occasional changes
in the time cards. At the meet
ing Of the association just held in New
Y rk committees on car service, on train
rules and on safety appliances, made re-
ports involving considerable previous labor |
aud conveying much useful information on |
these subjects and although, as is apt to be |
the case in similar bodies, the committees |
did nearly all the work of the session, the |
of the attention of the practical |
men who compose the membership to |
further investig ltion of these and other |
practical operative questions cannot but |
prove advantageous to the service. Presi- |
dent Halnes, whose address a year ago |
attracted much thought, discussed, at |
the last meeting, the important
subject of discipline, pointing |
out the necessity of efficient discipline in |
the railway service in order to the safe and |
successful operation of railways, and call |
ing attention to the necessity of thoroughly |
educating employees in their duties as |
necessary preliminary to obedience to |
rules The address, the Age remarks, is |
well calculated to establish in the minds of |
the officers and employees higher idea of |
the dignity and Importance Of the railway
service in all its branches and of the peces- |
sity and benefits Of system, order and con-
scientious observance Of requirements.