The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-10

81 am delighted to see you," responded
the Cambridge statesman, at the same
time extending his hand "You hold a
pass, of course, governorg' The command
er-in-chief of the military forces of the
commonwealth began fumbling about his
pockets and soon produced very long slip
OF pasteboard that was very yellow on one
side and very green on the other. "This Is
not a pass, it's a regular ticket" said the
surprised conductor. "Why, know that:
you look astonished." "Well, l should
say l ought to be astonished,
for this is the first time dur
ing my long connection with railroading in
this state that | ever took paid ticket from
one of our governors" This confession
amused the governor greatly, who went on
to say: ut has been one Of my unvarying
rules never to travel at any company's ex-
pense except when on official duty" The
conductor punched a three-cornered hole in
the ticket, and was heard to say: 81 have
carried governors worth all the way from
100000 TO $4,000, but this is the first time
lever knew Of the head of the state paying
his travelling expenses"
The recent inspection of the Georgia Pa
clhc road by a party Of the company's
officers and some outside capitalists, it is
SAID, was for the purpose Of finding out
whether the line is e paying one or can be
made one. The financial editor of the Bal
tlmore Sun. who was in the party, says:
1T was essentially business inspection. in
which the material aud industrial develop
ments and possibilities received close atuen-
ton. The Georgia Pacific is one of the i'm
portaut members of the Richmond and
Danville family OF railroads, and in the dis
cussion of the Richmond Terminal affairs it
has come in for good share of notice. The
inspection of it demonstrated to the tourists
that the whole road of over $50 miles in
ClndlnT branches hn bod 20
good physical standard, without extrava-
gance OF outlay at any point, and
that it is in condition for handling, econom-
ically, large traffic. That is the basis of
good railroad management, and it must be
left to the Wall street critics TO settle the
question whether the railroad people have
done we'll or i'll in that sort Of work for the
Georgia Pacific aud the other Richmond
and Danville roads The Georgia Pacific
railway was finished in 1889. In the year
ended June 30, 1890, it earned SO, ia per
mile; in the year ended June 80, 1891, the
earnings were 50 ,404 per mile; the earnings
for the current year are expected to be
81, 900 per mile. The net earnings OF the
road in the past month of October approx
mated $50 900 The Georgia Pacific In its
second year earned nearly as much per mile
as the Atlanta and Charlotte, one of the
gilt-ed2ed Richmond and Danville proper
ties, earned in its seventh year. The At
lanta aud Charlotte Airline railway, rs it
is named. was finished in 1888. In 1887
it earned S2,14 per mile. while in
1890 it earned 1928 per mile. These ex~
| amples of steady increase in railroad earn
ings serve to mark the onward course of
southern industrial development The con-
sensus Of opinion as the result of this trip of
inspection to the Mississippi, making a
! journey OF $500 miles, going and coming
back, is best told In the words of a gentle
man who has large financial interests IN the
Richmond and Danviile railroads He
| says: 1.-THE south is provided with we'll,
built and properly-equipped railroads
Their management is comprehensive
and careful, and. to judge from
| the past, the very near future will show
that their promoters were wise in their day
and generation. The south is gaining pop
ulation, bun not as rapidly as its vast
stretches of fertile lands should warrant
| But it is not losing population. There are
plenty of opportunities for its people, and
they remain there and gather the reward
that is sure to follow enterprise and thrift
in that favored section. Towns are spring.
| ing up, and old ones are growing, while the
| planter who makes two, three, five or ten
Eales of cotton is becoming quite factor in
| the calculation. Looking back upon the
accomplishments of Jhs last ten years, it is
not too much to expect that the year 1900
will show an equal percentage of
| progress