The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-25
GOSSIP OF THE STREET.
MANY THINGS BUSINESS MEN
TALK ABOUT.

/ The Condition OF the Markets-Hich-
| mond and Danville Cf1cisls Disclaim
] any knowledge OF the Rumor OF a
Change in the Control of the Road.
The Big Business Savannah Banks
Do-The New Water Works and
Other improvements.
Maj Ryals has probably the most COM
plete truck farm in Georgia. Every new
invention in the way OF farmi & imple-
ments Is promptly secured by him and put
In operation. Maj. Ryals says his farm is
the only one In the state which is provided
with house hay fork. This is one of the
greatest laboring-saving machines in the
farming world. Under the old system of
forklng the hay by hand about eight men
were required to put away a wegon-load In
barn, but with the automatic fork, which
works like a mans hand, the hay can be
put away in three minutes The fork is
operated by system Of pulleys. trucks and
guy ropes. The wagon containing hay is
driven under hatchway in the barn, the
FORK 10 dropped down and driven into the
hay. A pair of mules attached to the lie ID
ing rope are driven off and the load lifted
into the barn and run along TO whatever
point the operator handling tie guy ropes
wishes to drop it, Then with twist of the
rope the props OF the fork are unloossd and
tilp may ASb Lalls OuiH LnTee uleD are re-
| qulred to operate the fork-the driver OF
the wagon, the man who handles the guy
| ropes and the driver of the mules. Tens OF
hay can be put away In day, where be-
fore there were only few wagon-loads.
The Atlanta Constitution, in speaking Of
| the speech Of Hon. Fleming 6. duBignon at
tho Grady banquet Wednesday night, pays
him the following high compliment: THE
speech Of Hon. Fleming duBignon OF Sa-
vannah, IN response to the toast to "Geor-
| Ria, at the banquet OF the Young Mems
Democratic League Wednesday night, was
the talk of Atlanta yesterday. 1t is not
often that such a speech is delivered in At
| leDta, which means that is not often ex-
celled in this country, for here in Atlanta
we get the best of everything in the way Of
| speaking. The eloquent young Sa-
vannah orator fairly thrilled his
| audience Several times during the
progress Of his speech he was interrupted
| with vociferOus applause, and when he had
concluded he was called to his feet four
| times by the audience. A more ent 1usiastic
reception was never given a speech, ami 1t
Is q fair criticism of his effort to say that as
a gem of oratory IL will go down to history.
| 1t IS a remarkable contribution TO the ora
! tory Of the day, ard the effort Of this
| splendid orator is on the lips Of everybody,
from the simple fact that every man of the
| 100 who heard it has been talking about it
to everybody else."
The mill men reported the receipts Of rice
| somewhat heavier last wesk, and the mills
| were kept fairly busy pounding rice. The
market mas improved somewhat, there be-
| ing slight Increase in price and better
| demand. Some of the brokers reported
| very good sales for the week. The weather
of late has been very favorable to harvest
ing which has gone ahead rapidly.
| All of the Old rice has
been harvested aud the harvesting of
the late rice is now going on. The late rice
is not turning out as well as was expected,
and the yield will be small. The planters
| have been disappointed all around this year.
| The early rice from which a large yield was
| expect ed turned out considerably less than
| was expected and the low price prevailing
added to the loss The small yield of the
late rice adds to the disappointment.
General Manager W. H. Green, Traffic
| Manager Sol Haas, and General Passenger
| Agent j. l.. Taylor Of the Richmond aud
| Dsnville railroad arrived in Savannah last
night on their regular tour OF inspection.
| They were seen at the De Soto by
| a MORNING News reporter with regard to
the recent reports of the East Tennessee
| Virginia and Georgia railroad having Sc
cured control of the Richmond and Dan
vile. They disclalmed any kno Wedge
whatever of the truth or falSity Of the re-
| ports. They said they had no knowledge
of the financial affairs of the Richmond
Terminal Company. "We are not at all
| uneasy about our positions" SAID General
Manager Green. The general officials will
remain in Savannah until Monday night or
Tuesday morning.
A sample of cotton over sixty years old
was left in the MORNING NEWS office last
night by Mr.. William Speight. 1t was
grown near Lexington, s. c., and
has been used in mattress in
the family of George Leaphart of
South Carolina over fitty-six years.
The cotton was hand picked and hand
carded, and is now being REGARDED. Its
fiber is firm and the cotton is in as good
condition as If it had just been picked. 1t
is of short staple and is an evidence Of the
wearing quality of cotton.
I. 7. johnson, consulting engineer for
the new water works. has returned to Chi
cago after spending several days in the
city. The work is progressing very salts
factorily at the water works. Five wells
have been completed and work is going on
upon the sixth. This company that has the
contract for tho conduit will break ground
early next month, and work from thep on
will progress rapidly.
| j. 8. Collins has closed the contract for q
fine residence to be erected on the lands Of
the Savannah Real Estate, Loan and Build
ing Association in the southeastern portion
OF the CITY. Contractor Ryan has the con-
tract. and ground VIII be broken to-mor-
. | row. The plans for the house were pre-
pared by Architect A. s. Eichberg, and it
will be one of the finest frame houses in the
city, costing over $4,000.
an idea of the business Of Savannah can
be had when it is stated that the amount Of
exchange bought UY the banks Is ranging
from 100000 to 81 ,000, 600 a day, and the
clearing house shows business Of from
S500.00o to $4,000 per day. These latter