The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-08
SLEEPERS DON'T PAY.
a RAILROAD NAN CLAIMS THAT
TEEY AhE RUN At LOSE.

The Atkinson Bill Not Worrying the
railroads Mlcn-The Central No: at
AL Interested, and the Savannah,
FLORIDA aad Western Don't Care
Whether L Passes or Not-Trafic
Manager Owens Ssys People in This
Section Are Not Educated Up to
sleeping Cars, Anyway.
Tie Atkinson bill for the regulation of
express, s.eeping car and telegraph compa-
MES by the railroad commission, which
passed the lower House Of the legislature
day before yesterday, does not appear to
have attracted much attention in Savan-
nah.
The bill appears 20 have been specially
directed at the Pullman Sleeping Car Com
pany. The Central railroad furnishes its
own sleepers, aud the officials do not think
they will be disturbed by the commission.
The drummers, who do more travelling
than any other class OF men In the state,
have frequently passed resolutions COM
mendlng the Central railroad sleeperS as
preferable 20 the Pullman sleepers and call
ing upon other railroads in the state TO fur
nish their own sleepers similar 20 the Con-
- N 1-AA w AWAY WIN Abc 4AAtAlhb0
The fixing Of the upper berth. unless it has
been sold, is never done on the Central
sleepers, as it was complained In the legis-
lature is done on the Pullman sleepers, TO
compel the purchaser If the lower berth 70
purchase the upper berth also.
The Centrsls rate for sleeping car berth
Is g from Savannah 10 Atlanta and 81 80
70 Augusta, which is regarded as low enough
to suit even the railroad commission. II
nj Il -rarr1A no fha W. hl1rr " Cd
railroad man, "if the price Of an upper
berth were fixed at about 50 cents less than
the price Of lower berth. There is Ger
tainly that much difference in
convenience, and IL this were
the case it would do away with the annoy
ance Of having ladies' who have failed to se~
cure lower berths requesting an exchange,
as is frequently the case. They would feel
that the request was unwarranted if there
was difference in the value of the berths."
G. d. Owens. traffic manager OF the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway, did
not appear to be greatly worried by the
news that such bill as mentioned would
probably become law
the average charge for a sleeping car
berth is about 81 said Mr.. Owens, land
there is so little patronage Of these con-
veniences Of modern travel in this section
Of the country that the cars are more often
ACoo
Pullman company las ordered the removal
Of two sleepers on one Of our lines that
have been running at dead loss both to the
Pullman company and the railroad for
several months The people 10 this country
are not educated up to sleeping cars. any
way. Why, know some OF the wealthiest
men on our line that sit up all night on
a trip rather than pay 81 for sleeper. l
don't think the members Of the Georgia
legislature are personally concerned in the
price OF sleepers, anyway"
The legislature has got the railroads
pretty well regulated, and now they've
begun on the express and telegraph com
panies," remarked another railroad man.
They ought certainly to have accepted
that amendment to include the
lawyers. It's poor rule that
won't work both ways. II there
is anything needs regulating it is tho
fees some OF these lawyers get for suing the
| railroads. Some of them depend on this
for living almost. They are regular lot
Of bloodsuckers' anyhow, and the alliance
Legislature would do a good deed if it
abolished the whole lot.n