The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-27
ON TIE WAY FRE.GaT.
Travel Not go Tedious as One Might
Reasonably Expect.

ON TIE WAY FREIGHT.
Travel Not go Tedious as One Might
Reasonably Expect.
WAYCRoss, GA. Jan. 26.-If you have
plenty OF time, and something to engage
that time. you will find the trip passingIy
pleasant. did. All this talk you hear
about the disagreeable, uncomfortable
travel on way freight" is all nonsense.
GU should try it once. That satisfied me
I'm sure 1t would satisfy any one.
Inc conductor has picnic. He don't get
tired at all. He has enough to engage his
time to Kill the monotony of the Journey
de can look after the comfort Of the passen-
gers, who, by the way. are a class well cal
culated to entertain him, as well as all of
the negroes along the line of the road. These
| passengers consist principally of women of
color. who discuss the merits OF the Georgia
darby and the meanneSs Of the niger"
| from North Carolina,
The conductor can also check up the
| freight and help the train hands roll it off
the cars at every cross road station. He
can take little recreation by running from
one side to the other of line Of seventeen
hats and twenty-five box oars, and search
out the one which contains an "originaln
| package for dry town.
His mind can be employed about twenty
four hours duringI the day in calculating
how to keep out of the way of passenger and
through freight trains.
The Pooh Bah" depot agents occasionally
entertain him with a telegram that he must
hustle" and get to the next station before
the "vestibule" comes flying along, because
the vestibule passengers are busy men who
have no patience with slow people who take
| life easy.
He can get out and exercise his arms il he
chooses, IN waving them up and down, and
| some times crosswise, while the engineer
sits on a pile of wood in the sun, aud the
fireman amuses himself drilling around
the side track TO get car in the proper
position for song and dance.n
| Occasionally the conductor can climb
on the top Of the box cars and take hand
at the brakes, and if he would only wake
up and think little, he could find many
| other amusing ways TO pass away the time
| The only work he is expected to do is TO sit
| in his cab and make lot Of hieroglyphics on
the back of an old envelope. This proceed
ing do not understand, but suppose it
| means business.
Capt. Tom M. Nolan piloted the local
freight down the Savannah Florida andWes-
tern railroad when was a passenger max
ing my debut in this kind of travel. Tom is
all right. l had occasion to meet him for a
| few minutes while we took dinner together
on the middle Of the platform at " althour-
| vile station. A bench served as a table
and had chair, while the engineer shared
| part of the table for seat and Capt. Tom
stood up for exercise. The dinner had been
sent from the leading hotel and was excel
lent My companions hurried through with
their meal to enjoy the unloading of car
| load of thoroughbred horses aud Jersey
! COWS l was hungry and did full Justice to
| the repast.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
| railroad is doing an immense business all
along the line, There are many stations,
though not thickly populated themselves
are distributing points for large area OF
| excellent farming and turpentine country.
Burroughs was the first station. It Is in
| Chatham county. Here lot of merchan-
disc was delivered TO the depot agent and
| Judging from the number Of plows, the
farmers in this section are preparing for a
spring opening already.
Four very lovely young ladies were at
the station waiting for train to take them
to Savannah, Judging by the extreordi
| nary beauty of these charming girls, there
are unusual advantages offered to enter
prising young men to settle in that locality.
At Ways Station, there was quantity OF
freight to be unloaded, and j. L. Dyke, the
agent was kept busy for half an hour check
Ing the way-bills. Ways is in Bryan
county, sixteen miles from Savannah. We
remained here about an hour; during that
time three freight trains passed, loaded
| heavily with oranges, lumber and various
other kinds of merchandise, northward-
| bound.
Fleming is a Liberty county town which
we next reach. Here left the routine bus.
mess of the freight FINGERS and walked over
| to admire the postoflice, which Postmaster
| Doyle recently photographed and presented
the attractivs view to Mr.. Wenanaker, who
has it on exhibition at Washington.
At Mcintosh we were again side-tracked
to allow another through freight to pass
| This station is also known as mo. 3" and
is a distributing point for the county OF
Liberty. There are many enterprisine
farmers in this vicinity who are enjoying
well earned prosperity. Hinosville is 6
| beautiful little town about five miles wes
| of Mcintosh.
We soon arrived at Josselyn, where
| lannon's still and Dale, Dixon & Co.'S saw
mill are In continual operation. Here are
large number of men of all colors, who
wear striped uniforms and assist in running
:he large saw-nilL l was told they are
called convicts.
Only about three-quarters of mile
further and we arrived at Walthourvllle,
thirty-nine miley from Savannah, III
Liberty county. The vestibule train flew
past US. Another freight and two passenger
trains also took the main track while We
patiently waited for an opea road. The
village of Walthourville is two miles from
the station. 1t is Thriving little town
where everybody enjoys good health anc
prosperity.
Johnston Station is quite an enterprisiuE
town, where number of stores and dwell
ings make q neat appearance. Several car
loads of merchandise was left there.
Next we crossed long iron bridge over
the Altamaha river and stopped at Doctor
town. We did not delay long there as tn'
mail train was on time and WAS coming W
hahind us. A freight train can run when {
passenger Grain is after it and our train die
run then. We arrived at Jesup few min
utes ahead OF our pursuer and here | bic
adieu to our freight aud boarded the pas
ssnger for Waycross.