The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
TO KEEP UP EXCURSIONS.
Six This Month and Three to Be Run
in January.

Two to Arrive This Morning-TAe
Merchants Trade Association Salts
fed with the Results of Its Efforts.
Subscribers to the Movement Say
They Have Had a Heavy Trade
From the Exoursions-Hew Terri
tory to Be Opened up Next Month.
A meeting Of the executive committee
of the Merchants Trade Association was
held last ni~ht to consider the results Of
the work already accomplished and to
make out lines for further work.
The members Of the committee agreed
that the results Of the excursion move
rpent 50 far have been very satisfactory
and that with few exceptions the mer-
chants generally are well pleased with
the results. The members OF the COM
rnittee all expressed themselves
as having reaped considerable personal
benefit from the Excursions. one mem
Der said that TUESDAY, - ednesday and
Thursday of last week ne sou fully
LOO wor n of goods winch he would not
have sold but Tor the excursion by the
Central raj road.
II developed tnat those who had best
reasons 10 Le satisfied with the results
OF the excursions were the largest ad-
vertlsers, AMI The conclusion reached
was that the merchant VINO wants Ousi-
ness Must make eAOrts to get IL and not
wait for the WIND 10 bow it into his
doors.
TO CONTINUE TEE EXCURSIONS.
It was decided to continue the excursion
movement in January, and Chairman
Max Robinson, Of the transpor-
tstion committee, was authOri ed
more EXCURSIONS 10 take place next mon h.
MIR. Robinson viii leave tonight for At
lants for consultat with the officials
of the East Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia railroad for the purpose of ar
ranging an excursion by that road
70 be run on Jan. 2 1t is
desired TO run the excursion from
Cochran and Eastman 10 Jesup, where it
will be taken by the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, and brought into
Savannah. This will be excursion No. Z,
excursion No. | having been by the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway,
and Nos. 2 and 3 by the Central railroad.
To-day Nos. and will arrive by the
South Bound and Savannah, Americas
and Mons omery railroads. and Jan. 81,
excursion No will be run from Ddrien
and Brunswick by the steamer Bellevue.
Excursion No. s will be from along the
western division of the Savannah, Flor.
ida and Western railway including AL
bany, ThomIs lille. Bainbridge and Mon
ticello. with connecting rates along the
Brunswick and Western railroad.
This is expected to prove the
largest excursion of Ill. In
quiries are already being received
asking when Jne excursion will take
place and what rates will be made
a general interest seems to have been
awakened IN the excursion in that section,
and the people there want TO know how
long it will be before they are given the
same opportunity as the people of other
sections 10 visit Savannah. The people of
south west Georgia need not feel that there
Is any danger of Savannah Sigh ting
them. II is The test section OF the state,
as Savannah business meu know, and
when thu excursion is run they expect the
biggest kind OF turnout
PROM ALONG THE F. O. az.
Excursion No. 0 will be run from along
the florida Central and Peninsular
railroad over the new route just opened
up TO Savannah. A favorable reply has
been received from General Passenger
Agent MacDonell, Of this system 10 a
letter from the committee, and no trou-
BILE is anticipated in arranging he excur-
sion. This excursion viii PROBABLY be
run Jan. IT,
The executive committee decided to
call in the Dece nber subscription at
once in order to have sufficient sum of
money in hand To conduct the proposed
excursions.
The November subscription has suf-
need for the excursions that have been
run up 10 and inclu ling to-day. Consider
ing that the highest subscriptions are
only s35 per month, or aoout - for each
excursion run, aud that the majority are
below this tigure, il would appear that
the subscribers are getting large returns,
and have no reason 10 complain of their
investment.