The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-06
OVER SIX HUNDRED CANE.
SaTdInlh'S Visitors From South
Georgia and Florida Here.

Have the Freedom of the City the
Two Days They are Here.
The first trade excursion, under the
auspices Of the Merchants Trade Associ-
alton, arrived in the city from along the
/ savannah, Florida and Western Railway
last night at 9 O'Clock The train brought
eleven passenger coaches and one baggage
car, all crowded. Conductor kirkland
reported TO Master of Transportation
jackson that he had taken up over $50
. excursion tickets, besides others who
were unable to secure excursion tickets,
making in all over 800 passengers on the
excursion.
The crowd is larger than was at first
I expected, but it would have been much
/ larger had the excursion been more widely
known. Owing to the short time in which
/ the merchants had to advertise the
/ excursion after the arrangements
were finally decided upon. 10 was
not as well advertised as il otherwise
would have been. The excursion was
hardly known in the country away from
/ the railroad stations and on this account
/ hundreds Of people who would have been
I glad to have taken advantage of it, had
/ they known of it, were prevented from
/ doing so.
EVERY BODY EXCURSION.
/ Another thing that kept a great many
[ people away, which will be a surprise to
/ the Savannah merchants, is that, because
/ it was advertised as the merchants ex-
cursion", many people interpreted it to
mean that it was an excursion for mer-
/ chants and not everybody.
OF the 500 people who came in
last night less than half were farmers,
the majority being country merchants
and turpentine operators. The latter
were well represented and being well ac-
| quainted in Savannah are sure Of a warm
1 welcome as for that matter are all Of the
visitors
There VIII be no complaint on the part of
the Savannah merchants at the size of
/ the excursion. but rather the contrary
When it was first arranged for 300 or 400
| visitors We're all that were calculated
upon at the outside. The excess Of their
estimate proves that the merchants
struck the right idea when they begun
/ the trade excursion movement.
/ The trip from Gainesville was an un-
| eventtul one. except for a delay of over
two hours at Waycross caused by a
freight train wreck The train pulled
out from Gainesville with only small
number of passengers aboard. The
weather was cold and threatening
and on this account many people
who had bought tickets gave up the trip
expecting that the bad weather would
continue. Forty tickets had been sold at
Gainesville, but only half that number of
! passengers awaited themselves Of the ex-
| cursion, showing the bad effect of the
weather.
START OF THE TRAIN.
The train left Gainesville at o'clock
with eight passenger coaches and a bag
! gage car. At Dupont another coach was
taken on with passengers from Valdosta
and other points on the western division.
/ The number of Eloridians aboard was
l20. Stops were made at every station,
and numbers were taken aboard
BY the time the train reached
/ Waycross it had 400 people.
Two more coaches were taken on there
and about seventy-flve passengers were
| received. The largest crowd was taken
on at Jesup where nearly 100 boarded
| the train. The delay at Waycross on ac-
/ count Of the freight train wreck lost the
| excursion large number of passengers,
/ as many people who had gathered at the
/ smaller stations this size { WayCrosS,
| where there are no telegraph offices, grew
/ tired Of waiting and returned to their
/ homes.
Five hundred copies of Sundays MoRN-
/ ING News were distributed aboard the
| train by the MORNING News representa-
| tive who accompanied the excursion from
]
/ preClated by the cXcurSiOuistS, and the
! papers We're read carefully during the
! long ride, especial attention being paid to
! the advertisements.
THE SOUVENIRS.
The souvenirs Of the Merchants Trade
! Association were distributed at Way
/ cross. The eXcursionists showed their
! appreciation of the enterprise of the mer-
! chants by carefully preserving the SOU
veuirs, and stating their intention of
/ trading only with those merchants who
/ had aided in securing the excursion.
There was no misconduct to complain
/ of on the trip. There were very few
! lady passengers aboard, however The
/ experience of ladies with excursions in
! this section has not been very pleasant
/ and for that reason they do not patro-
nize them
| y gentleman, who was Il passenger on
! yesterdays excursion, suggested to the
| MORNING News that on subsequent eX-
! cursions special coaches be set aside for
! the ladies' and this fact well advertised.
| as also the fact that the excursion tickets
/ are good to return on any train up to
/ within certain time. With the assur-
ance that they would have separate
! coaches and that they would be aole to
return on the regular passenger trains. the
ladies would be willing to patronize the
/ excursions.
WANT THE LADIES TO COME.
The dress goods and millinery dealers
! know very well how desirable it is to
have the trade of the ladies, and special
/ inducements will be offered them to
! patronize future excursions.
The eXcursionists have come to town
! to trade. There are no millionaires
among them. as one of them said last
night, but all have some money, which
they maan to dispense before their re-
turn. The merchants will see to it that
every inducement is offered to secure
! their trade.
The Pulaski, Screven, Marshall and
! Haruett houses were all crowded last
night, as well as many private boarding
/ houses.
The majority of the excursionists will
return to their homes on to-night's trains
/ The excursion tickets are good returning
on any train until tomorrow night. The
last train upon which the tickets will be
/ good is the train leaving the city at $50
/ tomorrow night.
! WHO GAVE IT.
The names of the merchants who made
! the excursion possible are as follows:
/ Leopold Adler, Daniel Hogan, jackson,
| Metzger II Co.. G.. Ecksten S, Co. c.
/ Gray n Son. Foye & Morrison, j. Il.
| Gutman, J. It. Cohen q Co., b. NJ
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