The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-25
NO SHOW FOR LOW RATES.
Savannah Not Likely To Get Cheap
Fares To Chicago.

Halle Says The Western Lines Are
Standing in the Way Of The South.
The Truth About The Trouble on
The Eastern Illinois Train.
General Passenger Agent j. G. Halle, Of
the Central railroad returned yesterday
morning from Chicago, where he attended
the mass meeting of representatives Of
southeru aud western lines to consider
Messenger rates TO the worlds fair.
The meeting was only "a partial success,
& reduction of - from the present rates
IN southern territory for a limited ticket
being the only concessions made to the
travelling public. This reduction was
simply made by two western roads, the
southern representatives claiming that
they had already made greater reductions
on their lines than had been made upon
the western roads. This reduced ticket
which is $3S 10 from Savannah, is limited
to fifteen days. and allows no stop over
along the route. The tickets limited to
November / and allowing stopovcrs at
several points along the line will be CON
Ginucd on sale at S43l0 the price first es
tabliShed.
MIR. Halle was asked what grounds
there We're for the charge made by the
western roads that the southern
roads were playing the hog in this mat
ter OF worlds fair rates, because they
had refused to make a greater reduction.
THE WESTERN LINES RESPONSIBLE.
1t is the Chicago lines ne says that
played the hog mp TO a recent date by try
ing 10 maintain their "ates and compel
outside lines TO max the reduction.
This prevented q cheap ticket being put
on at first. Recently however, they have
begun a rate war amonf themselves and
have commenced to slash each others
rates
There is no philanthropy in this re-
ducton by the western lines, said Mr..
Halle. "They are merely fighting each
other"
AS soon as the western lines began to
cut their rates they asked the southern
lines to do the same thing. The southern
lines claimed that they had already made
greater proportionatC reduction than
the western lines, and consequently they
could not afford TO cut now in the same
proportion.
Mir Halle was asked if the southern
roads could not afford to make greater
cut, and if it was not fact that the pres
ent worlds fair rates are really very lit
tie less than the regular rates TO Chicago
before the fair began
MIR. Halle replied that times are too
hard with the southern roads to make
any great reduction now, and he does
not anticipate that any cheaper rates
will be made
THE REDUCTION VERY LITTLE.
As it stands now the rates to Chicago
are very nearly the same as they We're
before the fair began. There we're no
round trip tickets sold to Chicago from
Savannah before the fair began. but the
$4,000 for the round trip. The tickets
that have heretofore been on sale TO the
fair cost S43. 10, being a reduction of only
$50 from the usual full fare This
would appear to be "a very inconsiderable
reduction for an excursion rate to the
greatest exposition the world has ever
seen. What the general public is clamor-
ing for is a rate of one fare for the
round trip, which it seems the railroads
could afford to give, as without it there
will be a very small number of people
comparatively who viii visit the fair
from this section. Probably one-half the
people who have already visited the fair
from here are railroad and newspaper
men who obtained free passage for all or
part of the way. This is all very well
for the railroad and newspaper men, but
the rest of the people should be given a
chance. A rate of one fare for the round
trip would make the cost of passage from
Savannah S23l0, and with this rate in
force there are a large number Of people
who would-go. Every body who has seen
the fair declares il to be the greatest
thing on earth, and it would certainly be
a good thing for great many more peo-
pie TO get the benefit of it,
THE ALLEGED TRAIN RIOT.
Mr. Halle was asked what ne knew about
the report that party of Georgia toughs
had taken possession of an Eastern Him
los train, terrified the passengers by
ttourishing pistols in their faces and
abused everybody to their hearts con
tent. This report was published bv the
Chicago Post and other papers of Chicago
as a sensation, headed ATLANTA Kuklux."
and was telegraphed to papers all over the
country.
Il know everything there is in it, - said
MIR. Halle The report was lie
out of the whole cloth, and
SANDER on the people of the south
without foundation of fact.
The truth of the matter is this: A gen
tleman, and when use the word gentle
maa | mean it III the fullest sense of the
term, representing one of the southern
lines at the convention. was on an Eastern
Illinois suburban train coming into
Chicago one morning. The train was
greatly crowded The conductor happen
ing to know this gentleman requested him
TO assist him by having the passengers
come forward and give up their tickets
as it was impossible for him TO get
through the train. The gentleman did
as requested and succeeded in getting
many of the passengers to 90 forward and
give up their tickets.
GAVE HIM A THUMPING.
son the platform of the rear car he
found a negro who refused to go forward
and give up his ticket and cursed the gen
tleman in the Vilest manner. The gentle
man Immediately threw the negro down
and gave him a good pummeling and then
ordered him to 90 forward and give up
his ticket. which he did This was all
there was TO the story. There was
no excitement and very few of
the passengers knew of the affair
The negro was said by two trainmen to
be one who had given them great deal
of trouble He lived in one of the sub
urbs near Chicago and made a practice of
taking the platform of the rear car and
by in timidating the brakCmcn when or
dered to 90 forward he frequently man
aged to avoid paying his fare The
trainsmen We're very much reioiced ut
E the manner in which he had been sub
dued
when the train arrived at the sta
tiOn the negro attempted to get revenge
by calling on a policeman to arrest the
gentleman. When the conductor had
stated the facts to the policeman, how