The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-18
WILL Be NO TOURIST RATES
The Passenger Men Refuse TO Put Sa-
Tanlah on the List.

Capt. Davidson Wanted to Include
Savannah in the Resolution offered
to Make Charleston Tourist Point,
But the Resolution Was Weighted
Down With other Points and Was
Tabled-winter Tourist Rates Fixed.
The Tourist Year Promises to Be a
Big One for Florida.
The Southern Passenger Association,
which met in New York at the Hotel I'm
perial last week, refused to make Savan-
nah a winter tourist point.
It was at the suggestion, too. of Mr.. W
NJ Davidson, general passenger agent of
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
ruad, that Savannah was Incorporated IN
the resolution to make certain points in
this section tourist points.
The question Of making Charleston a
winter tourist point was on the regular
order of business to come before the asso-
citation. and when that was reached a
resolution was offered that Charleston be
SO considered in the future
Capt. Davidson at once insisted that
Savannah be incorporated in the resolu-
tion, as he did not think the association
should go north of Savannah to make
tourist points and then leave Savannah
out
WEIGHTED DOWN AND TABLED.
AS soon as this was done, however,
railroad men interested in other places
began to call for other tourist points
They wanted among others, Aiken. s. c.,
Augusta, Macon, Atlanta, and Warm
Springs put on the tourist point list
Thus they began to weigh the resolution
down with points, some of which had no
right to ciam the consideration, and on
motion, the resolution was tabled
A similar action has been taken at one
or two of the recent meetings of the as
sociation Once or twice it has been pro
posed to make Savannah and one or two
other places tourist points, but on &C
count of the fact that parties interested
In other places wanted them put on the
list the effort has always failed The as
ISOLATION, as a matter of course, will not
agree to having all these points made
winter tourist points for obvious reasons.
Until Savannah does something to assert
its claim and right to be considered a
winter resort, it is not likely that it will
be placed on the list.
FIXING TOURIST RATES.
The principal business before the asso-
citation was the matter of tourist rates
for the winter season. 1t was agreed
that they should be put on practically the
same basis as last year, which is an aver
age of about four cents per mile for the
round trip. From some points the rate is
a little more and from others a little
less
These rates go into effect about Nov l,
and the tickets are good until the May
following. The most important tourist
points from both east and west are all in
Florida. Thomasville is about the only
point in Georgia which comes under this
classification. Savannah is a tourist
point for western travel, but the heaviest
travel comes from the east, and it is from
eastern points that Savannah wants tour
ist tickets sold TO this city.
BIG TOURIST SEASON PROMISED.
The meetings of the association were
attended by MIR. J. @. Halle, general pas
senger agent of the Central railroad, and
Capt w. NJ. Davidson of the Savannah,
Florida and Western, and Capt. A O.
MacDonell of the Florida Central and
Peninsular was with the railroad men at
the time, though his line is not a membe
of the association.
Passenger business on almost all the
railroad lines is rapidly improving, the
passenger agents say, and the season
promises to be an excellent one. MIR
Halle says the impression he gathered
from what he heard in New York was
that this season would see more tourists
in this section than have been here dur
ing any of the last three or four years.
People seem to have more money this
season and they are spending it in travel
ing. Florida will no doubt be full to
overlooking before the season is over.