The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28
THE PLANT EMPLOYEES TRIP.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF THEM TO
VISIT THE EXPOSITION TODAY.


A Special Train With 500 Employees
From savannah and Charleston
and Three other Trains From the
WRycrOss and Florida Divisions on
Their Way to AtIanta-Birthday
Presents for Mr.. PIant-A Big CeIe-
bratiOn Promised.
To-day is Plant System day at the At
lanta exposition, and hundreds Of the en-
ployes Of the system are participating
in the exercises Of the day through the
courtesy of President Plant.
A special train left Savannah last night
at z O'Clock, carrying 800 employees of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
at Savannah. and of the Charleston and
Savannah railway from along the line be-
tween Savannah and Charleston. The num-
Der included the majority of the office
employees here, nearly all the shop force
and as many of the conductors and en-
gineers and other employees of the trans
portation department as could be spared
from the regular work Of the road.
The courtesy was extended simply to
the employees, and did not include mem
bers of their families. In that case it
would have been difficult to have provided
accommodations for all who would have
wished to go. The Savannah special ran
from Savannah to Jesup over the Savan-
nah Florida and Western railway, and
from Jesup to Atlanta over the Southern
railway. 1t ran special all the way and
was expected to arrive in Atlanta about
1880 o'clock this morning.
Three. and perhaps four, special trains
will be required to convey those employees
of the system who can be spared from
their work for the day. The employees at
Waycross, on the Jacksonville division,
and the main line of the system west Of
Waycross, were gathered at Waycross
yesterday afternoon and left there last
night, running up to Jesup and from
thence over the Southern railway preced-
ing the special from Savannah. over 400
employees were carried by the Waycross
special.
The Florida special left Tampa yester-
day afternoon over the Plant system to
Jasper, thence over the Georgia. Southern
and Florida to Macon, and then via the
Central to Atlanta The Florida special
was expected to carry about 400 employees
1t is estimated that about 800 employees
will take advantage of each train and that
the total number of Plant system en-
ployes at the exposition to-day will not
fall far short of 800.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Nc
Fadden was very busy all day, arranging
had on hand a large supply of Plant day
badges. Plant system bOutonniers, eX-
position tickets and Southern railway
coupon tickets good for transportation
from the depot to the exposition grounds
These were placed aboard the train, TO be
distributed after leaving Jesup Each
employee was to be given a badge, which
entitled him to transportation on the train
both ways, a Southern railway ticket good
from the depot to the grounds and re-
turn, and an exposition ticket, admitting
TEN button.
The employees will spend the day in At
lanta and will return to their homes to-
night. The Savannah special win leave
Atlanta at 8 o'clock. 1t has been decided
not to have any street parade and the
employees will be at liberty to go as they
please during the morning. At 1880
o'clock they will gather at the audito-
rum on the exposition grounds, where a
reception will be held by Mr.. Plant and
the general officers of the system. Mr..
Plant Vice President Erwin, Traffic Pas
senger Manager Wrenn and other inn
portant officials arrived in Atlanta Yester-
day In order to be on hand for the eXer-
cises.
AS has been previously stated in the
Morning News this is a birthday celebra-
ton with Mr.. Plant, who was rs years of
age yesterday. The employees have not
forgotten this fact and Will demons uate
their appreciation Of the courtesy shown
them by the head of the great system and
their regard for him generally in suit
able manner
Inc Officers ana 6inplOStS OF lNe ran
lines of the Plant system will present MIR.
Plant with handsome silver service for
his private car. The officers and en-
ployes of the Plant steamship lines will
present a compass of handsome design,
and the officers and employees of the
Southern Express Company will present
a handsome marine glass. There will be
no formal presentation with set speeches,
as Mr.. Plant is known to be aVerse to os-
tentation in any form. The donors win
convey their sentiments by letter. The
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were expected to arrive yesterday. They
will probably be displayed at the audi
forum to-day for the benefit of the en-
ployes who contributed toward them.
Traffic Passenger Manager Wrenn is
grand marshal of the day. No set pro-
gramme has been announced, however,
and it is understood that the entire affair
will be informal.
A Waycross special to the Morning
News says: Eight cars containing go
Plant system employees left there for At
lanta. They will reach Atlanta about )
o'clock this morning. 125 employees were
| from Waycross, 100 from Brunswick and
twenty-five from Thomasville.