The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
FITTING OUT FOR LIBERIA.
EMIGRANTs LAYING II THEIR Sup
PLIES N SAVANNAH.

The Party Taking Life Easy while
waiting for the HOrsa-The YES
sci Undergoing Repairs in PhIla-
deIphia and VIII sail for Savan-
nah To-morrow-A Regular Emil
grafton Line May he Established
Through This Port.
The Liberian emigrants are taking life
easy and are not worrying about the fn-
ture. Morning prayer was held in the
rooms where they are staying yesterday
morning. and most Of the party attended
church morning and night, dividing out
about evenly among the Baptist and
Methodist churches.
Nearly ali these people have money
with which 20 set themselves up when
they get to Liberia" Treasurer Howard
said. Some Of them are pretty well
fixed There is one man in the party
who has 5000. Several others have con-
siIera BILE money. Nearly all have enough
to come back on If they should feel dis
posed to DO so. They sold out most Of
their household goods and farming i'm
PIGMENTS before leaving home. as it would
not pay 20 transport them. They will have
to fit themselves out here and this win
naturally mean a considerable expendi-
ture of money outside of what we spend
for their maintenance here. one man
bought two cooking stoves Saturday, to
be shipped TO Liberia He has a large
family. The party will do considerable
trading this week, buying household goods,
seeds and farming implements. II we
continue to bring our parties through
Savannah, as we probably shall, It will
prove "a good thing for the city. The sue
ceeding parties will be much larger and
each party will leave several thousand
dollars in the city. This being the last
point at which they will touch before SAIL
ing. they Will naturally wait to make their
purchases here, including everything
which they will need In a new country.
We expect to bring a cargo Of coffee and
other Liberia products back with US on
the return voyage. In time we will have
a regular line Of steamships established,
making voyages at regular intervals.
That viii be an advantage to this port"
Mr.. Howard says the way in which the
party failed to connect with the steam
ship here was this: When the first trip
was planned a contract was made with
the African Steamship Company OF Phil
adelphia for a ship and the sum of $l,5lO
was deposited as a guarantee. The Mi
grafton Society then went ahead and ad-
vertised the dates In the meantime the
African Steamship Company went to
pieces and the Migration Society had to
look elsewhere for a ship. 1t was thought
best not TO change the date of departure
from Memphis as it was feared that those
who had made their arrangements to go
might lose confidence and give out the
idea should the date be changed and 1t
was decided to run the train Is advertised
and take the risk of delay at the port.
The party viii number fully three hun
dred." said Mr. Howard last night. Three
more passengers arrived from Birming-
ham Saturday night. l found party of
ten here in Savannah who have been
waiting here nearly a month They kept
quiet and said nothing of their intentions
except to.a few friends. There are num-
Der more in Savannah anxious to join
the party, but we are not making any
special effort to increase the party until
we know the capacity of the ship which
is to carry them. 1 expect to receive full
information to-day from the president,
Mr.. Flummer. on our next trip we will
carry fully GOO passengers"
The Philadelphia Record of Saturday
says The work Of Transforming the
Danish steamship Horsa into a passenger
craft was begun yesterday at Pier 10,
North Wharves, where the vessel has been
laid up. She VIII be ready to leave on
Tuesday for Savannah, where her passen-
gers are now awaiting her arrival. The
International Migration Society has no
connection with the African Steamship
Line"