The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

the city and as such desire to show BY
their presence that Savannah has as ac-
tive and as intelligent travellers as any
They feel that on them depends TO a
great extent what business is done for a
city and are now thoroughly alive TO the
that not only Savannah, but visitors may
see that the travellers Of Savannah are
"A thoroughly representative body of BUSH
ness men and employed BY enterprislng
business houses
The travelling mems parade will form
on Bull and Congress at $50 a. m Tuesday
The order OF the parade will be platoon OF
police mounted. marshal and his aids
mounted, United states Fifth Regiment
Band, carriages with May week commit
Zee, ~ carriages with travellers. First Reg
mental Band. - carriages with travellers.
The line Of March will be Congress TO
JeHerson to Bay. 10 Drayton, 10 Brough-
ton, 70 Jefferson, to Liberty. to Bull TO
Charlton, to Bull 10 Congress. The car
riages viii be gaily decorated. Visiting
travelling men are invited 10 join.
AFTER the matter Of parade and its de-
tails were completed. Post a went into
executive session and took up the $500
mileage book question. The petition OF the
merchants OF Sava nnah. representing over
70 firms, was read and after much dis
cussion the following resolution was unan>
imously adopted:
Whereas, The petition of the Travellers
Protective Association now before the
Southern States Passenger Association
among other things pledges the moral sup
AtAN u every AIdNtAAtAB man 10 Liit DIoAtL-
tion of the railroads.
Therefore be it resolved. That Post 4,
IN meeting assembled. heartily cOncuTs in
that pledge and agrees 10 exert its tnflu-
ence individually and collectively towards
the fulhllment of all conditions and con-
tracts that may be entered into by the
railroad committee representing the TraV-
elers Protective Association, the mer-
chants and ourselves.
. Resolved. That we urge upon our res
pcetive firms the importance of bringing
influence O
concessions asked.
Resolved, That we extend our thanks to
the press Of the south for their kind and
valuable aid rendered throughout this mat
ter.
A strong petition directed to Maj. w. f.
Shellman, trafhc manager of the Central
railroad and signed by about eighty mem
bers of the Savannah Freight Bureau, ask
ing that he look into the matter or having
a 1000 mile interchangeabi ticket issued
Is in the possession of the travelling men.
In reply to this petition Maj. Shellmon adj
dressed letter to Maj. A. {. Knapp, com
missioner of the freight bureau, IN which
he stated he would do what he could in re-
gard to- the matter. and would see that II
was presented to the Southern Passenger
Association at its coming meeting. He
said. however. that, in his opinion, the sale
of such tickets could not be confined to
the travelling men, as the law might COM
pei their sale TO any applicant.
Traffic Manager Pennington OF the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular was also sent
a copy of the petition and said 1t would be
referred to the proper authorities ana
duly considered.
A copy was also sent to Col. b. w.
Wrenn, passenger traffic manager of the
Plant system, who replied that his system
already had on sale an interchangeable
mileage ticket good on the Plant lines, the
Port ROYAL and Augusta railroad, the
Georgia Southern and Florida, and the
Columbus Southern, covering about $500
miles of territory
The question will undoubtedly be
brought prominently before the next meet
ing of the Southern Passenger Association.