The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-27
CONDUCTORS SAW THE SIGHTS.
THEY TOOK N THE CITY. TNBEE
AND THUNDERBOLT.

D
ture in the Afternoon-OH for Flor
ida At Night.
Z The conductors took Savannah ycster-
I day. The badges Of the order Of Rail-
way Conductors were 10 be seen every
where. on the streets. in the hotels. in
the restaurants and in the street cars.
The special train Of the excursion Of the
grand division Of the order Of Railway
Conductors of America arrived from
Charleston AT O'Clock. The train was
switched of at the junction 10 the Tybee
track where the party arrived little
after o'clock
The committee OF the Savannah divis-
ion Of the order Of Railway Conductors
went out on train IS last night met the
excursion train at Hardeeville and came
back with it to the city. The committee
consisted OF ". H. Wright. chairman; q.
3. Wheeler. J. L. Branham and Joseph
Palmer. They had the party in charge.
and its members devoted themselves TO
the service of the excursion!sts during
their stay in the city. The excursionists
were entertained by the local division Of
the order. which paid all expenses. with
the exception OF hotel bills. This was
done. too, without any solicitation Of out
side aid
At the Hotel Tybee the excursionists
were entertained at breakfast by the To-
cal committee. The management OF the
hotel did itself proud, and the excursion
lists united in declaring that it was the
best breakfast they had had since they
came south. Many of the excursionists
took dip in the surf. The rain kindly
held back and the forenoon was very
pleasantly spent on the island. The train
arrived back at the city at 1880 o'clock.
A Morning News reporter dropped IN at
the De Soto at . o'clock and found the i'm
mense dining room filed to OVERLOOKING
and over a HUNDRED persons awaiting their
turn outside. Many went to the dowtown
hotels and restaurants. There were be-
tween 500 and 600 people in the party. The
special train consisted Of ten parlor cars,
a smoking and baggage car. The eXcur-
sionists are delegates who attended the re-
cent session Of the grand division of the
order in Atlanta. They have been away
from their homes for two weeks now. The
grand division met in Atlanta May "A and
was in session ten days. Saturday was
spent in Charleston, where the party was
entertained by Division No. POS. To-day
will be spent in Jacksonville where Divis-
ion No. 1856 will take the party In charge.
Tomorrow they will be in Tampa. From
Tampa they will come back TO Thomasville
and from there they will go to Anderson
willie and will probably be present al the
memorial day services. The party will ar
rive in Atlanta about June !, where the
members viii dispense for their homes.
Many of the delegates are accompanied
by their wives and daughters, nearly half
the party being ladies. The Plant system
is laying itself out for the entertainment
of the conductors. From Charleston to
Tampa and back to Thomasville the excur-
sion will travel entirely over this system.
nearly 1000 miles in all. Agents OF the
system will accompany the party and see
to II that every opportunity Is afforded
them for seeing everything worth seeing
along the route Travelled. a number of
very handsome badges prepared by the
Plant people for the occasion were distrib-
uted among the excursionists here.
very good likeness of Mr..
II. 3. Plant occupies the center of the
badge. The American and British FLAGS
are crossed at the top and the Plant sys-
TEN and Spanish flags are crossed at the
bottom. The badges are inscribed Com
pliments of the Plant System to the Grand
Division. Order of Railway Conductors,
May 1885,
The conductors are fine looking body
of men and attracted much attention.
Grand Chief Conductor E. L. Clark of
Cedar Rapids. Ia, is with the party He
was reelected at Atlanta for his fifth
year and has the confidence of the conduc-
tors of the whole country. and the chief
officials of the railroads as well. The O.
r. c. is one railway organization which
does not approve of strikes and which al
ways throws its influence against such
movements. 1t is probably the only rail-
way organization which makes a rule of
standing by the railroads in time of
trouble. This explains in a large measure
why the conductors are so well treated in
their excursions over the country and
why they get favors which are not eX-
tended to other classes of employees.
MANY people want to know how it
is that we can be away from our jobs so
long and spend SO much time and money
junketing around over the country" said
one OF the conductors. These people for
get that there are many thousands of rail
way conductors all over the country, and
that among this lot of delegates there are
only one or two from each of the great
railway systems of the country That is
why we can afford TO be absent for two
or three weeks at stretch, AS to the
favors we receive from the railroads it
simply shows that the chief officials of
the roads value our friendship and are
willing to show their appreciation of it.
AS to the money we spend, each delegates
expenses are paid by the division which
sends him to the convention Then of
course a man who takes trip like this
expects to go down in his pocket and pay
something for the fun he gets out of it.
The Order of Railway Conductors is not
a small organization. We have surplus
of 100000 at interest, and the president
receives a salary of 5000 per annum. He
does not run as a conductor any more
now. but devotes his whole time to look
ing after the affairs of the order"
The rain did not prevent the conductors
from seeing the sights. Ten carloads of
them were taken out to Bonaventure and
Thunderbolt in the afternoon. Many of
them brought back quantities of hanging
moss and palmetto as souvenirs of the
trip Many of them visited the churches
last night. but the majority of them went
to their cars and retired early. At II
O'Clock the special train pulled out for
Jacksonville The members Of the party
were enthusiastic over what they saw in
Savannah and their kind treatment by the
local division. Savannah, they declared.
was the prettiest city and the De Soto
the finest hotel they had seen since leav-
ing home.