The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-12
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in Savannah and
Elsewhere.

The west coast Of Florida as a health
resort is treated of at length in the Med
ical Bulletin by John V. Shoemaker. NJ.
d. In describing that section of the state,
DR.. Shoemaker speaks in glowing terms
of the Plant system transportation facil-
tiles and the service it renders to Flor
ida health tourists.
The Plant system will run another ex-
cursion Sunday from Jacksonville to Sa-
vannah. These points have become favor
lite terminals with the system for specials,
as they have always been literally pat
ronized. There win be two rates for this
trip, one of 81, good returning only on the
special on the date of sale, and another
of 81, good returning on any train within
three days from the date of sale. The
train will leave Jacksonville at o'clock
in the morning.
A good story is circulating about the
Florida Central and Peninsular's and the
Plant systems joint water supply at
Callahan. The tank is used by both roads
where the Savannah, Florida and Western
crosses the Florida Central and PENN
sulars belt around Jacksonville, but il
seems the latter road has the tankman
in its immediate employ. When the Plant
systems Competitive excursion, the
competition, it will be remembered, be-
ing between 1t and the Florida Central
reached Callahan last Sunday it found
no water in the tank, and an unusually
quick run up 10 tldI place was SpOlleu
for continuance into Jacksonville by a de-
lay of forty-five minutes, while the tank
was being filled. The Plant system peo-
pie think the coincidence of an empty
tank and competitive excursions rather
suggestive.
When the presidents and general man.
ayers of several southern roads met Mon
day at the Windsor hotel in New DIRK
to endeavor to devise means of putting
a stop to ruinous rate warfare the most
conspicuous point of the meeting was
the absence of any representative of the
Sea.board Air Line The Seaboard Air
Line had issued its ultmatum in the let
ter of Vice President St. John, So though
the road was invited to send some Off
cial to represent it, the conference was
held without the presence of anyone to
act for it, As the Seaboard was emphat-
ically the aggressor in the fight, this
leaves the roads in just the shape mat
ters stood before the meeting, the Sea-
board maintaining its attitude Of opposi-
ton towards the others.
Sept. 10 has been set as the date of sale
of the Columbus Southern, from Column
bus to Albany. The upset price is 100000
The road, which is one built only a few
years ago, Is ordered sold by the courts
to satisfy a mortgage amounting to over
$1,000000.
The Seaboard's cut rates were restored
Saturday in accordance with Judge Sim
onions order. This was the 80 1-3 Per
cent. cut. Atlanta merchants are said
to have saved hundreds of dollars by ship
ping by the Air Line while its reduced
rates were in effect.
The Seaboard Air Line has again caused
a clamor by naming a cheap excursion
rate to points in Virginia and return 10
Atlanta and Athens, good for ten days.
The regular passenger rates are slashed
to an extent that some of the roads in
tention to take it out on the others
in excursion rates, as the courts have en-
joined a cut in freight rates. To show the
remarkably low rates given to several
points and return that to Virginia Beach
is S10.50.