The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

Marine Band OF Washington. was played
~ the Royal Hungarian Band al the De
Soto last night. The march. which Is
very spirited one. is dedicated 10 the At
lantic Coast Line out Of compliment TO
AIR. 4. l. Reed. who is a friend Of the
professor
The Suwannee Canal Company. OF which
Gen. Henry r. Jackson OF Savannah is
president. has complete surveys OF a rail
road from Folkstown TO Satilla Blum.
General Passenger Agent J. c. Halle
Of the Central of Georgia has been elected
chairman of the auditing committee of
the southern States Passenger Associa-
Iloi, Inc committee Is composed OF j.
Z: taile OF the Central, ii. G. Mcfadden
Of the Plant system and Joseph Richard
son of the Florida East Coast lines.
The Southern Railway. the Port Royal
and Augusta and the Seaboard Air line
have agreed to give free transportation
10 the delegates 10 Spartanburg I'm the in
terest Of the Chicago and Cotton States
Exposition on April 10.
Officers of some Of the railroads of South
Carolina have written the railroad com
mission asking permission to go before Il
and urge for an increase Of the passenger
charges the commission i'm its recent de-
clsion allowed them to charge.
The Georgia and Alabama railroad has
recently leased the equipments of the At
lantic Short Line. This will give the road
an addition of several locomotives and
NIFTY box and fiat cars. The Georgia and
Alabama Is greatly in need of increased
rolling stock facilities to meet the de-
mands made BY the freight department
for carrying lumber and naval stores, and
II Is stated that the company will shortly
place orders for 1000 new box and fiat
cars.
The Central OF Georgia has discontinued
its terminal point at Wadley. between Ma
con and Savannah. Wadley is lO7 miles
from Savannah and 50 miles from Macon,
and until recently was used by the Cen
tral as a freight terminal station, owing
ia the long run of 1872 miles from Macon
TO Savannah, freight engineers from either
point did not go through, stopping at
Wadley. Until recently the engineers OF
the Central We're governed by the state
law, which prohibits a railroad from
forcing its engineers TO work more than
thirteen hours a day. Recently the road
adopted the system of paying its engi-
neers so much per mile for each run Some
time ago il determined TO discontinue
Wadley as terminal point but was pro-
| hibited from so doing by Judge Speer OF
the United States court, who ordered Its
continuance in response to an appeal for
protection made by the engineers. on
adopting the mileage system the Central
paid its engineers for 100 miles on the
run between Macon and Wadley, an eX-
cess of fifteen miles over the actual dis
lance.
The Central recently submitted prop
osition TO discontinue Wadley as terminal
to the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engf-
neers giving the engineers a mileage OF
1872 miles on each run. The Brotherhood
| voted favorably on the proposition and
| the discontlnuance has gone into effect.
| me result, however, has been different
| from what was expected by the engineers,
| as 1t has caused the dismissal of ten of
| them and also the dismissal of hostlers
| and other help employed at Wadley as a
| terminal point.
| The saving to the Central in mileage
! viii be considerable, as it will no longer
| have to pay the extra fifteen miles al
| lowed TO engineers on the run between
| Macon and Wadley. The ten engineers
| dismissed were removed according to Sc
niority.
Mr. William A. Day of Orange, N. J.,
died from consumption Friday In At
lanta His death was very sudden, as he
had only arrived the day before from
Southwest Georgia and Florida, where he
! had spent the winter Mr.. Day was we'll
| known In railroad circles, having been
| prominently connected at one time with
the Mobile and Birmingham railroad. He
married Miss Rachael Barbour a sister
OF Mrs. b. w. Wrenn and Mrs Samuel
| Stocking. He belonged to a well-knoWn
| New Jersey family, his ancestors ma wing
settled in that state over two hundred
| years ago.