The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-21
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters OF Interest In savannah and
Elsewhere.

/ IN Atlanta, refuting the charges made by
| Commissioner d. G. Purse OF the Savan-
nah Freight and Transportation bureau.
/ against the Plant system. claiming that
| Ter OF Two carloads Of ebert from the Cen
| tral OF Georgia lines TO the White Blur
| shell road crossing. on the Plant system
/ In his letter Mr.. Papy says that Mr..
/ Lester. who was the consignee was in
] ignorance for some time Of the fact that
| the charge had been made The letter
/ goes on 10 state that the rates authorized
/ by the freight association allowed the rail-
| road to charge in the neighborhOod OF So
/ per car. whereas the amount charged was
in the neighborhood Of 50 only. Mr.. Papy
says that the Plant system has made
Il heaVy cuts in the rates authorized by the
/ association, the reduction in one case
| reaching percentage of LEO, and in the
| majority or cases exceeding 300. The two
| cars Of ebert We're heavily loaded, over the
weight allowed by the association, and
| that the Plant system. Mr.. Papy
says, is deserving OF censure from the as
ISOLATION on this account alone.
| General Freight Agent Papy and Assis-
tant Freight Agent Menzies of the Plant
system are in Washington to-day, attend
| ing the meeting OF the rate committee OF
i the Southern States Freight Association,
which is being held there this week
supt. Ralph Peters of the Panhandle
route and party arrived in a Queen and
| Crescent private car yesterday over the
| Plant system
There is rumor that eleven carloads
Of freight were stolen Thursday night be-
tween Atlanta and Macon.
Col. II. r. Duval, president of the Florida
| Central and Peninsular. passed through
Savannah yesterday in his private car
Falmouth" bound for jacksonville.
R. G. Erwin, Esq, vice president of the
Il
Assistant General Passenger Agent Nc
Fadden of the Plant system left last night
for Atlanta, to attend the rate committee
meeting of the Southern States Passenger
Association.
Mr. Cecil Gabbett, vice president and
general manager; Mr.. Hammond, chief en-
gineer and Mr.. A. Pope, general freight
and passenger agent of the Georgia and
Alabama, arrived yesterday in Mr.. Cab
belts private car.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
freight department reports very heavy
movements of phosphate rock to Savan-
nah, and Fernandina, nearly all of which
is for foreign markets. Four ships are
now at Fernandina waiting for cargoes of
| phosphate rock.
Train Master Williams of the Florida
Central and Peninsular has been busy at
Yuee for several days, arranging the
vegetable transfer at that point.
Mr. w. E. Arnold, general travelling pas
senger agent of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany, is n town.
General Passenger Agent ]. c. Halle of
| the Central of Georgia is in Atlanta to-
day, attending the rate committee meeting
of the Southern States Passenger Asso-
| citation.
Eastern Passenger Agent ]. J. Farms
worth of the Plant system left last night
| for Atlanta. He will attend the rate meet
| ing to-day, and will then return to his
/ headquarters in New York.
| 1t is rumored that President Plant is
much pleased with his visit to Kissimmee.
Fla, which he made on the 18th inst. with
| Mr.. Erwin, vice president, and General
| Superintendent Durham. Mr.. Plant may
| build a steamboat to run between Fort,
| Myers and kissimmee. q
In transportation circles a rumor is cur
rent that the Clyde Steamship Company
will, in the near future, establish a New
York and Fernandina line, says the Jack
| sonVille Times-U MON. The rumor is also
| confirmed by circumstances The Fer
nandina Chamber of Commerce is busily
| engaged in endeavoring to induce the
| Clydes to run schedule to that city.
1t is not thought in transportation cir
cles here that the Clyde line viii go
| further than to have the JacksonyiIe
ships touch in at ternandlna on their
way north and South; for the Mallorys
have already tried the experiment Of a
| separate line of ships to that port and
found it necessary to withdraw to an
other port The withdrawal OF the Nal
lorys was largely due to the extension
of the Florida Central and Penlnsular
railroad to Savannah. AS long as the
Florida Central and Peninsular had It's
northern terminal at Fernandina, it was
to the interest of that road to give bust
n longer
line was built it was to the interest or
the system to divert trathc to savannah
for the sake of the more profitable long
haul Therefore, an independent New
York and F'ernandina service would not
pay better to the Clydes than to the NAL
lorys. The Clyde line, however, could do
the Fernandina business for less than
the Mallorys, for the reason that the
port of the Clydes (Jacksonville), from
which it secures the larger quantity of
business, is south and nearer than Fer
nandina is to the port (BrunswicI), from
which the Mallory line secures its chief
business.
The complaint made by the Seemann
Manufacturing Company to the Georgia
railroad commissioners against the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular, stating that
the road had made excessive charges on
a carload of rosin, have been Withdrawn
by Floyd & Co., who have bought the bust
ness formerly conducted by the Seemann
Manufacturing Company.
President y. 7. Myers or the Rlcnmondi
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railro ld
Company was elected president of the
American Railway Association recently
held in Cincinnati. The ASSOCIATION has
a membership of 235 companies controlling
10000 miles of line William H. Bald
win, Jr., of the Southern railroad wac
added to the executive committee.
1t is reported that the Southern has made
new contract with the Pullman COM
pany for long term of years.
L. ZWynee, superintendent Of the Knox
vile, Cumberland Gap and Louisville road,
and ]. Upton, general freight and pas
senger agent, will be continued in their
present positions by the Southern.
Twenty years ago the average capacity
of q freight car was 10000 pounds; nova
days IS per. cent of the equipment Is
rated at 10000 pounds, and some cars are
now building with 5000 pounds capacity.
The box car of twenty years ago car
ried 300 bushels of grain; the box ears of
to-day carry 1900 bushels.