The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
N THE RAILROAD WORLD.
waters of Interest i'm Savannah and
Elsewhere.

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waters of Interest i'm Savannah and
Elsewhere.
.r F. NJ. Jolly, division passenger
oysnt of the Plant system, with headquar-
,ers at Tampa. passed through Savannah
,..s,ardav on his way to New York. Nj
INV Is accompanied on the trip by Mr.
1aFart. prominent divine of Tampa,
10 will perform a ceremony in New
YORK. uniting Mr.. jolly and his fiance.
few of the passenger agents
s-tends in the general passen-
-sr offices in this city were enter
9saira5 by Mr.. Jolly. land were sumptuously
80 led nj the dining rooms at the depot.
~. 4 with his many friends in the Plant
len, service and out of 1t, join in con-
.stulatlons to MIR. jolly in his new rela-
- In the absence OF Mr.. Jolly, MIR.
" Carr, district passenger agent, with
IeadGuarters at Savannah, is in charge
Of his office.
The Plant system ran the last of the
season's excursions to and from Charles
con sunday. The result of the last days
s,ocfals was far ahead Of those of the
Nor DAYS on which the road has run the
,,-,urEiOQS. Ol DUN lAdillS low PCOPAS
,,.ere carried, that from Charleston, how
over carrying more than that from Sa-
vannah'
Traffic Manager Shellman of the Central
&c snending a short vacation in the noun
.,ins Of North Carolina. Maj Shellman
,.os nretty badly run down in health and
1acided that the rest and climate the
fountains afford would be beneficial to
him.
Tho Southern States Passenger Associa-
+;on has authorized a rate of $3.50 for the
ropnd trip to Fitzgerald from Savannah.
This is on account of the corn and cotton
na1ace exposition that is in progress there.
ricketts, will be sold to-day with the final
limit Sept. 10. The commissioner OF tne
associa ton has authorized rate OF TWO
cents mile for pupils attending the deaf,
dumb. blind and orphan asylums of the
s+ates Of Georgia Tennessee, Florida anu
Alabama A rate has also been authorized
of one fare for the round trip to the Ger
man catholic Central Society at Detroit.
tickets Will be sold Sept. II and Is, limit
ed. returning until Sept. 26.
Train No. Is. of the Plant system, north
bound, ran off the track night before
last at the 99-mile post or two miles be-
You'd Waycross.
The two rear coaches and the sleeper
were derailed, the sleeper being thrown
upon It's side Strange to say no one was
hurt Not even bad bruises resulted from
the accident, which was remarkable, as
the train was running at the time at the
scheduled speed of thirty-ive miles an
hour.
The accident resulted from an open
e, l., N1Ya-I,
the cars were derailed, no very serious
damage was done, and the train arrived
at Savannah only forty minutes late.
Here the passengers that were on the
sleeping car were transferred to another.
The train arrived at Charleston on time.
Mr.. Thomas Warrick. contracting freight
agent for the Plant system, returned yes
terday from short business trip to At
lanta.
The friends of Mr.. J. L. Beck, the COM
mercial agent of the Georgia and Ala
4 bama road, will be glad to learn of his
4 resumption of his duties after his severe
4 illness.
Al Representa- tives of the Florida roads
will meet tomorrow in Atlanta for the adj
Busting of passenger matters in their i'm
hmediate territories. At the recent meeting
pf the rate committee of the Southern
States Passenger Association in Atlanta
fates were settled for the winter tourists
70 the Florida gateways. The meeting of
the Florida roads representatives is for
%the purpose of fixing the basis for the
#rates from those gateways to the various
Epoints in the state.
For the Plant system, Mr.. w. H. Leahy.
4chief clerk OF the rate and ticket depart
#ment, will be in attendance
During the month of September the
PLANT Steamship Line will sell tickets from
Boston to Halifax and return for 81. The
system's ships sail from Boston Tuesdays.
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Mr.. R. T. Patton, inspector for the
southern States Passenger Association
Was in the city yesterday.