The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-02
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah and
Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
Mrs H. B. Plant passed through Savan-
nah yesterday in Mr.. Plants private car.
She is on her way to New York to join her
husband.
Mr.. George w. Haines. superintendent
of the second division of the Plant system,
with headquarters at Waycross, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. E. P. Eckert, who was to have been
chief clerk of Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent McFadden's Office as stated last
week, has decided to remain in Cincinnati.
Mr. McFadden will shortly make an ap-
pointment to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. E. NJ. Williams, formerly ticket clerk
of the Plant system. has resigned and gone
to Washington to accept a position in the
auditors Office Of the Southern railroad in
that city.
The accidental pistol shot in front of the
De Soto hotel yesterday morning had a
moving effect on local railroad circles. Mr..
A L. Reed, passenger agent for the AT
lantic Coast Line, broke all records for
speed in getting from the sidewalk INTO MS
office, and Baggage Clerk A. b. Conman of
the Plant system gave an exhibition of
sudden dismounting from bicycle ana
seeking shelter that would nave uoile creu-
1t to a cowboy. ~
Mr.. Warren Leland, the veteran hotel
manager. stated the other day that the
Tampa Bay hotel is the most magnificent
thing of its kind in this country.
Two additional hotel help trains will be
run from Jacksonville about the 18th or
10th of April. One train will go over the
Plant system and the other over the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular.
Mr.. w. Rutherford, superintendent of
motive power for the Plant system, left
yesterday for Philadelphia to inspect some
work in the Wilmington shops.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
freight department received seven carloads
of cotton from Lake City yesterday.
Heavy shipments of vegetables and phos-
plate rock still continue.
The Georgia and Alabama railroad sent
out it's first train, No. II, at o'clock yes
terday morning. The first train in over
the road arrived at $50 a. m. The Pullman
car service has not yet been inaugurated.
Mr.. A. Pope, general freight and passen-
ger agent of the Georgia and Alabama
railroad, is in the city.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad contem-
plates building from Columbus, Miss, to
Montgomery, Ala, to connect with the
Georgia and Alabama railroad at that
point. If this connection is made it will
mean through car service from Savannah
to Chicago
A law has been enacted by the French
government prohibiting employees of roads
under state control from combining in
labor organizations.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
does not allow employees, working along
the track or around the bridges to wear
shirts, jackets, sweaters or coats that are
red in color. Other roads are likely to
follow the same plan.
The quarterly meeting of the rate clerks
members of the Southern States Passen-
ger Association will be held at Atlanta
April b. The regular quarterly joint rate
sheet will be issued, and whatever bust
ness that may come up will be transacted.
The Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
for April contains many articles of in
tereSt to railroad men. Articles dealing
with the problem of locomotion and de-
scriptive of the most recent inventions in
many interesting items. 1t is published
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men of Peoria, Ill.
Handsome silver mementoes were pre-
scented to Messrs. ]. B. Thompson, S. H.
Hardwiek and c. S. McClesky of the
Southern railroad by the members of a
party from Macon who enjoyed the hos
pitality of the Southern railroad on the oc-
casion of the launching of the company
new steamship atlanta" at Philadelphia