The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-04
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Tomorrow will be big day at Way
.-oss IT will be Durham day, and the
,ovvn will be filed with the employees of
the Plant system and members of their
families. General Superintendent B.
Dnnbam Of the system viii be in attend
ance He will be the guest of honor of the
dav. it having been as mark of the
esteem in which he is held by the people
Of Waycross and to show their appre-
citation Of the interest he has shown in
the advancement of the place, that the
day was named for him.
4 THE address of the day will be delivered
nv one of the able counsel of the Plant
system, Hon. S. G. McLendon of Thomas
Vile. col. McLendon is a splendid speaker,
and will entertain the large crowd that is
expected.
The Plant system win run special trains
from all along its line. It will be gala
day with the road, and many of the en-
Moves will be on hand to participate in
the merry-making and show the respect
in which they hold the general superin-
tendent. Any of the employees that may
want to attend the fair at Waycross and
that may be spared from work tomorrow
may do so, and transportation will not
cost them one cent. 1t is for their ac-
comnodation that the specials will be run.
One OF these viii leave here tomorrow
morning at o'clock, arriving at Wayeross
at 10. 1t is expected that there will be
600 employees and members of their fam
lies aboard this train All of the offices
and departments of the road, if they are
run at all, will be run with short forces,
as the officials want to allow every man
thew possibly can to have a days relax
alton from duties and the chance of hav-
ing a good time at WaycrosS. The pas
senger and the auditing departments will
be closed, and most of the employees will
go down on the special The train will
pick up employees all the way down to
Waycross. No other passengers will be
allowed aboard.
The other special will be run from San
ford, Fla 1t will leave that place at
O'Clock this afternoon and will arrive at
its destination at 7:20 o'clock tomorrow
morning 1t is estimated that there will
be as many of the employees and members
of their families aboard that train as the
other. They will be taken up all along the
line from Sanford, while many will come
from points beyond. In addition to the
/ 200 people, it is thought the specials will
take to Waycross, there will be 500 more
who will come from the other branch of
the line toward the west. Badges have
been provided for the employees, and these
VIII ne gwen Oul W lllSlu On TIE
The badges will bear the trademark of
the Plant system, the words Durham
Day and ''Waycross Fair, 1897" Elab-
crate preparations have been made for the
entertainment of the visitors. In addition
to the more conventional entertainment,
there will be a collision between two old
engines on the Waycross Air Line. Ar
rangements for this wreck of locomotives
are all made, and nothing remains to be
done with the exception of taking up a
couple of rails behind the starting point
Of each of the engines. 1t is regarded as
the safer plan to have these rails taken
up, for fear of one of the engines jumping
the track after the engineers have pulled
open the throttles and jumped off. If this
should happen the other would pass on by.
Unless the rails were removed there would
then be good chance for
an accident of some kind from
runaway engine The reno
val of the rails will relieve all fears of the
engines getting away. 1t was suggested
that it would be a good idea to have two
dummies, as true to life as possible, sit
ting on the cow-catchers of the engines.
1t was thought that this would be a fine
way to enlist the interest of those watch
ing the collision. If the plan should be
carried out, and the dummies should pre-
sent a sufficiently life-like appearance,
there would probably be good deal of
fainting and screaming among the spec
tatOrS.