The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-20
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest to Savannah and
EIseNhere

Matters of Interest to Savannah and
Elsewhere.
The Central railroad will abandon its
commissary trains March /. Orders TO this
effect have been issued from Supt Kline's
Office. Commissary trains have been run
for a long time by the Central. Each di-
vision has had a train run over it once
every month. The officials say that the
commissary trains are to be discontinued
on March |, because it is thought that the
business of the road detracts from that
of merchants along the route. The road
wishes to do nothing to antagOnize the
interests of the people along its line, and
ii is for that reason the trains will be
Withdrawn. In speaking of the matter
yesterday, Vice President Egan said that
the necessity for such trains has departed.
Formerly when the country was. not so
well settled or developed as now, the COM
mlsSary trains were almost a necessity in
certain localities. With the building of
so many stores about the country, how
ever, other means of securing provisions
have been afforded and the commissary
trains are not so essential.
The passenger men of the Southern are
at Nashville, arranging their plans for
getting in big lot of work in the travel
ing public during the exposition. The
Southern expects to transport a great
many of the military commands that will
go in to Nashville.
Mr.. F. A. Wallace, travelling represen-
tative of the Louisville and Nashville, is in
the city.
Mr.. d. F. Jack, third vice president of
the Plant system, has returned to the city
after a trip to Charleston and elsewhere
over the system.
Railway officials, who attended the
Charleston meeting last Tuesday and
Wednesday, are keeping very quiet about
transacted
discussions that took place. 1t must have
been a large meeting, however. Repre-
sentauVes, both traflc men and general
officials, of a number of roads were pres
emit Among those represented were the
Central, the Plant system, the Georgia
and Alabama the Georgia Southern and
Florida, the Charleston and Western Car
DINA, the Atlantic Coast Line, the South
ern, the Georgia and the Atlanta and West
Point When one of the officials in at
tendance was asked about the meeting,
he said that there was nothing about IL
to tell. Some of the representatives had
just decided to meet together Just as la
dies would hold an afternoon tea, he said,
and only little matters of interest to the
roads were gossiped over 1t was not
properly a meeting, he said but rather a
little conference for the roads to talk over
matters and see what the prospects just
now are. The gentleman, by the way,
is no pessimist, but he said the gentlemen
decided the outlook was bad.
Capt. T. A. Phillips. assistant general
manager of the Florida Central and Pc
nnsular, was here yesterday.
BY agreement of the rate committee of
the Southern States Passenger Associa-
ton one fare for the round trip to Will
mington, ". c., has been authorized on
account of the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, to be held there May 6-14. and a
rate of one and one-third fares for the
round trip from Georgia and South Car
DINA points TO Fitzgerald, Ga, on ac-
count of the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Fire COM
panies have been given the same rate
with military companies to the Inaugural
ton. This rate applies for parties of
twenty-five or more in uniform on one
ticket.
President H. M. Conner and Vice Presi-
dent John NJ. Egan of the Central re-
turned yesterday from Augusta, where
they had been to arrange for the secur-
ance of terminal facilities. The city Of
Augusta is just row at law with the Au-
gusta and SummerVille street railroad over
the possession Of certain streets, and il
is the desire of several of the roads to
secure these street privileges in the event
of the city winning its suit. Contracts
with the city were made by three roads,
the Central, the Southern and the Charles
ton and West Carolina. BY the terms
of the contracts the privileges will be fur
nished the roads in the event of the city's
bringing the litigation to a satisfactory
contract for the Central, President Cleve-
land for the Charleston and Western
Carolina and Vice President Finley for the
Southern.