The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-20
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Items of Interest to savannah and
Elsewhere.

Items of Interest to savannah and
Elsewhere.
News was received at one of the railroad
offices yesterday that Agent Deming of
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road a Montgomery has the yellow fever.
In addition to this the office received con-
siderable news over the wire from the city
in which the disease has last presented it
self. 1t was said that within the last few
days a large number of people have left
Montgomery.
The railroads have been notified of the
extension of the quarantine lines about
Augusta. The trains bound for that city
are boarded 40 miles out and the In
spectors stay aboard until the yards are
reached. Railroad men say that Augusta
has the strictest regulations of any that
exist along their runs. Every provision is
taken, the trainmen say, to see that the
proper enforcement of the regulations is
observed, and these regulations are such
as to render it almost impossible for any
one unprovided with certificate to get
into the city.
The office of the trainmaster of the
Florida Central and Peninsular was advis-
ed that several Florida points have quar-
antined. Trainmaster Raley sent his con-
CALCULATIONS to Jacksonville on its having
quarantined. Mr.. Raley had the fever at
Jacksonville in 1888 The attack caught him
as late as Nov. 5. He entertains the great
est respect for the disease and hopes that
it will never find entrance here or in
Florida. Mr. Rally thinks the quarantine
restrictions cannot be two vigorously and
carefully enforced. He thinks the prevail
ence of the fever in other sections of the
south will have the effect of causing
many of the tourists, who would visit
those sections otherwise, to come to Sa-
vannah and Florida.
Mr.. E. H. Hinton, traffic manager of the
Central railroad, left last night for New
York where he will attend a meeting OF
the traffic officials of the lines interested
in the movement of freight from New
York TO the Mississippi river gateways. 1t
is said that some of the lines are moving
freight to these points from the east on
rates below those that would obtain were
the basis that was adopted some time ago
by the roads at interest observed.
Mr.. E. W. White, commercial agent, with
headquarters at Cincinnati. for the Cen
trail railroad and Ocean Steamship Com
pany, spent yesterday in the city.
MIR. ]. II. Stevens, commercial agent OF
the Plant system, with Office at Palatka,
was in the city yesterday.
The Plant system has discontinued its
passenger service to Montgomery. Trains
Nos 81 and So have been taken off until
an abatement of the fever. These trains
will continue to run as far as Thomas
vile.
improvements in the way of new desks
and the redistribution of the furniture
nave been made at the uptown ticket Of
flee of the Central railroad. The changes
add greatly to the appearance of the Of
flee.
Mr.. f. H. MacFarland, the energetic
young superintendent of the Darien and
Western railroad, was in the city yester-
day MIR. MacFarand is probably one of
the youngest of the railroad managers in
the country. He is a Savannah boy, and
his many friends here are proud of the sue
cess he is achieving.