The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-25
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah ana
Elsewhere.

Matters of Interest in Savannah ana
Elsewhere.
Capt. D. Z. Maxwell. general MANAGER
OF the Florida Central and Peninsular,
with Jacksonville headquarters. went
through yesterday on his way to New
York.
News from the party of Georgia conduc-
tors that attended the national convention
at Los Angeles, Cal of the Order of Rail-
| way Conductors, indicate that they are
| having big time. The special train that
| carries them is now on it's circuitous re-
turn, with stops for a day or so at interest
| ing points along the route The conductors
Will reach Atlanta June 2, after having
| spent the last few days of their trip at
Nashville. There are a number of Savan-
nah conductors in the party.
The excursion over the Central to Au-
gusta, which left here Sunday morning,
returned yesterday morning. The
train, in charge of Conductor A. N.
Brannen, carried 440 passengers into Au-
gusta. Two hundred and fifteen of these
were from Savannah, the rest having been
picked up along the line.
The files in the offices of railroad claim
agents often show unique specimens of
English composition. The following is a
| pathetic and at the same time unique evil
| dence of what can emanate from the I'M
! tutored mind. 1t is true reprint of the
| original, now on file, and will explain it.
| self. The roads correspondent, it might
! be stated, got his 50: "Mr. j. c. Hoge.
Macon Ca Dec the 10 1S96-AIr j c FIoge,
| Dear SRI noWar mouch delited in an
cering you reply accorden to request.
| hoping that you will please tax crate in
| trust in reading this letter adm Lwock
| direck on my case with mouch shimpersy
| Concerning the hogs which was kill on
the central r r of Ga. in the SO deas-
| trick, not fear from the said town of
| Wadley. Dear superintendent, I only ask
| the small remount of $1.50 a peace for
| those Hogs, thare was fine nice fat hogs
and / was auferd $500 peace For them
but void not tax that simply for this
Cause,-I knew I was nothing but a pore
| colard man with sick and arf1ikted wife
and parcel of little children and those
Hogs was posion of my year serpote
| and was dependin on those Hogs. you
| know Times is hard and meat is high
| still am willin to lose Half of the vaure
on them and beleave that the c r
company is too HoniS and too Just to OBJ
| jock to rite thing and I am compel to
| nave that coincidence in you all until |
am therley convinced in my beleaf l
am an unlunt man and has to get some
one else to rite for me. you said in your
| letter Oct the oath was 1 willin to settle
| in fun for $780, bottle hogs, you said 10 my
letter I said it was Corricz, and L was
| satterfide for the same. 1T was a msun-
| derstandin in my riten, 1 did not clame
| satterfide, / ask please to pay me $500
| for the Hogs, that is $1.50 a peace Jen-
| tleman, please lwock on me with pity
| and Give me that remount which Is
nothing for the size Hogs. Know Jen-
tlemen it shall Rest on your Homer and
| depend on God, because he blesss ever
| Good desire. I am pore but I tries to be
honis and treat all men as void desire
| them treat me. so with this may the
| lord impress you mines to ever good and
lovin desire. Nothing more to say I am
| your humble servant, as ever, Newsome
Garrett l shall wait on your reply please.
ANGER at once and please send the said
Remount $500 for hogs"
MIR. II. s. Kealhofer will come to Sa-
vannah June from Memphis to the
| freight department of the Central rail-
| road. Mr.. Kealhofer win be transferred
from the position as commercial agent he
| has held at Memphis, and will be succeed
| ed by Mr.. Ziba Bennett, who has been
the roads general agent at Augusta. To
succeed Mr.. Bennett. Mr.. E. Il. Charlton
| goes from the general freight agents Of
| flee here. He will be succeeded by Mr.
| Kealhofer Mr.. Charlton has been in the
general freight agents Office here for
about year, having been transferred to
| Savannah from Augusta.
| About the only rush in business the rail-
roads are now having is in the north
/ ward movement of vegetables. The COM
| peting lines out of Florida are daily haul
ing large quantities out of the state, an
| official of one of them stating yesterday
that the movement each day over his line
is about twenty-five or thirty cars. Ship
| ments from Savannah are rapidly increas-
| ing also. Two weeks ago one or two cars
day was considered a good shipment
! but now the traffic has reached a point
where from fifteen to twenty cars are nee
essary each day to handle the vegetables.
The Plant system took 3,9O6 passengers
into Tampa yesterday. Three special
| trains were employed for the purpose. The
occasion was the celebration of the seven
ty-eighth birthday of Queen Victoria.
| There are British war vessels at Tampa.
and other attractions to draw visitors.
TWO more excursions will be run by the
| road to-day. One OF these will be from
| Montgomery and intermediate points and
the other. part OF the way over the "Geor-
gla Southern and Florida, will be from
| Macon and intermediate points II is es-
timated that $500 passengers will be
aboard these trains.
The Central railroad will run an excur-
sion to Tybee June for the 81. Joseph
Cadets and their friends Of Macon. Tick
cts. good for three days, will be sold for
- for the round trip.
Mr. John NJ. Egan. vice president Of the
Central railroad, IS away on a trip to the
northwest.
General Freight Agent w. A. winburn.
OF the Central. and General Freight agent
+. Il. Papy OF the Plant system have
gone to Charleston. A conference Of the
freight officials of the lines comprising
the southeastern Freight Association Is
being held at Charleston. and Il was
to attend this that the Savannah officials
went over,