The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-04
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest to Savannah and
EIseW here.

| ting themselves upon the manner in which
] freight rates have been maintained since
the establishment of the association. 1t
has been found that the plan adopted for
the organization has worked with much
better results thus far than was ever the
case in a similar length Of time under any
of the old associations.
Though there are now no ironclad rules
and regulations, 1t Is said that the rates
| have never been so free from cutting in
| the cotton season. The officials now re-
| gard themselves as bound in honor not to
| bring their knives out to slash rates.
! While there was no stringent rule adopted,
as the law pronounces against such rules,
the necessity was appreciated at the meet
ing at which the association was organic
ed of not having the rates slashed. The
officials consider a moral obligation binds
them in the matter, and the first member
Of the association has yet to begin to cut
into the present rates.
There was no apportionment of the cot
ton crop made this year among the roads.
This was contrary to custom, but it has
been found to work admirably. 1t was
decided last summer that no effort would
be made to apportion the cotton among
the roads from the various shipping
points, but that it would be better to al
low each one to get as much as it might.
All understood however, that it would not
| be wise to attempt to get more than a
| legitimate share. All the lines are doing all
| they can to get business, but 1t is said
that it is being done by regular methods
and that none of the competitors have COM
plants to make. Railroad men say the
situation is better now than they have
known it for several years.
Among the visiting railroad men in the
| city yesterday was Mr.. ]. A. Sans gen.
| eral southern agent, with office at Allan
| ia, for the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road.
Mr.. L. Harrison, Adjusting agent for
| the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road, with headquarters at Jacksonville,
was among the out-of-town railroad men,
who spent yesterday in the city.
Mr.. NJ. II. Connally, general agent at
Jacksonville for the Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga and st, Louis railroad. was in the city
yesterday.
The railroads leading into Jacksonville
from Savannah have decided to check BIZ
cycles free on the tickets that will be sold
| at greatly reduced rates on account of
| the gala week at that place. The festiv-
! tiles at Jacksonville will last from Nov. 8
| until Nov. II. The concession the roads will
make to bicyclsts will probably induce
| many of them to take their wheels along
! with them on the trip.
Mr.. w. H. Leahy chief clerk of the pass
enger department of the Plant system,
and Mr.. c. b. Walworth, chief rate clerk
in the Centrals department left last night
! for Cincinnati, where they go to attend
the meeting of the rate clerks of the lines
| interested in the appointment of the rate
sheets on all winter tourist business from
the Ohio river gateways to Florida.
Mr.. Tyrrel Morgan has been appointed
to clerical position in the passenger de-
partment of the Plant system.
The regular monthly meeting of the con-
ference committee of the Southeastern
Passenger Association will be held Nov
16 at the Shoreham hotel in Washington
The winter schedules of the lines be-
tween New York and Florida points will
go into effect Nov 81. The trains will
then run through and the service will be
considerably quickened and improved. A
meeting of the passenger officials of the
| Plant system, the Pennsylvania, the Flor
| ida East Coast and the Atlantic Coast
Line was held some days ago at Washing
ton, when the matter of schedules was
considered. Another meeting will be held
tomorrow at Washington, and schedules
will again come up for discussion. Vice
President r. G. Erwin and Passenger
Traffic Manager b. w. Wrenn will repre-
sent the Plant system.
The passenger department of the Plant
system has been advised of the dates upon
which the systems winter hotels in Florida
will be opened for the season. The Inn
! at Port Tampa and the Ocala house at
! Ocala are open all the year. The big
| hotel at Tampa Bay will be opened Dec. s.
| This will lead, the one next to be opened
| being Hotel Kissmmee, at that place.
! Belleview, at Bellair, and Seminole, at
| Winter Park, will be opened on Jan. II,
! which Is about the time the real Florida
business begins. The magnificent vesti-
| buled trains from the north are put on
about the middle of January
The sale of excursion tickets
from points at the north and
east to Florida began Nov. l.
Tickets from western points have been on
sale since Oct. Is. There have been a con-
siderable number of tickets sold but not
as many, it is thought, as there would
have been had 1t not been for the preva-
lence of yellow fever In some sections of
| the south. The knowledge of the fever
| being in the south, even IL there has been
| no report OF It's having SHOWN up in Flor
ida of Georgia, will be enough to keep
many of the northern people away until
the colder weather has set in. 1t is ex>
I pected that the season of tourists will be
later this year on account of the fever
| There are many people at the north who
own homes in Florida. 1t is usually the
case that they come down a long time
before the mere pleasure seekers, who
prefer the midwinter months for their
southern trips.
A good business is reported thus far by
the Plant system on account Of the fair at
Waycross. Though it has been in prog
ress for but one day, reports show that
good crowds have been hauled. special
was run yesterday, and will be run to-
day and tomorrow from Townsville and
! Triton to Waycross. The road also did
good business while the fair at Thomas
| vile was In progress.
No decision in the Georgia and Ala
bama injunction case has yet been hand