The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah ana
Elsewhere.

Matters of Interest In Savannah ana
Elsewhere.
The Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road will run an excursion from Savannah
to Columbia July 8, applying to trains re-
turning till July s. Round trip tickets will
be sold for ST. An inducement of the ex-
curson is the opportunity that will be
afforded the people of Savannah to make
very cheap trip to the mountains of North
Carolina. A rate of 50 for the round trip
from Columbia to Ashevine and neighbor-
ing points is on on Saturdays, good return
ing on Mondays. This rate could be Sc
cured by passengers on the 81 excursion
from Savannah, and the entire railroad
fare from here to the mountains and re-
turn would be only S.
1t seems probable that the ticket agents
of the uptown railroad offices will not
enjoy the privileges they had last sum
mer on Saturdays. During the hot season
of last year they shut up at the dinner
hour, and spent the Saturday afternoons
In recreation. This year no such pleas-
ant custom is in store for them, apparent
~, as no agreement has yet been reached
TO close. The Saturday afternoon closing
agreement
OF all the ticket agents. This was on ac-
count of the competition among the mas
senger people, for, If one office were 10 re-
main oDen while all others were closed
IL Is easy to see that business would give
the open office a fine run on those after
moons when the offices of its competing
lines were closed. The unanimous agree
ment or all the agents is therefore neces-
sary before closing on Saturday after
moons is allowed by the railroads. This
year this unanimity has not been found
and the few of the travelling public that
care TO make their purchases of tickets
uptown on Saturday afternoons. NAV do
so, Inc business OF the Central railroad
ticket Office on Bull street has greatly in
creased since the Introduction of the
ticket business of the Ocean Steamshln
company, and City Passenger and Ticket
Agent w. G.. Brewer does not find thar
ms Saturday afternoons can be spared
from MS Increased business.
Mr.. T. e. Youmans, freight agent for
the Plant system. has been very III for
several days az his home, No. All Gordon
street. east. He Is now better, and his
many friends hope TO soon see him nm
again. W
II Is likely that a number OF the savan-
nah members Of the Society OF Christian
ishuedNoI Will attend Its annual conven-
ZION az san Francisco July 7-12. A few
Gays ago II was not thought there wouId
De many to go, but the estimate has been
gradually growing All the roads are
working the convention for all Il IL worth
and are doing all they can to get a. good
representation from Savannah. They are
all Offering special and nowhere-else-to-
be-found Inducements and say their routes
are the only ones, but whether their
efforts TO get a crowd from Savannah win
prove successful or not remains TO be seeu
The most sanguine OF all the passenger
agents Is Mr.. w. @. Brewer OF the Central
railway. The state secretary and district
excursion manager OF the Society ~
Christian Endeavor, Mr.. A. Gordon CAS-
sells, has issued a circular describing the
Itinerary OF the journey 10 San FrancIero
and names the Central railway as the lIne
out OF Savannah. The one-way rate from
Savannah will be only sSi.S5, and stop-overs
have been arranged az many points OF in
terest. II sufficient number will ioln An
the trip. a special Pullman car will be A.
cured through from Atlanta 20 San Fran
Cisco The charge vii be $50 per dav. or
about SAB for double berth through from
Atlanta TO San Francisco. All parties ex-
pectlng 10 make the trip are requested 40
communicate az once with Mr., Cassels
The berth rate len tourist sleeping car from
ST. Louis to San Francisco, permitting