The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-15

The Central railroad resumed train SER
vice between Macon and Montgomery yes
terday. Trains and will perform this
service, leaving Montgomery daily at 7:45
a. m. and arriving at that point 1850 p. IN.
A Washington dispatch to a Chicago Off
cial declares that Senator Cullom has sta
ted that the anti-scalping bill will pass
congress at the coming session. He has
prepared a vigorous report on the meas
ure, which will be presented during the
first days of the session.
MIR. W. w. Taberner, general agent of
the Armour car lines, was in the city
that company.
A decree for the sale of the Greenwood,
Anderson and Western and the Carolina
Midland railroads, has been signed by
Judge Simonton of the United States
court Mr.. G. II. Sass has been appoint
ed commissioner of the sale, which takes
place Dec l.
The regular monthly conference meet
ing Of the Southeastern Passenger Asso-
cation will be held in Washington Tues
day. Mr.. II. G. McFadden, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Plant system,
and Mr.. j. G. Halle, general passenger
agent of the Central railroad, win leave
tomorrow to be present
Winter schedules of the roads composing
the Atlantic Coast Line system, are now
being prepared and VIII be ready to be
put into effect Nov. %.
Capt. b. M. Burroughs, general road
master of the Florida Central and Pc
ninsular railroad was in Savannah yester-
day.
Without Offering any criticism whatever,
Vice President Egan Of the Central rail-
road thinks the quarantine might be with
drawn in this territory without mourning
any risk from yellow fever infection. The
guarantees are being lifted at most all
points in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
An association, similar to the hospital
feature of the Plant system, has been or
ganized for the benefit of the employees of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad All
members are admitted on payment of a
small monthly fee, for which they receive
attention at the hospital and are placed
under the care of skilled nurses. The
Chesapeake and Ohio company has given
the new association the use of the Gladys
Inn, one of the company's hotels, which
has been conveniently fitted out for a hos
pltal.
The approximate earnings of the Ceor-
gia and Alabama railroad for the last week
in October amounted to So, 29O and for the
entire month, to S11O,S59 This is an in
crease of $1,000 over the same month of
last year.
Mr.. W. J. Craig, who has been acting as
general passenger and freight agent OF the
Charleston and Western Carolina railroad,
has been elected general manager of that
line.
1.-THE first link in the Atlantic, Valdosta
and Western railroad was forged Thurs
day." says the Valdosta Times, land the
probabilities of the road being completed
to Valdosta are stronger now than ever
Two months ago the G. s. Baxter Com
pany secured an option on the St. Mary's
railroad, which was owned jointly by Dyal
and Upchurch and the Georgia and Flor
ida Round Timber Company. The St
Mary's road was the most important link
in the contemplated line, it filling in "A
gap from Crawford, Fla, to Fort Moniac.
in this state. The road was in a direct
line from Jacksonville to Valdosta and
when the Baxter company secured the op-
ton it was the general impression that