Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-30
FOR BENEFIT OF THE SOUTH
Southeastern Railway Association Favos
Washington, Norfolk and Richmond.
Series of Cheap Excursions Inaugu-
rated-OGset to Late Diversion in
Favor of New York.

The Southeastern Railway Association
has arranged for series Of excursions
from all parts of the south traversed by
its lines to Washington, Norfolk and Rich
nond, at one fare for the round trip, COM
mencing September 1.
The association is composed Of the South
ern railway. Atlantic Coest Line, Atlanta
and West Point, Savannah. Florida and
Western, Central of Georgia, Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular. Florida East Coast
railway, Georgia and Alabama, Georgia
Southern and Florida, Plant system, Rich
rsond. Fredericksburg and Potomac. Triton
and Northeastern. Western and Atlantic
ard Western of Alabama.
The movement to provide for these excur-
sions was started several weeks ago, and
in compliance with the requests of large
more. Richmond and Norfolk, the associa-
ton authorized a reduction of fare between
all southern points and the three cities
named, which are regarded as the gate
ways of the south, about the middle of the
present month. While there were many
buyers who took advantage of the low
rates. there were not as many merchants
in the various parties as had been hoped
for. This was accounted for on the ground
that sufficient time had not elapsed be-
tween the granting of the concession and
the date of excursion to permit the fact of
the reduction to become very widely known.
Era OF prosperity.
1t is understood that the managers OF
the railway companies composing the
Southeastern Association. have become
convinced that an era of prosperity has
struck the south. and that there will be
much more purchasing of goods among
the people there in the near future than
there has been for years past and they
determined to do all in their power to en-
able the wholesale men of Baltimore, Nor
folk and Richmond to secure the trade.
1t is possible that to certain extent this
action of the Southeastern Association was
made necessary in order to counteract the
efforts of New York merchants to capture
the southern trade; they having induced
the Joint Traffic Association to permit the
one fare and a third from all points in
its territory TO New York.
A Missing Link.
stumbling block to the ambition of the
New Workers was. however, found in the
part that the Joint Traffic Association
had no control ever any of the roads south
of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and when
appealed to by the New York people they
declined to take any steps which would
have the appearance of favoring the me-
tropolis at the expense of their own con-
stituency.
The rates made by the Southeastern As
ISOLATION place the merchants Of Balti-
more, Norfolk and Richmond on a Tar
better footing than that secured by New
York from the Joint Traffic Association
and will. it is predicted. result in the
greatest movement of merchants toward
these cities that has ever been known
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