The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-31
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in Savannah ana
Elsewhere.

elsewhere.
Mr.. H. C. McFadden, assistant general
passenger agent of the Plant system, went
down to Jacksonville yesterday on bust
ness.
Mr.. r. H. Lord has been appointed chief
clerk of the traffic department of the
Central railroad by Traffic Manager E. H.
Hinton. Mr.. Lord comes from the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande, where he was
superintendent of transportation. with
headquarters at Fort Worth He spent
seventeen years in the employ OF lines in
Texas and the southwest, among those
with which he was connected being the
international and Great Northern. He
was eight years in the office of the traf-
f1c manager of this road and prior to
that time was with the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railroad. Mr.. Lord comes
to Savannah with a wide and valuable
experience in traffic matters.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Charles N. Right of the Georgia and Ala
bama came over yesterday from the gen
era offices at Americas.
1t is expected that a big crowd will ge
down to Jacksonville via the Plant sys-
tenn tomorrow on the special excursion
train that is to be run. Tickets for this
train good returning for three days, will be
sold for 81 The train will leave the de-
pot at 7:10 o'clock in the morning. The
passengers may return on any of the reg
ular trains within three days of the date
of sale of the tickets.
Mr.. F. A. Wallace, travelling passenger
agent. with Jacksonville headquarters, for
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, was
here yesterday.
The Southern railway is reported to have
purchased an outfit of coal harges at
Pittsburg to be used on the Mississippi
between GFeenville, Miss, and New Or
leans. The purpose of the management
is to put Birmingham coal into New Or
leans for a less rate than the all rail
lires handle it. The all rail routes have
often lost coal contracts to Pittsburg be-
cause the latter has all water transporta-
ton to New Orleans.
One of the busiest departments in
southern railroad work just at this time is
that of the car accountants. The duty of
these officers is to keep trace of all the
cars of their lines. If a car goes way out
into the northwest the accountants Of
flee must know of it's wherea bouts and see
to it's return. Railroads are often ready
enough to take the loaded cars on which
they get their division of freight rates, but
the same readiness and alacrity is not al
ways shown in a speedy return of the cars.
They are sometimes sidetracked and left
standing at the mercy of the wind and
weather for months. Then the account
ants begin to use the wires. They ask
about the car which their records show
went last to a certain line. 1t then be-
comes the duty of that line to find that car
and start it on it's homeward course. 1t
is not always found by the disinterested
line and off will go a car tracer for the
owner line to hunt up. During the last
month great many fruit and melon laden
cars have been sent from the south to far
distant points, and getting them home is
keeping the accountants and their clerks
buSily employed.
President Conner of the Central Railroad
Company has been invited to appear be-
fore the bridge committee of the Atlanta
council and discuss the plan of establish
ing grade crossing to extend Alabama
street.
Mr.. w. H. Brewer of Griffin, whose at
tacks on the railroads of the state have
given his firm of Brewer & Hanleiter more
free advertising than the excess he claims
he has to pay in the way of exorbitant
railroad charges would amount to in years,
is again in Atlanta and has entered the
arena of actual strife. He says he will
make his answer to the railroads argu-
ments at the hearing before the commits
sion on Aug. in the petition he and Capt.
D. G. Purse of this city presented for a
reduction Of Is per cent on cotton rates.
Mr.. Brewer is on the warpath. He says
the freight rates are not the only excess
charges against which he is to aim petit
tions. The passenger people also will be
called up for defense after he has pointed
out ali the abuses that exist and the dis
ordinations that are made against his
own fiourishing city.
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