The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-26
Hoods Pills cure d y o5, Iss sy t e fs
N THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest 10 Savannah and
Elsewhere.

Matters of Interest TO Savannah and
Elsewhere.
Col n z. Harris Of Macon. division
counsel for the Central railroad, was in the
city yesterday. Col Harris was down on
legal business for the road some mat
ters thar have been in an unsettled coudi-
ton for a long time were adjusted at a
conference az which he. Vice President
John II. Egan Of the Central. Mr.. r K.
Reaves and MS attorney. Nr. W. =. Bur
nett Of a hens were present. The question
settled was one regarding some right Of
way Of the road al Athens. Col. Harris
was al one time receiver for the Macon and
Northern, nov the division OF, the Central,
that runs 10 Athens, and upon its reor-
Eznizatiou. was made president OF the
road. His firm. Hill Harris, Birch &
Harris, is also counsel for the Southern at
Macon.
Hon. Fleming G. duBignon left by the
Plant system yesterday for New York.
Among the railroad men in the city yes
terday, was 8Ir. G. ". Perkins. president
and general manager Of the wrightsviile
and Tennille railroad. Mr.. Perkins home
Is az the latter place
The house flag Of the Ocean Steamship
Company has been changed. The altera-
tons consist In the lettering Instead Of
tie @. a" the flag has borne for years,
it TOW bears the initials Of the steamship
company. These are arranged with the
20" in the quartcTing al the top. the GO"
al the bottom and an So on either side
The &c A" stood for Georgia, and was
the device borne by the flag long before
the line became the Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
There viii be meeting Of the confer
ence committee Of the Southeastern Pas
senger Association at Washington. on
Nov. 2.
General Passenger Agent J. c. Halle Of
the Central railroad has a picture hang
ing in his Office that represents the model
Of the Ocean Steamship Company's vessel
the Kansas City. which was shown with
such success a. the trades display at MAJ
con. Since that time the model has been
rebuilt. so that it Is now a much more
perfect representation of the Kansas City
II VIII be shown this week at Nashville
at the trades display that is to be held
there. Mr. Halle was in Nashville a few
days ago, and while there he made ar
engagements for four Of the finest grays in
the city 10 pull the float which will bear
the model. After it has been exhibited at
Nashville the model viii be shipped to
Jacksonville, where il viii be in the line
Of floats in the trades display at that
place on Nov. 9. The arrangements at
Jacksonville are under the direction Of the
CenraFs representative, Mr.. Walter Haw-
kins. BY the time its tour has been COM
pleted, the Kansas City viii have become
a vessel almost as widely Travelled by land
as water
Mr.. H. NJ. Conner. president of the Cen
trail railroad, left last night for Carroll
ton.
Mr.. Henry B. Plant president of the
Plant system, who has been in the south
for several days, has returned to New
York. Contrary to his usual custom, Mr..
Plant did not stop over in Savannah on
his way either north or south
The train service of the Plant system,
owing to the prevalence Of the yellow fe-
yer ana the rigid quarantine restrictions
of the Alabama towns, has been discon-
tinued beyond Sprague junction, a station
some thirty miles beyond the Georgia line.
A meeting of general passenger officials
of the Plant system, the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Pennsylvania railroad will
be held to-day at Washington for the pur-
| pose of arranging the schedules of their
| connecting trains. Passenger Traffic Man
| ager B. w. Wrenn viii represent the
| Plant system at the meeting.
Vice President and General Manager &C.
| ell Gabbett of the Georgia and Alabama
railway spent yesterday IN the city.
! General Freight and Passenger Agent
| A. Pope Of the Georgia and Alabama rail-
way is expected in the city to-day
According to the statistical report Of the
interstate commerce commission on the
public service of the railroads Of the coun-
try, the number of passengers carried dur
/ ing the year ending June 80, 1896 was 511.-
T72, 737, being an increase of 4,85l,375 as com
| pared with the year ending June 3d. 1885
| That year however, showed a decrease
| Of 1896 S37 as compared with 1894. The
number Of passengers carried one mile
during the year was 1909 007 233, showing
] an increase as compared with the pre-
vious year of $4,000 962. The correspond
/ ing decrease of the year 1894 was 200 p
| 999,622. The number of passengers carried
| one mile per mile of line-that is. the
| figures indicating the density of passen-
| ger traffic during the year ending June
4 30 1S96-was II ,705, an increase of 3133 in
this item being shown. The corresponding
/ decrease, as shown by the report of 1885,
| was l2,76l. The number of tons of freight
| carried during the year under considera-
| ton was 765, S9l, $50 This is the largest
| tonnage ever reported for railways in the
| United States. The increase during the
| year was 69,130,2 pa The number of tons
of freight carried one mile was IS. 32S. e
| 360278 there being an increase of 10. 100
| 3S7 The density of freight traffic is
shown by the number of tons of freight
carried one mile per mile of line. which
was 52S,SS2. These figures, as compared
with those Of the preceding year, show
an increase of H,342 ton-miles per mile
Of line.
The Georgia and Alabama railroad haa
withdrawn two OF its passenger trains
from that section of its line beyond Amer