The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-13
WILL THY TO MEET TRAIN IS.


The steamship La Grande Duchesse, 1t
appears is making an effort now to break
all previous records between New York
and Savannah. even her own. which is put
down as the fastest yet made.
General Agent j. NJ. Barnard, Jr., receiv-
ed a telegram from New York yesterday
stating that the Grande Duchesse had left
her berth promptly at 3 o'clock. Thursday
afternoon, the intention being that she
should arrive in Savannah this morning
in time to make passenger train No. IS on
the Plant system bound for Jacksonville,
St Augustine and Tampa.
It will undoubtedly be a pretty run
against time, and it will certainly eclipse
all other records if the Duchesse succeeds
IN making this trip as planned. Train No.
50 leaves Savannah for Florida at $50
oclock this morning by central standard
time, or at $3.50 by eastern standard time,
which Is the time on which the schedules
are made out of New York. This gives
the steamer exactly AZ hours and 30 min
utes to make the trip from dock to dock
and transfer passengers and luggage to
the Plant system depot. 1t is a trip there
fore, that must be made in Al hours or Al
hours and 30 minutes from dock to dock
at the outside.
There viii be much interest to-day to
know whether the steamer has succeeded
IN making this remarkable run. She has
tne power no doubt, and could, under
pressure, make it perhaps, in even less
tlme: 30 II may be taken for granted that
IL VIII be done unless something unfore-
seen occurs, such as severe gales, a heavy
Iog or snow storm. 1t has been the idea
OF the officers OF the Plant system and
those of the Ocean Steamship Company
a. az Wen, 70 nave the Duchesse make the
TRIP TO catch this train, and eventually it
ls SAID, she Will do it regularly. in this
way a great deal of the Florida travel will
no doubt make the trip by the Ocean
Steamship line, as there would be but a
few hours difference between this time
and railroad time. The train which the
Srande Duchesse is expected to catch left
New Nork yesterday morning. the Ouch
esse leaving the afternoon before.
Mr.. z. lie FeVre, supervising engineer
OF the Ocean Steamship Company, is
passenger on the Grande Duchesse from
New York to Savannah, and is coming
mere Tor the purpose of consultation with
the officials of the company with regard
TO the service
There have recently been a number of
changes and promotions in the engineering
department of the steamship company
ana IN fact, all of them have been made
within the last three or four days. Here
after many old faces on the line will ap-
pear in new places.
Chief Engineer Lafferty of the Nacoochee
has resigned, and Chief Engineer Penning-
ton of the Birmingham was transferred
to the Nacoochee, and took her out for
Boston yesterday.
Assistant Engineer Oluf Albue has been
promoted to the position of first assistant
engineer of the Kansas City in place of
Engineer John Taylor, who has left the
service. Assistant Engineer H. Stewart
has been promoted to second assistant of
the Kansas City, to fill the place left va
cant by the promtion of Mr.. Albue. En-
the Gate City to the Nacoochee Third
Assistant Phillips of the Macon has been
transferred TO the Gate City. Oiler Col
NOTED to the position of third assistant
engineer of the City of Macon. First AS
sistant Harris of the Birmingham, has
City of Macon during the illness of Chief
Phillips.
The company is making every possible
effort to steadily improve the service, and
to increase its standard which has always
been a high one, and in this its efforts will
undoubtedly be appreciated by the public