The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-05

Mich.
The Baltimore & Ohio has adopted the
Alexander car replacer as a standard on
all its lines. This was done after a series of
experiments covering several months.
The Louisville and Nashville proposes to
build a new bridge over the Cumberland
river at Nashville, and plans and specih-
cations are under consideration The
bridge will be built under the direction of
James GeddeS superintendent, Nashville
Chairman Joseph Richardson of the
Southeastern Passenger Association an
plan for delegates and members attending
the following meetings: Households of
Ruth, Dawson, June and 4: Sunday
school seminary, national, Jackson, Tenn,
June to %; c. NJ. E. church district con-
ference), Blackshear, June TO Is; Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary and Home Mis-
sion Parsonage Aid Society, Macon, June
II to IS; Peabody Institute, GAINESVILLE,
June IA to 26; Masters Plumbers Associa-
ton, national, New York, June Is to IS;
Houston conference Epworth League NJ
E. church, south, Athens, Tenn, June 16
to IS; Music Teachers Association, ma
tional New York, June "a to IS; Elocu-
tlOHlSIS ASSOCldl tOH, national, New Y Ofk,
June % to July 3; American Society Civil
Engineers, Quebec, June 30 to July 2; Odd
Fellows Grand Lodge, Eufaula, Ala, July
to 8; Rabbits central conference, Mon
treal Quebec, July 6 to II; Republican
League convention, Detroit, Mich, July
IS to Is.
The freight yards of the Plant system
are being relaid with new crossties.
Mr.. J. F. Mead who has been In the en-
p.oy of the Ocean Steamship Company at
Philadelphia, under Mr.. Hammond came
down yesterday on the City0of Birmingham
to take a position in the office of Claim
Agent Graham.
Mr.. E. w. Sells has returned from a trip
to New oYrk. Mr.. Sells is a member of
the firm of Haskins & Sells, the senior
member of which is the controller of the
Central railroad. The junior member also
is actively engaged in the administration
of the railroads accounting system.
The summer excursions of the Plant
system and the Florida Central and PENN
sular will be iAaugurated tomorrow, and
good crowds are expected to go to Charles
ton over the Plant system and to Fernan-
dina over the Florida Central and PENN
sular. The trains make the round trip in
one day and only 81 is charged The ex-
cursions are run each Sunday during the
summer and are great conveniences for
the citizens of their terminal points who
are thus enabled to make visits to the
neighboring cities at but small COSTS
Mr.. E. II. Hinton, the newly appointed
traffic manger of the Central railroad and
Ocean Steamship Company, has not yet
organized his Office force. He says ii
will probably be some time before he does
so, as his attention just now is confined to
the mastery Of the rates and conditions
governing traffic. These conditions he
finds widely different from those to which
he has been accustomed in the southwest
but complications found there he is pleased
to note, are not a portion of the system
with which he has to familiarize himself
Mr.. Hinton will go east probably, and
will visit the points with which the rail-
road and steamship company have traffic
arrangements before his Office force is or
ganized.
The Plant system expects a good busl-
ness from a limited territory in South
Georgia this month and next, on account
of the summer festivities to be held az
Quitman and Valdosta. The Quitman gala
week will be held June 1920. and will draw
a good crowd from the surrounding coun-
try as will Valdostas midsummer carni-
val next month.
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