The morning news., 1897-06-06
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah end
Elsewhere.

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Vice President John M. Egan. Traffic
Manager e. H. Hinton, General Freight
Agent w. a. Winburn and General Pas
senger Agent J. c. Halle of the Central
Railroad and the Ocean Steamship Com
pany will form party by the Plant sys-
TEN to-day for the east. The
officials will visit the eastern agen-
cies of the Ocean Steamship Company, in
order to arrive at full and proper con-
| ceptlon of their management and the local
| conditions regarding traffic in the cities
where they are located. Philadelphia, be-
| ing the first on the road, will be the first
| city that will be visited From Philadel-
phia the officials will go to New York
| and thence to Boston. Probably the entire
week will be taken up.
The new schedule that is to prevail on
| the Tybee road during the summer months
viii be put on to-day. By this schedule
SIX trains daily, Sundays excepted are
given, and on Sundays there will be seven
trains.
Besides the Plant systems excursions
to and from Charleston and the Florida
Central and Peninsulars to Fernandina
to-day, the latter road will run one
through Savannah This will be from Co
lumbia to Jacksonville, with a two days'
unit. Tickets for the round trip were
soid In Columbia for SO. The excursion
season opens up to-day in full blast. and
from now on the public will be given op-
portunitles to visit points of interest at
greatly reduced rates.
The season of conventions and neetinos
iS
VIII derive a good revenue from the travel
OF delegates and members attending.
Rates have been made for them. and the
large number of conventions ahead gives
promise of good business. Commissioner
Joseph Richardson of the Southeastern
Passenger Association has issued a cir
GUAR summarizing all the events for
Whcn rates have been authorized The
hst Is handsome one, and includes the
names OF sixty-two organizations whose
conVenuons, at points near or remote, are
70 pe held during the summer
The latest feature which has been de-
cided upon by the Seaboard Air Line in
its policy of developing and increasing the
prosperity of that portion of the south
traVersed by its several railroads is a
course or instruction in what might he
termed agricultural and domestic econo-
my 10 De given to the people of the sew
eral communities along the system. The
object of this course Of instruction is to
educate farmers and village people as well.
IN the best modes of preserving fruits
vegetables, etc, in making food products
OF the best kind for use or sale and in
structing them in a hundred details the
knowledge of which will tend to make
them economical and thrifty
Mr.. c. p. Hammond chief engineer of
the Georgia and Alabama, came over yes-
terday from Americus.
Vice President and General Manager
Cecil Gabbett of the Georgia and Alabama
was in the city yesterday.
Chief Clerk w. N. Craven of the train
master of the CentraFs office, went up last
night on a visit to his home at Macon.
Mr.. c. c. Brown, auditor of the
Wrightsville and Tennille, with headquar-
ters at the latter place, was down yester-
day on business trip.
Slight changes are made in schedule of
Plant system, effective to-day. Train No
p will leave Savannah at 4:4O d. m. in
stead Of 4, arriving at Jesup 7:O5 D, m.
Waycross $40 D. M, Brunswick II 40 d. m.
Jacksonville 1915 a. m. All other trains
arrive and depart as heretofore.
o. Fl. Poehler has been appointed COM
mercial agent for the Kansas City, Pitts
burg and Gulf Railroad Company. with
headquarters at Shreveport, La