The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-08

try to hold the Indignation meeting with
that object in view that has been talked
Of.
The railroad man thinks the line would
have as good a showing, in case it comes
TO open warfare, as the city, and that the
Off ,ials could hurt Americas much more
than the city could hurt the road He said
that Americas enjoys an excellent trade
along the line of the Georgia and Ala
bama. The merchants of the small places
of the city's territory are warm friends
of the road, he said and it would be no
difficult matter to show them that they
should trade with other merchants than
those Of a city that was trying to injure
the road that means so much, in its sue
cess or failure, to them. The railroad man
believes that those places along the line
could be induced to buy goods elsewhere,
if the disgruntled citizens should insist on
what he thinks an uuwise course. Rates
could be made by the road that would en-
able merchants of Americus territory to
buy from Montgomery, Columbus or Sa-
vannah without freight costing them any
more.
Mr.. NJ. V. Rally of the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad, with office here,
and Capt. T. A. Phillips the assistant
general manager have gone for a trip
to California. Mr.. Raley left yesterday
afternoon meeting Capt. Phillips at Ev-
Gfett, WueTe ne ndO gone from Jackson
vile. At Everett the gentlemen took
the vestibue train for Cincinnati.
They will go direct to San Francis
CO. and from there to Yuba county, where
they have large gold mining interests. It
is in that county that the Good Title
mine is located. This is the mine that
has had its stock rise so in value within
the last year. Mr.. Raley and Capt Phil
lips are among the largest holders
The investment in the mining stock was
made three or four years ago by Mr..
Raley. He was in California at the time,
having gone out a visit relatives who
live in the neighborhood of the mine.
There was then nothing more than the
shaft, the mine having been abandoned
years before as profitless. In some way
the discovery had been made by some of
Mr. Raley's relatives that there was a
prospect of the old mine. yet yielding pay
ing dirt An investigation showed him
that there seemed to be a strong prob
ability that there was yet gold bearing ore
to be gotten out of the mountain. He then
began to look up the stock of the concern,
and was able with his relatives, to buy
up large Jumps of il at a very low price,
about II cents a share, it is said Some 5000
or 4000 shares were purchased and opera
tons in the mine were resumed on a small
scale Since then it has paid in a man.
ner that exceeded the hopes of its owners,
and the stock has gone away up.
Capt. Phillips and Mr.. Raley will be gone
until a day or two before Christmas.
The Plant systems hotel at Tampa Bay
will be formally opened to-day, dinner be-
ing the first meal that will be served.
President H. B. Plant is at the hotel now
and expects to remain during the winter
The Savannah offices of the system have
just received handsome framed picture
of the new hotel, the Belleview, at Belleair
Fla. This hotel will be opened on Jan. II.
This will be Its second season.
The Southwestern Railroad Company
has declared a dividend of $3.50 per share,
payable on and after Jan. at the Citizens
Bank of Savannah. The company's books
will be closed Dee. 10 to Jan 4.
The Georgia and Alabama railroad will
resume its double daily, strictly passenger
service between Montgomery and Savan-
nah on Dec. IL. The new schedule under
which the trains of this road will be run
Will soon be made known. Radical chang
IS will be made These changes will be
influenced by the greatly improved con-
dition of the roadbed, the bright prospects
for increased business and a determination
on the part of the officials to make all the
Montgomery and Savannah connections,
rs well as necessary intermediate connec-
tons with affiliating lines
Mr.. F. j. Robertson, passenger agent for
the Central railroad al Atlanta was
among the visiting railroad men in the
city yesterday.
President H. M Conner and Vice Pres
ideut John M. Egan of the Central rail-
road, are out on the line on business. They
viii be at Columbus to-day.
Col. B. w. Wrenn, passenger traffic
manager of the Plant system, who has
been spending several days in the city
left yesterday morning. for Cincinnati
where he goes to attend meeting Of pas
senger officials
Mr.. j. McF williams, travelling freight
agent, with Montgomery headquarters,
for the Louisville and Nashville railroad
spent yesterday in the city.
Among the visiting railroad men i'm the
city yesterday was Mr. ]. A. Brooks, a
representative at Montgomery for the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
The Central railroads cold boss" sale
of unclaimed freight will take place to-
day at the companys freight warehouse
on New street. The hours of sale are 10
to II O'clock
A negro lad tried to amuse himself re-
Gently by setting fire to a trestle in Telfair
county on the Georgia and Alabama rail
road. Before the fire gained Roadway
however, a passenger train arrived and ex-
tinguished the blaze. The negro was ar
rested.
1t has been said there are few competent
tranmen who do not drink whisky more
or less. At the international congress of
railroad and marine hygiene, held in Brus-
sells last September, the question of per-
hitting such Indulgence by railroad en-
poyes was discussed. An eminent physi-
clan took the position that railways should
not permit the use of alcohol because use
less well as injurious to the health of
the men and the safety of passengers. The
congress advised that the use be limited
and that employees be warned of the dan
GERS of it's use There are none of the
roads which do not discharge their en-
ployes for drunkenness even while off
tUtN govoa roade Ifeoborpa prnntoxo for