The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-27
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in savannah and
Elsewhere.

Matters of Interest in savannah and
Elsewhere.
Mr. w. p. Dawson, who has been with
the Central for several years. has re-
| signed the position of travelling passenger
agent, with headquarters at Macon. He
will be succeeded by MIR. ]. G. Carlisle,
who has been in the office of the general
/ agent of the road at Macon for a number
OF years. The change is a deserved pro-
motion for Mr.. Carlisle.
A circular has been issued by the Ocean
Steamship Company bearing upon the
work of the general travelling passenger
agent. Mr.. c. b. Walworth, who had been
in the office of the company at Savannah,
was recently appointed to the position of
Eastern passenger agent. with office at
New York. The circular, which is as fol-
lows, assigns him to the discharge of the
duties of the general travelling passenger
agent, who leaves the service OF the COM
pany soon: Mr.. c. B. Walwerth, Eastern
passenger agent (office 3l7 Broadway, New
! York; will assume the duties heretofore
assigned Mr. w. K. Arnold, general travel
ing passenger agent. who leaves the serv-
ice of the company on Jan. 81
The matter Of the conference between
the merchants interested in the securance
of law rates from the railroads for The
! proposed gala week and The general pas
senger agents seems 70 be hanging fire.
The merchants have not yet received any
notification of the time when it will be
convenient for the railroad men TO meet
with them for another conference about
| the rates
| 1t is possible that the meeting may ne
| held early during next week. Col. 3. w.
Wrenn. passenger traffic manager of the
Plant System, is expected in the city TO-
morrow night or the next day with the
! Congressional committee on rivers and
| harbors, which will come up from Flori-
Ga. The presence of both Col. Wrenn and
| General Passenger Agent MacDonen of
| the Florida Central and Peninsular Rail-
! road is desired. When it Is found what
| day will be convenient for Col Wrenn to
attend MIR. MacDonell viii be communi-
/ Gated with. Mr.. j. C. Halle, general pas
| senger agent of the Central will represent
| his road, while the Georgia and Alabama
will be represented by General Freight
and Passenger Agent A. Pope or some
one of his office.
Mr.. NJ. H. Connolly. general agent, with
headquarters at Jacksonville, for the
Nashville, Chattanooga and ST. Louis, was
| among the out of town railroad men who
spent yesterday in the city.
Passenger train No 20, arriving here
| at $40 a. M, over the Georgia and Ala
bama, was eight hours late yesterday,
! the delay having been caused by the train
running into an open switch and off the
| track at Appleton. The fact that il was at
a station and The speed consequently re-
/ l.. loo
than it might otherwise have been. There
was considerable difficulty in getting the
| engine back on the track, and this caused
the delay But little damage was done.
Mr. John NJ. Egan, vice president of the
Central Railroad, returned yesterday from
a business trip to New York and Boston
Mr.. Egan found that the weather at the
! North has been very mild and that win
ter tourists have been delaying trips to
| the South on that account. They do not
care to leave the North as long as the
| temperature is as high as il has been
for some time. Mr.. Egan is of the opin>
ion that the recent cold weather had in
the West will have the effect of sending
number of the people of that section
on their quests for the milder climate Of
! the South.
The through vestibule trains from the
North and the West to Florida have not
! been hauling The expected crowds, and
| this has been on account of the warm
weather As soon as there comes a de-
| cided change in the sections from which
the tourists are drawn there will be an
awakening in the traffic. The season is
within about two weeks Of the time now
when it has always been found that the
| movement is the strongest. The putting
on Of the vestibules marks the time with
the railroad officials when they think
the business opens up strongly, and the
first weeks of February generally bring
the greatest number of tourists to the
! South.
Capt D. E. Maxwell, second vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad, was
among the railroad men in the City yester
| day.
A heavy fog was over White Oak Tues
day morning when the collision between
the two Florida Central and Peninsular
freight trains occurred. tt is said that
the accident might have been averted had
it not been for this. The headlights of
| the engines could not be seen very far
| through the fog, or the engineers might
! have brought their trains to a stop or a
| greatly reduced rate of speed before they
| met The north-bound train, No rs, was
running some three hours late, and had
the right-of-way at the time of the acct
dent The conductor and engineer of the
south-bound train. No. 75 said that their
| watches were wrong, and that the col
lision resulted from that fact 1t rs
stated that the damage to the rolling stock
was not as great as had at first been
| thought.
Some of the employees of the Plant Sys-
tenn are talking about additional meas
ures that are to be taken, rumor has had
! it, for the preservation of their health.
! Some time ago one of the assistant sur
geons of the Plant System Hospital and
! Relief department made his appearance
here and started to work on the employees
with vaccine. He made the rounds. and
! nearly all of those whom he vaccinated
are now complaining of their sore arms.
| 1t is possibly these itching and burning
arms that have induced some of them to
think the surgeon is coming through on
another trip 10 get his knife into opera
| ton again. Ono of the officials was
| snOten to about the rnatlar vaetorao,- 4.