The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-05
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r, Ant SYSTEMS NEW ASSISTANT
ii.' .,.,.rRAI. FREIGHT AGENT.

detailed Work-IIe Is an En-
, Freight Rntes-VariOus
u.iiroad Items That Are of Public
Interest.
-..1.rs were sent out yesterday ley
p,.gt system announcing the appoint
.s,r,. w. C. Dennis as assistant gen
ms e-5-bt agent of that system with
+.,arf-rs al Savannah Mr.. Dennis il
,-t7.r--aod will have charge Of the
a. details He is regarded as an OK
o.. an rate matters and will be of valu-
Ie service 10 General Freight Agent
Neuzies and Freight frame Manager
- Mr. Dennis, as the Morning News
~. .l-aqiv announced, comes here from
Ir'1-,+.,..I4 The Courier-Journal of that
rtv saws of him:
..1o -aina from his present place to his
ona Mr.. Dennis makes quite jump,
~ thr general opinion of all who know
81 lin, is that ID is Well-deserVed appoint
mont. and that in his new heid Mr.; Den
Ms Viii make as good record as he has
made i'm the old.
..1fr Dennis viii leave in a few days
s s9,Iru1h. and will assume mis- new
IA ~,ss Aug. l1 The Plant System is
,.r.. and prosperous one, and MIR. Den
49, new position IS one of great response
81 biity. , -, .,.-,-
"a .1yr Dennis Is Wen hitONl ali THOUGH
.ts section and has the reputation of
Inc one Of the brightest young rail
5 men I'm the South. He has neld
ssysr9l positions of responsibility. He he
oan his railroad career with the l. and
X nearly fifteen years ago. He remained
Min his road for several years, and was
laler with the Southern Railway and
q Steamship Association at Atlanta. He
q bel5 other positions in various parts of The
& south Since 1896 he has been secretary
8 Of he Southeastern Mississippi AssOcia-
E tton and has been Chairman Washburn'
& rfebr hand man. Mr.. Dennis successor
s. has not yet been chosen"
General Passenger Agent Pope of the
q Georgia ana Alabama is at Memphis at
3 tending an important rate meeting.
Fmp,oves of the Jersey Central are dis
g satisfied because of the size of the COM
& nanys freight equipment has been in
creased and runs made longer, so that the
train crews have been reduced in size
8 without additional compensation for the
men retained. The heads of the brother
a hoods have been called in, but no definite
81 action has been taken.
Passenger rates now in effect are lower
4 than ever before. You can get a ticket
B from Seattle to St Paul for $40 and from
ST. Paul to New York for $l3, making a
through rate of $23 If relief is not speed
81 iy secured as a result of the hearing in
progress before the interstate commission
4 az Chicago, the strong lines will be forced
to resort to extreme measures to get rates
back to a normal tariff.
Al the late convention of the American
.,f &c
Andrew Traynor, the president, said that
the officers of the lines represented did
not always seem to appreciate the earn
ing capacity of the baggage department
While it was true that the first object was
not revenue. still the earnings were con-
siderable Free transportation should no
more be given away in the baggage de-
partment than in any other, nor should
such transportation be turned over to 10
cal agents, to be manipulated as they
thought proper. He favored the strict en-
forcement Of the most stringent rules to
ayoi9 loss and delay.
The Lake Shore still adheres to it's time
honored policy of naming postal cars after
noted statesmen and postmasters of the
United States.
The estimated earnings of the Baltimore
aud Ohio railroad from operation for the
month of June, 1898, We're 81, S2S,O15, an in
crease Of $l19,217.
Besides preventing dust the crude oil
experiment on the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks has also demonstrated it's utility
IN preserving the ties. Wherever ties have
peen treated literally with crude oil appli-
caCoAs, they have evinced a disposition to
resist The ordinary natural elements which
cause decay. II after further experiments
II IS shown that crude oil can prevent de-
cay anu dust at the same time, there may
" aH immediate demand for the product
ness
Ihe Nashville Chattanooga and St.
LOUIS road is having a big shake up. D.
d. Carson, formerly travelling freigh,
p7eH'' with headquarters at Minneapolis
.'aS succeeded E. P. Burns as freight agent
az 5A'auta. The offices of traffic manager
""1 general freight agent of the Western
'N Atanuc It is believed, viii be abol-
ls"Td' Joseph Brown holds the former, and
- Dckey the latter position. 1t is lie
---g"lioh OF the Nashville, CHATTANOOGA
r..u o. Louis to do away with separate
'-.',ios emcnt Of the affairs of the Western
t -At'ahlic. From its seven years opera
,..1 -'N w SSlefn ana Atlantic there is
10 nave resulted in deficit to the
c cI@S. YIN. Chattanooga and st. Louis of
''' Oh the railroads in the Southeastern
"$senser Association have granted a sre-
T 'a' nan rate to soldiers and sailors on sick
don VI Through when the travelling is
00''e at the Individuals exense.
4. .,e sixth annual excursion Of the Flori-
I'd central and Peninsular Railroad to the
Sss ayar.1s Of North Carolina will cave
ri'.,, al-Hah on Aug. 10, at 11:20 D. m. ar
l az Asheville at 2:45 p. m. the next
ISs5 lae rate for the round trip res
AM d0' at $50, good to return until
Ue on the train. '''''' N'''O''eS VIII
LOCAL Personal.
d5, f -Atlred Smith was in the city yester-
ar John NJ. Cox was in Savannah vas