The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
INCIDENT TO THE STORM.
BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INCOMMODED BY WASHOuTS.


BanI<ers Have Had 10 Telegraph
About Remittnnces That Have Not
Arrived In Time - business Men
who Are Trying to Get Back to Sa-
xannah Residents of Nearby
Towns Who Decided to Walk Part
of the Distance Yesterday.
A number of rather curious and interest
ing situations have been brought about by
che absense of mails for the last two or
three days The situation. in which the
railroads have been placed by reason of
the many washouts has also caused much
embarrassment.
one of the most serious matters In this
connection has been the interference with
business transactions. There are many
business men here who have had notes
due in other places and there are men in
other places who have had notes due
here. In most instances the renittances
IN take up these notes could not reach
the proper destination at the right time,
and there has been no small amount of
telegraph1ng as result.
The bankers have been IN somewhat of
a predicament over the absence of the
mails. Remittances between banks in va
rious localities are always being made.
and when they are not on time there is
always an inquiry as to the trouble 1t is
seldom that a washout on a railroad pre-
vents communication by mail for more
than twenty-four hours at a time, but
those which came as the result of the
recent storms have cut it off for days.
This state of affairs has muddled the bust
ness situation no little. Some of the Sa-
vannah banks are waiting for money, or
exchange, which is practically the same
thing, which they should have received
two or three days ago. The same is no
doubt true of many other banks in other
parts of the country which have been
waiting for receipts from Savannah.
So far as notes are concerned, the
storm has made little difference with them,
except that there have been number
which have not been promptly paid. 1t
is no doubt true that there are many
notes here which have fallen due during
the last day or two, and it is also true
that notes were held by parties in other
places against parties here which have
fallen due within the same time. Remit
tances to cover these various papers have
no doubt been made in almost every case,
but many of them have not yet been re-
ceived
Storm or no Storm" said a well-known
business man yesterday, these notes all
go to protest if payment is not made
promptly. At first glance it looked like
a hardship but, in fact, if good faith is
kept, the only loss to the maker of the
note is the protest fee. If note is not
promptly paid, whether payment is de-
layed by storm or not, it must be pro-
tested for the protection of the holder and
of the indorser, too. If it is afterwards
found, as it can be in all cases, that re-
mittance has been made promptly, and
was delayed as a result Of the storm, it
will not effect the credit of the party max
ing the note. have no doubt that a good
many notes have been protested within
the last few days because of a lack of
communication, but l do not think it will
operate against any one who has acted
in good faith"
In the case of parties who owed money
to banks, and payment was due within
the last two or three days, the amount
has been charged against their balance, if
they had one, just the same as if a check
for it had been received.
The banks have had considerable trouble
an this connection, but wherever necessary
kilograms have been sent explaining the
situation, and the matter will work cut
all right. The banks here all have large
balances wherever they are liable to owe
money, and they count these balances as
cash. While some telegraphing has been
necessary to explain the situation, none of
them have suffered to any extent on ac-
count of it,
In the next place, the trouble with the
railroads has interfered greatly with bus
mess men going from Savannah and COM
ing home. President H. M. Conner of the
Central Railroad expected to be in the city
tomorrow, but il is doubtful now If he will
get here. 1t was reported last night that
the Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road had made arrangements to run its
trains between here and Columbia, and II
that is done il is possible President Conner
will come in, as he left Virginia yesterday
morning, expecting to be here to-day.
There will be a meeting of the directors
of the Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany tomorrow morning, and he expected
to get here in time for it.
There was to have been
hearing yesterday in the SUI
perior Court, In the case of Christopher
Gray & Co., receivership and injunction.
The hearing had to be postponed how
ever, on the account of the fact that the
temporary receiver, Mr.. Max L. Byck,
could not get back from Augusta. Mr.
Byck has been detained on account of the
WdshoutS on the Central, though he was
expected 10 finish his business there and
get back Friday night.
The same trouble is experienced by those
who have desired to go away from the
city on business. Several members of the
Grand Army of the Republic were ex-
pecting TO go away from Savannah FRI
DAY night or Saturday morning, but were
unable to set out of the city. Business
men, in several lines have made anxious
inquiry as to trains, but they have been
detained here on account of the washouts
on the railroads.
some of the residents of nearby towns,
Such as Guyton, NARROW and other places
on the Central Railroad, have had no little
worry during the last day or two as the
result of the damage to that line. They
nave been kept away from their families
Tor two or three days and a few of them
Yesterday afternoon, in sheer desperation
TOOK trains for Meldrim and decided to
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