The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-10
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in Savannah and
Elsewhere.

Matters of Interest in Savannah and
Elsewhere.
President H. B. Plant of the Plant Sys-
tenn passed through Savannah yesterday
en- route to New York.
Twelve more car loads of beer have left
st. Louis for Tampa. The Plant System
takes them from Montgomery to Tampa.
Shipments of vegetables from Savannah
are beginning to fall off little with the
waning of the season.
Mr.. J. Shelton williams of Richmond
president of the Georgia and Albania,
spent Wednesday in Savannah.
The Southern Pacific has ordered eleven
new engines from the Cooke Locomotive
and Machine Works.
Mr.. william Butler Jr., came up from
Jacksonville yesterday on the special car
bearing the United States officers who
are on a tour of inspection.
Mr.. w. L. Hudson, soliciting agent of
the Plant System at Montgomery Ala, is
in the city.
The Southern railway companies are
making a big thing out of the government
traffic The louisville and Nashville
transported twelve car loads of mules re-
Gently from st. Louis to Tampa.
Recent railroad building In the South
west represents an outlay of fully $1,000
900 to carry the construction to compile
ton.
It Is very difficult to appreciate and real
ize the vast improvements and changes
that have been made in the traffic facili-
ties of the South within half a century
An old time table and schedule of the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad dated
June %, 1888, resurrected by the Charleston
News and Courier, gives some idea of the
meagre accommodations then furnished
the public by the transportation compan-
les The Richmond and Petersburg Road
was a favorite route between the North
and South in those days. 1t was comblna-
ton of railroads and stage coach lines, and
it boosted of the fact that over its route
trip from New York to Augusta could be
made In six days. The following extract
from the schedule will be Of interest:
THE last link IN the chain of railroads
through Virginia is now complete.
There are daily and double daily lines
established on this and all the railroads be-
of Richmond, Washington and Baltimore
whereby passengers may progress either
at speedy or at a moderate rate.
Travellers southwark will find at Pc
tersburg a choice of all the interior routes
namely:
The Metropolitan Mail Line. through
Raleigh, Columbia and Augusta, is daily
throughout its whole extent, and has been
materially improved by the completion of
fifty miles of the Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad, just going into operation There
are branch lines connecting with this mail
route, to Danville, Greensboro, Salisbury
etc. Time, less than three days from New
York to Raleigh, and less than six days
from New York to Augusta.
THE Halifax Wilmington and Charles
ton Railroad, Stage and Steamship Line
is, and will continue 10 be, intimately con.
nected with lines onf this road. To con-
meet properly with this line, which Is trl-
weekly to Wilmington the passengers
should pass over the Richmond and Pc
tersburg road on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday morning, and should leave Phil
adelphia with the mail, on the preceding
days. Time, by this route, from Charles
ton to New York, less than four days-be-
Ing twelve hours shorter than by any 9TH
er route.
1.-THE traveller from the South viii find
that this railroad offers the best route, not
only to the North. but to the Virginia
Springs and the Northwest.
There is a daily line OF stages from
Richmond to Lynchburg, and two daily
lines Zone a large part of the way by rail-
road to Charlottesville and the Virginia
Springs Also a tri-weekly line from
Fredericksburg to the Fauquier Springs.
'All the Arrangements on this railroad
are made with a view TO the comfortable
and safe transportation of passengers.
There has never yet BEEN and 1t is
hoped never will be, a single case Of Sc
rious injury sustained by a passenger on
this or either of the connecting railroads
No better proof can be given Of the entire
safety Of the route"