The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-06
TRAINS TO START TO-DAY.
CENTRAL EXPECTS TO RUN ITS
MORNING SCHEDULE THROUGH.

The Georgia and Alabama Also Ex-
meets to Have Its Tracks Ready
for Use By Observation-Disclosures Gem
trail and PcninsuIar sim Using
Plant system And May Not Have
Its Road Ready Until Thursday.
How the Central Road and the
Country Looks.
BY tonight it is believed that every rail-
road entering Savannah win be using its
own tracks, except the Florida, Central
and PeninsuIar. There seems TO be no pros
pect of that road getting lis tracks open
until tomorrow, and possibly not until
Thursday.
Yesterday the Central was open up to
Cameron. This left but few miles Of track
to be put in order, and the large force Of
men at work Is expected 10 have 1t in read
mess for this mornings train to go on
through from Savannah TO Atlanta. While
the schedule time cannot be maintained,
it being necessary 20 so extremely slow at
various points, it VIE be considerable sat
isfacuon to the public to know that COM
munication has been re-established with
the capital.
The regular "shoo ny" and dinner
trains were run to and from Oliver yester-
day and Guyton. 1t took over two hours
10 make the run to the latter place From
now on all trains will leave Savannah on
regular schedule time.
The Plant System is stin accommodate
ing the Florida Central and Peninsular
passenger trains North and South.
The Florida Central and Peninsular IS
struggling with the obstacle to travel
thrown in the way by the storm and ex-
poets to surmount them by tomorrow.
The Georgia and Alabama expects to have
its road open by tonight. 1t has wash
out of 1900 feet between the Ogeechee river
and Black creek, just beyond Cuyler. The
waters are recedng and il is thought 1t
will be able to make the needed repairs
to-day. 1t has been handling mails and
other business as far east as Ellabeile
The Plant System has unquestionably
derived considerable additional traffic,
freight and passenger, from its being the
only direct road north and south that was
open for travel. In addition to handling
trains for the Florida Central and PENN
eular and the Central, it has naturally
secured business that could not wait or
that did not care for roundabout routes
with longer schedules. Perishable freights
of course, had TO be sent by the quickest
route and that least open to the danger
of further trouble. Other freights have
been stacked up in the yards of the other
railroads. There will be a heavy move
ment both in and out to-day
over the Central, which began
handling its accumulation Of freight last
night
There have been some complaints from
passengers, who paid their own liv-
ing expenses while held up on the Central
An official of the road stated yesterday
thar wherever possible the road not only
fed its patrons, who were delayed in
transit, but secured the best hotel ac
commodations available for them. 1t is
understood that one passenger, who com
planned to Vice President Egan, was in
formed that If he made out the bill of ex-
ira expenses he was subjected to while en-
route as a passenger the company would
pay il. The desire of the company, it is
stated, was to make the passengers as
comfortable as possible, and in any cases
in which this was not done, it was due to
conditions that could not be controlled.
Passengers on the morning Plant System
train from the South yesterday, reported
the Ogeechee still out of its banks. and
that its slow flow does not give promise of
an early fall. The same is true of the
Oconee in the vicinity of Tennnle where
II is for miles out of its banks, making Its
way thfOuSn JlmDered lands in all dtrec-
tlons, and devastating farms over which
It flows. In many instances the farmers
were taken unawares apparently, as pas
eengers on Central trains from the bottled
section west to Macon, saw cattle, hogs,
goats and other stock in elevated pens
with rising water surrounding them for
great distance in every direction. few
chickens We're seen perched on trees and
poles in some localities, with no apparent
prospect of stretching their legs until the
foods fan.