The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-09
SEASON FOR ExCURSIoNISTS.
ONE THOUSAND ARRIVED
ST NIGHT By THE C. & A.

800. From Americas, Abbeviile and
r,.,,.ns in That section-Plant sys-
New Assistant Freight Agent
arrive To-day-Central to Look
,,,.r the Dairy Interests.
..isl rain of twenty cars, with pas
from Americus, Abbevllle and 9th
ms rolled into the Central depot
ssr-y last night. One thousand passen-
49, we're aboard. Many were colored' but
-,s a sufficient sprnkling of white
-. ri, indicate that there would be con-
tia out-of-town shopping done to-
49, OIL. well as an extra number OF visit
or4 TO Tybee.
--s, ..vcursion was run on account of the
.t,.,of the state grand Eodge of colored
.l,u,s which is in session here this
~ vron all points in the state spe-
~ - core rate for the round trip was
el'' f1roe to Savannah yesterday and the
- Feeding days, good to return until
the 10Th.
pr.sident Egan of the Central
-,',,-,ad returned yesterday from trip
., Naw York. where he attended an impor-
- abroad committee meeting. Mr..
IAN a,ua North, felt the business pulse
1ha raiIroad men with whom he came
- 1t,ct Among them all he found a
@.It4q of confidence as to the ran ousl-
- II appears to be the general impress
- among the men who look aIter the
toDsnortatiou interests OF the country
49,, next month viii see the beginning OF
Z, reviyal of traffic, indicating the awaken
~ commercial activities all over the
country.
r1orde Dennis arrives from Louis
,.ile Tonight to take his new position as
assistant general freight agent of the
PM system He will be inducted INTO
80 new office tomorrow morning ana wall
Ger into harness at once.
n. MeF. Williams, travelling freight
,t Of the T, &N., has been in the city
for several days
1,1ga Raxter. who is here In attendance
on the hearing before the Interstate Com
,aerca Commission, is what might be
,arD,ed Joint attorney for the roads of
tbis section. He represents any of them IN
cases before the Commission
The Rough Riders passed outside of Sa-
vannah over the Plant System on their
wsv TO AIontauk point yesterday. There
were eight sections of their train, 5jO
men and 200 horses and mules being han
died The bagga gemasters and others de-
not employees were much relieved when
ir was learned that the wild men from TIE
urcivilized borders were not TO favor
them with a call,
The Plant System begins handling an
Illinois regiment from Montgomery to
Jacksonville to-day and expects to haul a
regiment that is to soon leave Indiana9-
oils for the same point. A third regiment
is looked for from Missouri City.
The orders 10 the F. c. & P. to move
regiments of cavalry from Fernandina TO-
ward lIontauk were temporarily counter
manded Sunday afternoon. The Third
Regiment will now, unless there is fur
Their change be started North to-day and
the Second tomorrow. The movement
from Lakeland is expected to begin on
Friday or Saturday
The Central will turn its attention to
the development of the dairy business at
the Atlanta end of the line within short
time. Activity in that direction We're tenn
rorarily abandoned, but now that the war
is over and interest has returned to mat
tiers Of business and new enterprises it Is
hoped to considerably develop the Indus
try between Macon and the capital. As
Mr.. Esan puts it, having had the peaches,
the Central is now after the cream.
Mr.. I. NJ. Fleming. agent of the Armour
Refrigerating line, is in the city.
Mr.. James Freeman, formerly city ticket
and passenger agent at Atlanta, has re-
turned to Savannah and will take charge
Oh ticket office at the Tybee Railroad