The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-20
THREE NEW MEN TAKE HOLD.
TWO f. c. ~ T.. OFFICIALS PUT
IN CHARGE IN sAVANN Al.


eursiOn to Charleston Owing 10
Probable Heavy Movement of
TrOOps-COmpany of Infantry on
Its Way to Porto Rtco-Other Rail-
road Matters of Interest
Mr.. w. II. Peasants. general freight
agent of the Florida Central ana Peniusu-
lar, was in the city yesterday, inducing
three new officials of the road into their
lines of duty Mr. William Butler took
charge as travelling passenger agent in
control of the passenger department for
Savannah and vicinity. He has previously
been in the employ OF the company at Co
| lumbia. Mr.. w. l.. O'Dwyer took hold as
freight traffic agent for Savannah and vi
entity. He was formerly division freight
agent of the Seaboard Air Line al Atlanta.
He came to Savannah from Philadelphia,
where he has been doing good service for
the Central Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company, and the Plant System
Mr. S. D. Boyleston was placed in charge
of the ticket office. succeeding Mr.. A. NJ
Martin, who resigned. Mr.. Boyleston has
been in the general passenger agents Of
flee at Jacksonville. All three are bright
young railroad men and Wei equipped by
experience for their new duties. They VIII
J be located at Bull and Bryan streets.
1t is evident that heavy movement of
| troops is expected by the Plant System In
a few days The officials of that cOmpa-
ny are retcent about all such matters, sell
dom giving cut Information as to the gov
eminent projected handling of troops.
! One sign, though that a considerable
business is looked for very soon, possibly
Immediately, Is seen in the sudden action
yesterday in Withdrawing the excursion
| to Charleston planned for next Sunday.
| 1t is understood that all the printing
matter had been prepared and that the
| advertisements for the newspapers were
! just about to be issued when news came
which led to withdrawal of all notices.
While there is still possibility that the
! excursion may yet be run, the outlook is
| altogether the other way for next Sun
day at least. AT the Offices of the system
| all that could be learned was that troop
movement might interfere. No further
| information was given out.
Company E of the Fifth United States
Infantry, regular troops, stationed lately
! at Lands End, near POrt Royal, We're in
!
| ternoOn on their way to Tampa, where
the regiment is being modified for en-
barka ton to Porto Rico. The company is
commanded by Capt. Bowen and has many
| heavy-weights in in, the captain himself
| being OF large proportions. The Florida
! Central and Peninsular moved the COM
! pany to Tampa. The men all seem eager
for The trip to Porto Rico, and especially
glad of the change from the dreary, monot-
onous life a Lands End. There were for
! ty-nine men in the company, under COM
mand of Capt. w. II. Bowen. They arIiV-
ed about O'Clock p. m and immedll,ely
| boarded a train of the Florida Central and
| Peninsular Railroad, which was IN walt
ing on River street, at the foot OF Mont
gomery street
Private w. H. Leahy, one of the Guards
! who are serving under Capt. ScreYen at
! Tampa and in daily expectation of NOV
| ing on to Porto Rico, was in the city yes
terdav and called on his old friends at the
| Plant System Offices. He was formerly
chief clerk for Assistant General Passen~
ger Agent McFadden.
The receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
| have purchased forty miles Of S5-pound
| 6O-foot steel rails, and Will experiment
with them on the Pittsburg division and
in the Baltimore tunnel These rails were
originally bought for the Columbia ana
Maryland Electric Railroad, which was
designed to parallel The Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad between Baltimore and
Washington and TO become an important
| factor in business between those two
points. The project failed, and the ma
| terial which was purchased has been sod.
The North Carolina State Supreme Court
| has affirmed the decision of the lower
court which found the Southern Railway
and the Raleigh and Augusta guilty Of is
sung passes in violation of the state law.
The lower court imposed a penalty of
81 COO against each road. In closing the
opinion the court says: "In the face of
the clearly expressed provisions of the law
and in the face of the repeated construc-
ton of that part of the Federal statutes
| regulating interstate commerce, which is
| in precisely the same words in which our
| statute is framed, upon the point now be-
| fore us the defendant took its chances.
| It has in doing so violated the criminal
law of the state and must abide the con-
| SEQUENCES as all others ought TO do who
break the laws. 1t must be presumed
that common carriers know well what
thew are doing in this matter They are
not and neither do they wish to be con-
sidered charitable institutions. They are
! CORPORATIONS, formed for profit and gain,
and whenever they grant a thing of value,
free transportation to a passenger, not
embraced in the excepted classes speci-
fed In the act, they must be acting as
they think on business principles. expect
ing a return upon their investment. If in
| pursuing their business interests they VIC
late the law, they must abide the result,
There is no error, and the judgment is
confirmed
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POLICE BEFORE COMMISSION.