The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-20
TRAVELLED ON TRANSPORTS.
,osr HON OF TICKETS GETS BACK
TO THE PLANT SYSTEM.

a
uixed with Government STUFF and
vent to Santiago With Shafter.
,,o,Dd In New York n Few Days
,,ro Inv Assistant General Passen-
or Agent observation-disclosures in
no Box We're Worth 100000
r,ev Might Have Been Used to
sDIeudid Advantage by Finder.
much Travelled box of railroad tickets
.[i,.sd at the Plant System passenger Of
eos Yesterday 1t had been to Cuba, to
7,r,oj Rico and to New York though it
t,d been intended for the agent of the
,.,,5 at the Tampa Bay Hotel. The pere-
.,i,a,ons Of the box have cost the Of
6,fals of the passenger department consid-
o,,b,4 trouble, and quite sum was spent
IN Getting out lengthy bulletin of the lost
tickets to be sent to the general passen-
esr agent of every line in the country
The box left here about July l for Tam
M II was sent by train service as a val
usb}e package, and was consigned in care
oc the Tampa Bay Hotel. where an agency
vas about to be opened by the road on
account of the great throng of officers and
civilians that was at the hotel and in
Tampa at the time. Many of them, espec-
ianv The civilians, We're intending to re-
turn North soon, and the Plant System
wanted to have an agent on hand to look
out for its interests. This agent had to
have a stock of tickets, so a complete one
was prepared and put aboard the train.
After a few days the agent, who had
been notified of the shipment of the box
wired the passenger department that he
had not received it, This called for an in
vesdsaton, but nothing could be learned
of the box. Every means was taken to
ina .t. but all proved unavailing, and it
WIS not known what had become of it. It
VAS thought likely, however that it had
gotten mixed with some of the govern
ment stuff that was being shipped to Tam
pa az the time, and that it had been put
Il ABOARD one of the transports and taken
to Cuba with Gen. Skaters expedition
A few days ago Assistant General Pas
4 scnger Agent H. c. McFadden of the Plant
B System was in New York. He was ad-
B yised by stevedore who had formerly
y done good deal of work for the system
that he had seen a box bearing the Plant
* Systems mark that had been unioaded
q from one of the transports that had come
Il back from Porto Rico. Just at this time
too Mir McFadden was advised that a
ticket from Tampa to New York via Sa-
& vannah and the Ocean Steamship Com
pany had been presented to the New York
office OF that company for
81 redemption. 1t was not redeemed.
as the man who presented it had not been
careful to get the stamps that were in the
a box and fix the ticket up in the style it
q would have been if it had been sold by the
agent The agents stub was also on the
4 ticket. The steamship people told the
q man who brought the ticket to call again.
and in the meantime they advised Mr.
Mcfadden The ticket was not presented
a second time.
Putting together the information regard
Ing box from the Plant System and the
appearance of one of the tickets thai he
knew mad been lost, Mr.. McFadden had
strong suspicion that he would find if TO
De the one that had been sent off with
the stock of tickets for the Tampa Bay
Hotel He accordingly went with Mr.
FarnsWorth, Eastern passenger agent Of
me system, to look up the stevedore. The
latter called in one of his foremen, who
ndd reported the matter of the box to
MN ana from him il was learned that it
was at a certain dock. Mr.. McFadden
seq out for the dock. and there he found
the missing box. He ordered it sent on
TO savannah, and the ticket clerk of the
passenger department is now checking
or ITS contents to see if there are any
OF the tickets missing
1t was learned in New York that the
box had been put aboard the Seguranca
the flagship of Gen. Shafter It went first
Rico
Had the box of tickets fallen into the
hands OF any man who knew how and
might nave been INSCRIPTIONS enough to
use them, he could have made a big
.nlhs out OF it. The value of all the tick
elS IN the box, roughly estimated was
s"'"o' All these could not have been
disposed of by an outsider, however, be-
lore the roads would have caught on to
ue tmng and stopped it. Enough of the
ueNe's could have been gotten rid Of
'aoush, to cost the roads heavily and
mere would probably have been a nice lit
ne question of responsibility 10 be set
tied. As stated, the stamps were right
@'ohs IN the box, as it was intended to
nave the agent establish the
Office at the hotel. Had the
ooN not been found, but instead had fallen
inlo Inscriptions hands the tickets might
nave been used several years from now
az the bulletin that was gotten out by
tne Plant System to notify all roads of
u' loss would have been forgotten after
lln'. IL is source of qualification to
it.e passenger people to know that the
OoX is back
line tickets will all be destroyed, as there
IGNORED II presented to conductors on the
tp'us advised by the Plant System Of
CIef loss. These advices were sent out
oH inns Office Aug. 19, and from that
D1s the Liability of the Plant system to
9'"er roads ceased, as in such cases, it
o''.y necessary for notice to be given
t3 IeNeye the initial road from response
g.Hll' Ihe other lines are then expected
NV.ny their conductors to look out for
, ..T tickets described in the initial lines
pu"eln and refuse to honor them when
t.Sen'ed Getting up all the informa-
"'I necessary for a bulletin covering
s ,n q large stock of tickets was a
+19.Iesome job, and its publication in
''IIeleht copies to admit Of one being sent
ro,5 cry general passenger agent cost the
io4d nice little sum-
Inc rant System is looking forward to
,'- 's EXCURSION business soon TO Thomas
r. ana Waycross from a wide territory.
e are to be two big fairs, and il is
Npt'ted that there will be a great at