The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

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this side. Instead of passing through
Charleston, as many believed it would do,
the train is met at Ashley junction by
special from Charleston.
Among the prominent passengers on the
special was ChowTsz-Chi, member and
secretary of the Chinese legation, who
took the train at Washington. The Sec
rotary talked entertaininsly, and stated he
was going to Tampa to attend the Ma
tional Fishery Congress, which meets
there Jan. 19. He was appointed by the
Chinese minister to represent that govern
ment at the fishery congress. Chow-Fsz-
Chi is one of the youngest of The legation,
having been in this country seven months.
He came over with Minister WI Ting
Fang. Incidentally speaking of the trip,
he paid high compliment 10 the fast
train and its elegant appointments.
Col. B. w. Wrenn, passenger trafiic
manager of the Plant System, was among
those at the depot, and was elated over
the successful trip and the pleas
ure shown by the passengers. The train
and its service were the subject Of much
favorable comment
The Southern Railway pulled the Florida
Central and Peninsular vestibule, the
New York and Florida Limited, into Co
lumbia yesterday morning eleven minutes
late arriving there at 5:53 o'clock This
!
to which the train was turned over, eleven
minutes late in getting out but this was
nothing to engine No. n, with Engineer
Thomas Tleary at the throttle Engine
No. S39 of the Southern brought the train
into Columbia. Hands were at once az
work and the engine was disconnected.
1t ran up one track, backed down an
other and stood side by side with II while
she was being connected. A comparison
of the mighty locomotives, one of which
had pulled its heavy train of handsome
cars and the other whose work yet lay
before it was interesting. To the now
! ices eye the difference seemed to rest in
favor of gigantic No. II, a Rogers engine
with electric headlight and 18x24 cylinders.
| The Florida Central and Peninsular owns
four of these engines-Nos. SO, 20, II and r.
They are the pride of the engineers.
| Several of the Florida Central and Pc
| ninsular representa- tives of the transpor,
| tation, construction, freight and passen-
! ger departments and Morning News re-
! porter were in waiting when the train
| rolled in and, with several others, boarded
it for this city. MIR. M. V. Raley, train
| master of the road MIR. l. M. Fleming,
/ division freight and passenger agent Mr.
Blair Burwell, Jr., chief engineer; Mr..
e. Burton, master mechanic; Mr.. j. J.
| Bossnger, master car builder, and Mr.
| William Butler, Jr., travelling freight and
| passenger agent, comprised the party of
! Florida Central and Peninsular men who
! got aboard Mr.. Burton boarded the en-
! glne to see how she would behave and
! made the trip down on her. Mr.. Bur-
/ roughs, superintendent of the dining car
! service of the Southern Railway was on
! the train. He relieved the Superintendent
| of the service for the Pennsylvania at
! Charlotte, where the Southern's car took
| the place Of the Pennsylvania This
| dining car is one of the greatest convent
ences and comforts of the train Beside ,
| affording the finest bills of fare it re-
moves the necessity for the train stopping
at stations for meals. The car brought
down was in charge of Con-
/ ductor Stampf, whose manners of Chester
! heldean grace and Brummell-like elegance
are one of its greatest ornaments. His
mlnlstrations TO his guests were in thor
ough keeping with the elegance of the
/ palaces OH wheels.
! Conductor G. o. Walton took charge OF
the train at Columbia. His courtesy to
ms passengers and ready appreciation of
all that may tend to their comfort are I'M
excelled. and it is pleasure to ride under
| his care.
For the first ten or fifteen miles after
leaving Columbia a steep grade offers a
hindrance to speed. Castor hill from
| which Columbia may be overlooked has
to be climbed. No II breasted it strong
iy and then came the running that made
/ w Inc iosl uine OF the Southern. BY the
time Denmark had been reached the train
was on time. Besides this place. Fairfax.
the draw-bridge over the Savannah river
and the junction of the Florida Central
ana Peninsular and Central Railroads were
favored with view Of the station "
tram. II was amusing to watch some of
| the tourists, of whom there were 6ftv-two
aboard, throw money to the pickaninnies,
! who evidently expecting the silver har-
vest, ran clamorous at the sides Of the cars
as they slowed up, scrambled shouting
while the coins were thrown, and raced
begging for more as the train gathered
/ speed.
The smooth roadbed of the Florida Cen
| tral and Peninsular was noticeable 10 the
passengers They found that II would
compare in a measure to that of the "a
| nous Pennsylvania, over which they bad
come the day before, the route of the ves-
tibule being the Pennsylvania. the South
| ern, the Florida Central and Peninsular
and the Florida East Coast Within me
last two or three years a great deal of
work has been done on the roadbed tres-
| ties having been filed I'm and the wav
| strengthened and solidiied in MANY WAYS
Five cars comprised the train. four he
ing the elegant Pullman sleepers and the
| fifth the Southern dining car One ~ ,bo
sleepers was an elegant Compartment car
Two drawing rooms are in this ear and
| ten state rooms. Each of these latter n
upholstered in a different color of velvet
and silk. The last was a combination sleen.
ing and observation car Luxurious chairs
make a seat In 1t one of the prime com
forts Of the train. All Of the cars arc
| equipped with the Pintsch gas apperatus
| electric bells, steam heat and water con-
nections, every possible provision being
made for the comfort and entertainment of
the passengers. The buffet occupies a
| space in the dining car. When the train
reached the ''Y" near the city. engine No
| II was disconnected from one end No. 81
was In waiting and ran up to the other
end, pulling the cars to the shed, where
they arrived one minute ahead Of time.
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II wonder how the expression, Two
heads are better than one, originated?p
| Il suppose II was invented nv some fell