The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-23
cgrgT SHIPMENTS OF FRUIT.
,e ,s MANY PEACHES HAND
",,sTX ANY PREVIOUS YEAR.

--,..ilq Regimcnt Moved to Fer
a..n-NoveI Method of Laying
pailrond TracIs-Largest Lumber
l.,s Vow aun-Other Notes.
..sv this season the Central Rail
his hauled l,14S cars of peaches.
4 49,, Ills means can be best understood
,1a statement that the largest ship
If reaches over the system in any en-
..ra.ious season were 773 carloads in
I'm 1886 the total shipments were but
M. ..r-. ana last year there were none.
,-..., considerable of the crop OF this year
.,a..,5 he moved, it appears that the sea-
of lsgS viii see shipments twice~as
.-.,, as those of any previous year.
with peach shipments, so with melon
s5-a.uts. in a less degree. In that indus
.-..laq cars shipped in 1895, is a phe-
,smeusl record, which may never again
M reached by the Plant System. That
u,s5 year of such exceptional conditions,
so flr as melon growing is concerned,
baI tr may be a decade before It's like
uI be seen again. THIS year, though,
may be next 10 it, although far in the
rear. The shipments to date have been
.g9l cars. against 1,777 last year. The sea
son of 1894 there We're 2,4s7 cars moved,
and the outlook is that that those figures
NAV De slightly passed this year.
THE Eastern lines propose making a de-
t4rmued stand against a continuance of
the passenger dlffersntial rates. Under
Inc present rules the standard lines, as
they are termed, including the Pennsylva-
mia. lake Shore and Michigan Central, are
obliged to charge $50 between New York
and Chicago, while the other roads, known
as the differential lines, are allowed 10
charge but SIS Under the excess fare or
der all trains making the run between
New York and Chicago in less than TWEEN
ty-eight hours are obliged TO make an ex-
ira charge of $1OO for every hour less
than uwenty-elght This makes the fare
on the fast twenty-four-hour trains of the
standard lines $24, and on the second best
trains il is so. 1t is claimed that these
second best trains are scarcely better than
the service on the differenIal lines, giving
them an advantage of 81 on a fare
There is bus one road in this section
that know of which is given the benefit
Of diterental rates" said a Savannah
railroad official yesterday. land that is
the Seaboard Air Line 1t is allowed to
charge 50 less from Atlanta to New York
than HE Southern Railroad. When man
is quoted say Macon to New York, he is
given three rates, that TO Atlanta and then
over the Southern, that to Atlanta and
over the Seaboard, which is So cheaper
and THAI to Savannah and then via the
steamers 10 New York, which is at the
same rate as by way of Atlanta and the
Seaboard. Differentials are given to pro-
tect a road which has poorer equipment
and takes longer time in transit If a
man is willing to spend several hours
longer on the road, then he can save So
IN going 90 New York over the Sea board
So lt is with these Northern lines The
feeling there is, though, that the differ
ences in equipment and time which first
caused concessions to be given the weaker
Ines have passed"
During the month of May the Plant sys-
TEN Rel.ef ana Hospital department paid
out 90 the employees of that system 81
Jtl.5J. The department is said to be work
ing very smoothly and satisfactorily. Good
service rs given at the hospitals, and the
payments on claims are prompt. Five hun
ded dollars is paid out for an accidental
death
The First Florida Regiment was moved
10 Fefuandina yesterday morning by the
llorda Central and Peninsular. It and the
iairiy-second Michigan are now at that
point. IL is The impression that another
regiment viii be moved to-day. The First
io'lda has been the neXt-door neighbor
OF me Second Georgia, ana there has
Deeh more fraterniZins among them than
oee"eeo any other two regiments. No one
appears TO know whether the Georgians
uie 10 pe moved up 10 Fernandina or not.
Ar fred Robinson, travelling passenger
asen, of the Central was in the city yes
'ctoay on mis- way back from Jacksonville,
20 which point he escorted Col. William
Jennings Bryan ana his regiment. Mr.
No''Hson has been stationed at Chioka-
Hfu-d recently, looking after the Centrars
H'leitst lie has covered the ground well
Iof he company.
4here viii be a colored excursion run
from MACON to Savannah Monday, Aug
~ u, q rate of 81. 30, with tickets good for
'iFee days There win be special coaches
ny 'he train for whites and quite a number
"i.i probably avail themselves of the OPP
'ilUhljy. The Colored Odd Fellows meet
mere at that time.
VI resident Stckney of the Chicago Great
western, in speaking of the extensive i'm
i'.''tmenis made and being made on many
-'Nea of railroad, says; 1T simply means
'-'l 1he tendency OF rates is to decrease,
"i' ll takes more business to produce the
a'"e gross revenue. This means a reduc-
'o4 VA me cost, and the only way to ac-
'YHpl-Sn this is 10 economize which can
o'1y DE done by improving the lines and
.''A'Ds them more efficient. They are be
aug improved in every way"
Il novel method of laying railroad track
ported as being employed by French
'.--D"ers on a line about $50 miles in
"o7li IN Tunis. The track is built in rail
'NS'h sections al one of the terminals, the
-..'' ana cross tie section being complete
- fastened together and then transported
w. l"e site Of the work. The sections are
lana IN place by a travelling derrick, which
moves forward one rail length for each
i5n placed. II IS stated that 1170O0 feet
n., lhUd.
IeHminary steps have been taken in
't'r municipal assembly of New York n