The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-07
VIEWS ON TOURIST TRAVEL.
RAILROAD MEN DIFFER As TO ITS
PROBABILITIES.

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One omciaI Says the Movement Is
Not What Ii should Be-Thinlls
Tourists Are Visiting Other Re
sOrts-AnOthcr Says the Movement
Is StrOns-135 We're on the Cincin-
nati-JacksOnviIIe VestibuIe Yes
terday-An OmciaI on Lumber
Loading Thinks Shippers should
Bear Expense.
prominent railroad official. in speak
ing Of the tourist traffic yesterday, said
that il is very late this season in putting
IN its appearance. "The tourists are not
coming to Savannah, and they are not 90
ing through in the numbers they should
he said. Usually at this time there is
strong movement, and many tourists are
stopping over here for a few days stay.
while all the through trains are crowded.
This year but few are going through ana
scarcely any are stopping here. They are
not coming from the north nor are they
coming from the west. l do not know 10
what to ascribe the meagerness of the
crowds that so through unless it b.. that
many more people than usual are going Ia
other winter resorts. / expect that cal
ifornia is getting a good many more than
went there last season." Another rail
road man did not agree with this state
ment. He said that The report from the
Vestibule train over the Southern and the
Florida Central and Peninsuar from Gin
cinnati to Jacksonville showed thai there
were 13o persons from the north and west
bound for Florida points. This latter rail-
road man takes more hopeful view of the
outlook and says the season win probably
open up all right a the proper time This
proper time, he considers TO be the middle
of this month, when the vestibu.ed trains
of the Plant system and the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular Railroad from New
York TO Florida will be put on Jan. II
is the date upon which these trains will
leave New York.
Maj A. Pope, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad. returned yesterday from a bus
mess trip to Atlanta.
Mr. Cecil Gabbett vice president and
general manager of the Georgia ana Ala
bama Railroad, has returned to the city
after a trip to Atlanta, where he attended
the meeting of the lumber and railroad
men.
of the Plant system, went oyer to Charles
ton yesterday.
Mr.. John M. Egan, vice president and
Mr.. T. d. Kline, general superintendent
of the Central railroad, will be back to-
day from the meeting at Atlanta of the
railroad and lumber men. The meeting was
held on Tuesday at the Kimball House
1t had been called by the lumber men, who
had asked the officials of those lines run
ming through the timber regions of the
state to be present. The matter of load
ing long timber was considered, but an
agreement could not be reached, and it is
said that the mill men will go before the
railroad commission with their grievances
An official said yesterday that the loading
of the lumber should be done by the ship
pers. They should bear all the expense oi
the loading as it is no less incumbent l4p.
pom shippers to have their goods stored in
such manner that they will arrive safely
at the destination than for them to be
slowed so that the danger to the carrier
will be minimized. He thinks the expense
of the extra lumber needed, the necessary
blacksmith work on the space blocks and
the space blocks themselves, which are
used for distributing the weight of the
load properly and furnishing a pivot foI
the lumber In turning curves, should be
borne by the shippers
Some time ago the railroads issued rules
for the governance of the mill men In theii
loading of long timber upon two fiat cars
Up to the time of the issuance Of these
instructions the lumber had all been piled
fiat on the cars. This the officials said
rendered the danger to the trains on pass
ing curves extreme and they tried for some
time to have the methods remedied in such
a way as to have them give greater salts
faction. The mill men have been acced-
ing to the rules promulgated by the roads
for some time, but it has always been I'M
der protest. Their objections have not re-
Gently crystalized into definite shape, and
they now seem disposed to take the matter
before the highest authorities for adjud-
ication.