The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-10
vEsTIBuLEs TO COME OFF.
The Last Trains for the Season VIII
Go North Tomorrow.

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Go North Tomorrow.
| The last south-bound vestibuIe trains
/ passed through yesterday afternoon via
the Plant System and the Florida Central
/ and Peninsular Railroad. The last north
bound trains viii so back tomorrow.
The vestibules have been very success
full this season. They have been money
earners fer the roads. and the Pullman
company has reaped harvest When
the movement by the vestibules is as heavy
/ as it has been this season. the roads DO
| not lose anything by the trains. But it is
/ not always SO, and the exceptions are the
/ tunes when the roads dc not have the las
| senger earnings run up like they did this
season Running the trains involves a
heavy expense, and the conditions are oft
| en- sucn as to have most of the profits so
TO the Pullman company instead of 70 the
| railroads
The cars used on the trains are owned
! by the Pullman company. For them the
railroads pay cents a mile for each, so
that the l,CO0-mile run for train of eight
cars, number that is often used, costs
the roads $780, This is paid The company
for the wear and tear on its cars. This rs
not all the Pullman company gets out of
the trip, however. Ii is not a circum-
stance, The berths sections and compart-
ments, besides the fee for using the cars
at all, being its sources of revenue.
The vestibules are patronized as a rule,
by only wealthy people. They can afford
to pay fancy prices for travelling, and il
is upon them that the Pullman company
grows fat. A passenger will not care to
stop at the So charged for riding on the
Pullmans and having his berth. He will
often have members of his family along
or for himself alone will buy a section or
a compartment, thus taking up the space
for the Pullman company and paying the
same price as would be received if his
space were occupied by all the passengers
ii would hold. Right here is where the
railroad companies lose, as they cannot
sell tickets for the trip when the space is
taken up by one passenger. The result is
that the cars, which have a capacity of
fifty or sixty, often so with only some
twenty-five or thirty passengers. as they
have all the sleeping space. This cuts
down the receipts for the roads, as they
could sometimes carry twice as many pas
sengers if they had the accommodations
for them.
One of the sleepers weighs twice as much
as an ordinary coach, and heavy locomo-
tives are needed to pull them. The wear
and tear on the rolling stock of the roads
roadbed is considerable, and this counts up
in the expenses of the operation of the
trains. The railroads consider that they
are comforting a boon upon the ~publc
when they furnish such a magnificent
trains, when cheaper ones might be used
at much less expense and a greater rev.
enue.
Mr.. G. W. Pidcock, general manager of
the Georgia Northern Railroad, running
from Moultrie to Pidcock was up yester-
day from his home at the former place
The Plant System announced yesterday
that its steamer line between Port Tampa
and Mobile would be Withdrawn at once.
The vessel, the Florida, used on this line
will make no more sailings. The departure
of the Olivette from Tampa yesterday was
the last sailing of the Tampa Havana line.
The Plant System, in common with the
other steamship lines interested in bust
ness in the section nearest the scene of
the Spanish-American troubles, is cutting
off its business until matters assume a less
bilious appearance.
Vice President Egan and Traffic Man
ager Hinton of the Central Railroad and
Ocean Steamship Company returned last
night from a trip of several days to New
York.
The approximate earnings of the Georgia
and Alabama Railway for the fourth week
in March were as follows:
Mileage .............. 45S $50 2
Week ending March