The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-22
WILL TALK ,DIFFERENTIALS.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETS
NEXT WEEK AT WASHINGTON.


Many Matters of Importance VIII
Come Up--DiGfcrentinIs wanted Via
Savannah From Interior Points to
Baltimore-The VI. Il NJ. II. Com
pany Asks for Them the other
Wny-Non- Membefship Lines In
terestcd Are Invited 10 Attend the
Meeting and Engage in the Discus
siOn-DiRerentsaI Fares VIII BE
FIXED.
A special meeting of the conference
committee of the Southeastern Passenger
Association is called for March 8 at the
Imperial Hotel, New York, Besides the
general passenger agents of the lines
members of the association, general pas
senger agents of non membership lines of
railway in the territory east of the Missis-
sippi and south OF the Ohio and Potomac
rivers, that are interested in, the questions
to come up before the committee, are
invited to be present, or authoritatively
represented. and to participate in the dis
cussion. The invitation is also extended
to the steamship lines operating between
Eastern cities and the ports of Norfolk
Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and
Jacksonville.
The questions to be considered by the
committee are of great Importance, in
volving the granting of differentials
Much of this differential matter has
grown out of the recent accordance of the
right to the Seaboard Air Line and later
to the Ocean Steamship Company TO use
a differenual on business from Atlanta
and other points to the Eastern cities.
D1ffpHantiql fqTaG m 81 de-
sired, and the requests for them are to
be considered. The Merchants and Miners
| Transportation Company also wants the
differential from interior points to Balti-
more via Savannah.
The following are the subjects to come
before the meeting for discussion: Fares
from Eastern cities to interior points via
steamship routes; request of the Mer-
chants and Miners TRANSPORTATION Com
pany for dlfferential fares from Baltimore
to interior points via Savannah; revision
of fares to Boston and Providence via
Norfolk and the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company in tariff c; and
intermediate and steerage fares from iute-
rior points to Baltimore via Savannah and
steamships. Some knotty questions Will
doubtless trouble the general passenger
agents,
The Central Railroad has reduced the
pay of the employees of the blacksmith de-
| partment at Macon to the extent of from
! 60 cents, to amounts extending UP as high
as 81 60 per day. This means that some
men making 1850 per day were reduced to
| 81. 90 per dry and so on.
J The cut did not include all of the men
in the blacksmith department, but it is
/ said that Similar cuts will be made in 9th
er departments
| In speaking of the cuts an employee said
| 1t only affects a few men SO far, and he
did not know that any others would be
reduced. He said the Macon shop pays
| better wages Than any other on the system
and that even with the reduction the men
| here will get as much as those at the Sa-
! vannah shops, and at private shops. In
/ his opinion the object of the cut is simply
to equalize things and he thinks it does
not, mean any ,sWGeping reduction Of wages.
He said there was no danger of a walk
out or strike;
| A rate Of one first class fare for the
round trip from all points in the South
eastern Passenger Association territory to
Nashville has been authorized on account
of the convention of the International
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
which is 40 be held there July 5-12
The railroads are now selling cheap re-
turn trip tickets to Chattanooga on ac-
count of the meeting at that place of the
| National Educational Association, depart
ment of superintendent. Tickets are now
on sale for $12.45, and are good returning
until Feb Is.
Capt A, F. Churchill, president of the
Brunswick Terminal Company, was in
the city yesterday, stopping at the De
Soto. f,...
Mr.. R. W. Hunt, the Southern's ener-
getic travelling passenger agent, station
ed at Augusta. was down yesterday on
the lookout for business for his road.
Mr.. J. c. Dame, travelling passenger
agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, with headquarters at Richmond, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. H. c. McFadden, assistant general
passenger agent Of the Plant System,
spent yesterday in Jacksonville
Mr.. @. W., Chears, southeastern agent
for the Georgia and Alabama, with head
quarters al Atlanta, was among the visit
ing railroad men in the city yesterday.