The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-01
Will BE SUPERINTENDENT.
+. LIE FEvRE TO MANAGE THE
o. $. 5. CO.'S VESSELS

q. appointment Effective To-day
superintendent He VIII. Report
IN the Vice Preside1t-WiII' BE in
,,thority over Officers and Crews.
viii suIl Perform the Duties OF
s-urrintendinE Engineer His
nace to Remain in New York.
81 A.. p. E. LaFevre has received a pro-
.,on in the service of the Ocean Steam
y, company. Effective to-day, his APP
..otnent will be issued as superintendent
a. the company
vr LaFevre has been with the Ocean
4 s..smship Company for a number of
,rs His connection with the company
has been in the. capacity of superintend-
-, engineer, i'll which he has rendered
.bable and skilled service. During his
,s1mbency of this Office he has super
,,-ended the construction of a number Of
4 h4 vessels of the company, among them
es Kansas City and the City of Birming~
ham, The Office of the experimenting en-
1 soe4r has been at New York, and in his
new capacity Mr.. LaFevre will continue
II, serve the company at the same place.
The circular appointment of Mr.. La
rsyre will be issued to-day from the Of
q goo of Vice President Egan. This will
a sote that the superintendent, which or
e is created, will report directly to the
Wee president. MIR. LaFevre will nave di-
81 1,t Supervision of all the officers and men
snpoyed on the vessels of the company.
Ms orders will also direct the movements
4 d the vessels. The port agents of the
i o,mpany will also respond to his instruc-
ions regarding the loading and unload
ng Of cargoes.
The northward movement of winter tour
ss has begun. Railroad men have noticed
far the last few days that the north
tound trains have been carrying larger
r5wds than was the case previously, the
-,dc having been confined almost entire
IN TO the southbound trains
# 4 passenger man said yesterday that he
he's noticed that the northbound trains
have not seemed at any time during the
,sson to have been running as shy of pas
Singers as has been the case during some
M enters. He regards the business this year
as far superior to that of last and takes
This fact of the return of the tourists to
d4monstrate that there have been many
more to visit Florida.
The south bound trains continue to run
N full They carry big crowds to the Land
81 Of Flowers every day. It will not be
long before the return travel will open up
ri in earnest. Many of the tourists will then
sion over at Savannah and other places en-
route north. When the tourists have
through tickets they are allowed limits of
fifteen days. This limit comes in well when
they want to stop over for a few days at
any Of the cities on the way back. Many
o. them take advantage of the opportuni-
ties and that is where the harvest of the
hotel men is reaped. A good many of the
tourists do not travel on through tickets,
bur buy local tickets as they beat back
from place to place on their return. This
is lie case with the Western tourists par
3 tcuarly. These often decide they win re-
turn to their Western homes by way of
the East Their trip to Florida is made
by one Of the through lines, but the trip
lack by way of the East is made by easy
stages many of them stopping over here
ana at other cities of interest to them.
Vice President Egan of the Central Rail
road says he thinks there will now be
great activity displayed in darying by
lde farmers along the line of the Central
south of Atlanta
Last week Mr. Egan was in Atlanta, and
he went down the road with party Of
gentlemen for the purpose of talking to
some of the farmers and interested parties
about the possibilities of dairying when
carried on near a city of the size and i'm
Ior,ance of Atlanta. These parties had
81 been notified by wire of the proposed visit
OF the vice president, and at many of the
stations they were gathered 10 hear his
views on the subject of darying and MAX
ing butter and cheese.
During his career MIR. Egan has picked
/. ny great store of practical knowledge
I about such things, and he was able to
n give his hearers an exposition of the sup
Je- that INDUCED many of them to give
Il u serious thoughts. He believes that many
81 tanners living along the line will now
n take up dairying in connection with their
a otaer work. Some time ago Mr.. Egan had
special milk train put on to run early
III The morning from points south of AT
a ANITA into the city. This was to enable pro-
oa'els TO get their products to their GUS
toners in time for the preparation of the
morning meal. The road charges but
Il small price for the transportation of large
81 cans of the milk. 1t is likely that the in
III C'slry win grow along the line, as the
r central will do all it can tosfoster it,
IA The Plant System passenger officials
N'i"t Sitdl IlAGlEGl IL btAlS hcAN~A'
Il. the hotels on the west coast of Florida
I'D the excursion that is to be run to
1amaica next Saturday. This excursion
u "Hi be aboard the Plant System vessel
-e Maseotte. President H. B. Plant and
'-Is. Plant are expected to accompany
He tourists who will make the trip. 1t
expected that about ten days will be
"a equred for the round trip The Mascotte
VIII Iand her passengers a Port Antonio
'ey VIII go across the island by rail-
1 steamer running around TO Montego
III ay. There her passengers win be again
SAeh aboard and the run back to Port
'hpa will be made. 1t has been custo-
mary Tor several sea sons for the manage
leHt OF the Plant System to arrange these
,H'"rslons to some of the islands of the
west indies for the benefit of the many
W'sls who spend the winters in Flori-
no. lhey enjoy the trips TO tropical
"N4S and the officials are always ready
~ no anything they can to oblige them
q i''re are great many tourists in Flori-
81 now and the excursion will probably
u o9 large one
-' William Butler, Jr., travelling
'Sht and passenger agent for the Flor
~" Dentral and Peninsular Railroad. will