The morning news., 1899-02-14
TRAINS WEATHER BOUND.
Cold Held Up Freights and Delayed
Passengers.

Cold Held Up Freights and Delayed
Passengers.
Traffic on the railroads was greatly in-
terfered with by The extreme cold. The
weather was such as to make the running
of the trains a difficult and. in some cases.
impossible task. Freight trains were not
run, as a rule the roads not being willing
TO send their trainmen out in such wealth
er. The passenger crews stood il as
best they could though Savannah did not
get her usual number of passenger trains
nor anything like the schedules that are
made on days when there are no such ex-
traordinary conditions.
Ii was easy 10 see from the hotel regis
ters that Savannah had missed a number
of passenger trains. A comparison of the
days registration with that of any other
day of late readily revealed the discrep-
ancy, and this was attributed TO the fact
that there had been delays in the arrivals
of the trains, some of those that were due
during the day not having got in at all
The Central Railroad aud the Georgia
and Alabama had the best mck of The
roads, their trains arriving but little be-
hind lime. Those that left Savannah We're
on time and ii is thought they reached
their destinations with but little IL any
delay.
The Centrars train that was TO arrive
at 6 o'clock In the morning did not get in
until little after Z. the delay having been
due 10 the sleet and snow that covered
the track and to the necessity Of the train
men having had once or twice TO clear
away trees that had fallen across the
roadway The night train was only a lit
tie behind time.
Train No. IS over the Georgia and Ala
bama. due 20 arrive here at HAS p. m.
the night before, was an hour late. This
delay was due 20 the sleet on the track.
When train Us once in motion it Is all
right for it to run along at fun speed. even
if sleet is on the ground, but stopping at
stations and getting in motion again
causes the trouble Some time IS lost at
every station, and by the time the entire
run has been made the sleet and Slick
track have caused quite delay Train
No. 20, due TO arrive at $40 a. M, was 80
minutes late on account of a delay on the
Southern Railway this line having turned
the train over to the Georgia and Ala
bama late at Helena,
The Florida Central and Peninsular had
its delays. Train No. IS, southbound. due
to arrive here al a. m. did not get i'm uu-
tu 2:S0 y. m. The delay was caused by
the road having received the trains late
from its connection at Columbia. No 81.
| southbouud due at $40 p. m. had not ar
| rived up 20 IL O'clock last night though Il
! had been reported from Columbia as six
| hours late. Train No. 49, northbound, due
| at 1904 p. M. was two hours late. and
| Train No. 81. due at S:47 p. m. north
| bound. was an hour and ten minutes late
The Plant Systems local train from
| Charleston arrived on time in the morning.
| and the trains northward were dellyed
! only some thing ike forty-hve minutes
| There was no damage to the tracks or
| roadway. ana the delays were due wholly
| to the weather conditions The southhound
| fast mail No. So due at S:35 a. M. had not
arrived up to midnight. This was due "a
| trouble on the Coast Line or the Peunsvl-
| vana, as the train had not been reported
! from Charleston, though wires were ur
9long the line. No. 25a local over the Plan,
| System, left al z O'Clock in the morning
| for Waycross, and this was the only train
that went south during the day over rhe
| line.
Mails were in a bad shape all the while
! and there was but little mail received al
| the post office from the east. There was
| also difficulty in getting mails out
Teiegraphic communication was cut Of
over some roads. The Florida Central and
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