The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-11
.THE SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.
stawN IN THE BUSINESS OF
NIL AND WATER LINES.

o,.., Steamship Co. Has Had n Re-
,rl.nhIe Good SeasOn-Business
,,,s Been Well sustained-it Is
s,id the Territory of the Company
no. Oidened-SOuthern See the
Ad,nntaseS of Going North Via
s.onnnh-The General Prosperity
v 4scribed in Large Part to the
,co,,rs That We're Established in
,,o South-NOuntnin Travel Shows
r7inoucfaI Conditions Are Good.
~, better indication of the prosperity
.h., 4. abroad in the land is 10 be found
han in the passenger travel railway and
Steamship lines are enjoying. For several
months il has been 50, the reports of the
Messenger business on many lines exceed
lug tas figures of many years.
The ocean Steamship Company has been
eotovfug a singularly fine season. The
simmer traffic has been large and well
sustained. In no wise has it been spas
n,oJjc. running up one month and down
the next Week after week and month
after month it has held up well. and II
81. probable the close of the season will
show that there has been more Southern
ers going North via its line than in any
summer in the past. The business done
thu. far is sold to be a fair indication
that such will be the result of the season
when it has run its length.
Psople in the interior have been more
strongly impressed than ever, apparent
". with the attractions of Savannah as a
point of embarkation and of the advant-
ares offered by the Ocean Steamship
Company. Many of the cities and towns
have been sending far more than their
usual number of citizens TO make the trip
to New York and Boston via the Savan-
nah line II is said it has also been noted
that the field of the Ocean Steamship Com
panys passenger business is widening,
that it is ga ming patrons in sections where
il mas not had them formerly.
Il is usually the case that the passengers
for the North come from the territory con-
uglous TO Savannah. Georgia, of course,
furnishes ore Than any other state. Ala
hlm8 South Carolina, North Carolina and
Tennessee are now it is said, sending quite
"a number 10 take the water route here for
THE North 1t is with considerable salts
faction that he widening of the company's
territory S observed.
Tie country generally is in a very pros
porous condition, but certain sections of
The Sou,h are exceptionally so. Paradox
cal as it may soen it is TO the war that
the good times are largely due. The ex-
{oreaoe Of countries generally has not
been tina, wars were helpful. Indeed
there were many who were giving vent to
all manner OF dire fOreboIings at The out
b. s.
taat 10 ill., for some sections, at AL events,
DAY greatly increased business and better
nnuncial conditions.
Current reports show that an the cities
Of the SOuth at which camps of trOoDs
were established for any length of time
during the war are in much better way
TOW ll4n before the soldiers came. Both
lhe men aud the government expended
money freely and the result has been that
many of The merchants and business men
who were almost on their last legs have
been ia easy circumsl ances ever since
with debts paid and business keeping up
Inc camps were rather well distributed
especially throughout Georgia. and nearly
every Section of this state and others in
the South have prodted.
10 mas not been merely 10 the cities
VheIc the camps were located that the
advantages have accrued. for naturally
dement's reaped by one city have been ex-
thded % others through the medium Of
commerce and trade. IN many places there
are merchants and business men who have
not before been able to make trips to the
NoFth, iut who have done 50 or VIII do so
lals summer.
Another indication of the good effects of
lne camps 10 the South may be found in
Ghe uaYel to TIE mountain resorts The
ilenoa Central and Peninsular has line
Hof'n"ard that always gets good share
u' we resort business. Savannah always
s'AuS many V.si Ots TO the North Carolina
mountains, but This summer has borne off
l-e PAIN. Never before has the Florida
Centfal and Pennsufar been so successful
10 ms particular traffic from Savannah.
'Nu IL Is exp cted he season wi run 50 l-3
yer cent beyond the most successful the
road has had
II Is from savannah alone that the es
mate Is made, for the reports to be secured
mere ale from the local offices only. 1t is
PRESUMED that other places have also made
sooI saoWing. Probably no place in the
union has derived such benefits from the
war as savannah, so it is no more than
laura Tor lis people to De enjoying the
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