The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09
THE soUTHERN's GUESTS.
Those Who Made the Trip on the In
auguraI.

auguraI.
The run was a quick one The twenty
four minutes lost at Columbia were made
up, the train pulling into the Plant Sys-
TEN shed promptly at o'clock. city time.
Those who arrived on it were A. B. An
drews, first vice president, Raleigh; F. S.
Cannon, third vice president and general
manager, Washington; Reuben Foster
president and general manager, Chesa-
peake Line, steamers, Baltimore; j. NJ.
Culp, traffic manager, Washington; ]. H.
Barrett, general superintendent, Washing
ton; w. H. Peddle, general superintend
ent of maintenance, Washington; w. A.
Turk, general passenger agent, Washing
ton; W. H. Wells, civil engineer, Wash
ington; George B. Allen division passen-
ger agent, Charleston; T. ]. Willis super
intendent of the Columbia division: J
Humes Smith, president of the Chamber
of Commerce of Baltimore; H. c. Foster,
attorney, Baltimore; H. H. Vreeland,
president. Metropolitan Railway Compa-
ny, New York; Cuthbert Mills, of the firm
of Lawson e Co., bankers and brokers'
New York; Frank Wells, cashier First
National Bank, Brewster, ". Y; Walter
R, Rough, Baltimore-American, Balti-
editor of Baltimore News, Baltimore: Ra-
leigh c. smith, Morning Herald, Balti-
more; d. Allen Wiley, Manufacturers
Record, Baltimore; William J. Casey, rail-
road editor of the Sun, Baltimore: e. N
Adds, proprietor and editor Brewster
Standard, Brewster, N. Y: Frank We'll
don, Constitution, Atlanta; Lee Hutchins.
Washington Times, Washington; Ed G.
Smith, Washington Post, Washington; H.
A. Banks, Charlotte Observer, Charlotte:
j. Stuart Bryan, Richmond Times, Rich
mond; +. L. Merritt, News and Observer,
Raleigh; Thos. j. Pence. Morning Post,
Raleigh; Willis G. Briggs Times Visitor,
Raleigh; w. A. Hemphill, Constitution,
Atlanta; August Kohn, News and Courier,
Columbia; N. G.. Gonzales, the State Co
lumbia; j. Fl. Butner, Savannah Morning
News, Savannah; and Mike Walsh, Chron-
icle, Augusta.
The train was met at the Plant System
shed by Assistant General Passenger
Agent S. H. Hardwick and District Pas
senger Agent Randall Clifton with car
riages. Mr.. Hardwick and Mr.. Clifton
had made elaborate preparation for the
entertainment of the party, and d large
number Of local gentlemen who had ac-
cepted the Southern's invitation to par
take of its hospitality.
MIR. Hardwick reached Savannah only
night before last, but his efforts since then
had been very energetic, and it was due to
his management and ability as an enter
tainer that the day passed so pleasantly
and the visitors and local guests were so
royalty treated.
The party that came in on the train were
invited to take the carriages, Mr.. Hard
wick attending to the distribution and as
signing the gentlemen to their places. The
carriages moved off as they received their
passengers, and it was not long before the
procession was formed and a start made
for a short drive around the city before
going to the De Soto, where the main
function of the day was to be.
The drive was west on Jones street to
Drayton, thence to Park avenue, to Whit
aker, to Castor, to Bulb to the De Soto
the visitors thus being enabled to gain an
idea of Savannah's beauty and prosperity
from a glimpse of the handsome residence
and monumental section through which
they passed. The day was pleasant for
the drive and the only regret of the Sa-
vannahians was that 1t was not during
the spring, when there Is no more lovely
city than Savannah in the United States.