The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21
I.us HAVE HEAVY EXPENSES
LING THE TROOPS BUSINESS
r,UEs A MINT OF MONEY.

#t,atv-TMO SOllcltOrs L" S'"-
nd six General Passenger
a,.Is-Average Daily Expense |
10 Lines $94S-EstimatinG |
NAYS as the Time the Roads |
nave Worked the Business
ro+.I Expense May BE Fixed !
sos. 44O-The Figures Leave But
..,,o Profit After Other Deduc-
Have Been Mnde-sOIicitinG
.uass No snap for the Rail-
road Wen.
t,,o representatives of the pas
a.r,,rtuents of railroads are in the
n solicit the troops business In ad-
-, n The solicitors, of whom con-
,.-.t,a number are yet to come, there
u.,,.rar general passenger agents.
~. ,eicials who have come to the city
after The business are General Pas
AGENT J. E. Lockwood of the Kan
c,,, Fort Scott and Memphis; General
n.sssnper Agent w. C. Rinearson OF the
IN and Crescent General Passenger
80 n. MacDonen of the Florida Cen
71 and Peninsular; General Passenger
mi e A. Macdonald of the Georgia
s5r,narn and Florida: Assistant General
n.-saneer Agent l.. A. Shipman of the
r,orid, Central and Peninsular, and AS
5stant General Passenger Agent Kefiond
Of the Illinois Central.
Tho maintenance of this great number of
railroad men in the city costs the lines
o-e,t deal. The officials figure that the
ovoraqe .expense of a soliciting agent, in
ending his salary, is 50 a day. With nine
tv-two of them in the field it is seen that
The total cost for a day TO the roads rep
rfeented is $s28 That would seem enough,
blr il is expected that the next three or
four davs viii witness the arrival of
number Of soliciting men in addition to
those already here.
II also costs the general officers some
III thing to stay here and look after their rep
resentatives and the work they are do
inc one of them said last night that $40
day might be named as an estimate of
what it costs a line to maintain general
passenger agent away from headquarters
when he is engaged in such work as that
Al Savannah Since there are six of them
here from a distance, $120 may be added
70 the $S28. making $94S.
II is estimated that thirty days may be
taken as the period during which the
rumber of passenger representatives now
hele will be necessary. The limits are not
of course well defined, for there have
been many passenger agents here for thir-
t. Gays already but the stay of them all
might be reduced to ninety-two, Or nine
~ eight including the general passenger
officials. The total expense to the rail
roads represented during that time would
b. SIS 440.
Eight regiments are awaiting muster out
here -Four regiments and battalion have
already been mustered out, though tie
force of railroad men has been increased
since they left. In addition four regiments
are expected to arrive for muster out,
though that Savannah will be the place
Of their discharge has not been finally set
ted Though il might not seem proper
10 include them, as the railroad represent
aIioh was not at that time so strong, the
uoops already mustered out with those
now here and to be discharged number
about 1900, for the transportation Of whom
70 their homes the roads woull receive
ar average of about $40 each. Counting
IN the 1900 expected the number will run
TO 1900, for the transportation of whom
the roads would get an aggregate of $780,
4 000
With the soldiers travelling at half fare
and soliciting costing $2S,440, railroad men
say there is not much left for the lines,
after the cost of transportation is deduct
co. other expenses are had and other
considerations weighed. 1t is found that
the business of the lines suffer in those
PAGES from which their representation is
Withdrawn in order that the agents may
assist IN working the Savannah soldiers
General passenger agents who make Sa-
.ahhah their headquarters are prevented
rom getting out on their lines to look af-
yer thelr interests through the necessity
ol having to remain here to keep watch
over the troops business. All in all, II
roads.
~ me average passenger representative
INC soictatlon OF the troops business is
"a source of great discomfort, and the work
rs rs iouhd disagreeable in many respects.
He camps are not easy of access. and
e sol4eilors do not always encounter gem
e",eh' Many things serve to make the
"UA unpleasant, and passenger men gen
4 aiS VIII be glad when the movement is
W. OIhclals find it troublesome also. as
oa ,' nave to take up many matters with
/ opother through having so many rep
4 'dtVes at one place carrying on
"a'P competition for business. When
Il @ei CONDITIONS prevail there are always
A 9"p.aluls OF one sort or another being
Il LG.Feu by general officials that demand
,",u corresponding with heads of the de-
IL 'iieil's OF other roads, and the whole
ia source of great deal of worry and
The expense is, therefore. only
ra oI the considerations that induce rail-
were over. --''' e'i''
~ W. or three of the lines represented in
se ss[(tussle for the business have as many
Cort Zen men working for them. The
tbs ai railroad, the Plant System and
Ar,o 9oolnern probably lead in numbers.
tboy o"s the railroad men here and the lines
Ierno ,gpresent, are Messrs Baird, Hunt,
I No. IOH, Cosby. Carey, johnson. Beam
tts bcaA, Westberry and Metcalf of
sens southern; Mitchell, Dunnavant Bis
cent, cent? rg ana Becker of the Queen and Cres-
n scr,i, wright, Butter, Burns. Rafferty, and
su,,lS oi ne Florida Central and PENN
and m Martin, Hunter, Sweat. stallines
Kn,lIa i''Iof'h Of the Georgia and Alabama:
p.r,o't' crown and Gates of the Big -Four;
COY McGregor and Leahy of The chi,
l6, ton and Dayton: Brewer, Haw-
Eo,c, 7'GanselI Fogg T1lton, Humphr.es.
Con- lamp and White of the Central.
G.'i'iH and SeVicr or tho Naeh,-fi5o