The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
vESTIBULES ON TOMORROW.
PLANT AND +. c. Is =. TRAINS WILL
BEGIN THEIR WINTER RUNS.


Pennsylvania Tomorrow Noon.
Arrive Here Tuesday Morning
Within "A Few Minutes of Each
Other-TOurists Like to Use These
Trains for Their Comfort and Lux
uries-TOurist season Thus Far an
Improvement Over Last Year.
News and Notes of the Roads.
The Florida Central and Peninsular and
the Plant System viii put on their hand
some vestibuled trains tomorrow. Both
trains wifi leave New York within a short
time of each other. The Plant System
train viii arrive in Savannah at 9:1l O'Clock
Tuesday morning. and the Florida Central
and Peninsular's is due four minutes later
These are the trains that have been run
for some ten or twelve years by the roads,
and they have proved to be money max
ers. They are handsomely and elegantly
fitted up, and furnish every possible com
fort ana convenience a passenger could
desire. Sleeping compartment, dining buff
fet, library and observation cars make
up the trains, and they are both veritable
palaces on wheels
The tourists who come South during the
winter make it point to travel both ways
on these elegant trains. Their schedules
are fast and no time is lost by unnecessary
stops. II is left for the local trains TO look
after the local business, and those who
desire to ride on the vestlbules must have
destinatio of some size in view else they
will find themselves whirled past.
Jacksonville, St Augustine Tampa, and
in fact al Florida resorts, VIII welcome
the return of The vestibules, as they VIII
| mean picking up in the tourist business
1t is, in truth, from the advent of these
trains that the rush in tourist traffic
commences with the roads. Up TO the time
they go on there is a considerable amount
of travel usually, but il rests with the
vestibules to bring the season into full ac-
tivity.
Since the handsome trains were first put
on the lines there has been an attraction
about them that extends from passengers
down to the trainmen. They are sources
of pride to the managements of the lines
over which they run, and great interest
is taken in them. Careful records of the
business they do are kept, and there is a
closer competition between the roads. per
haps in securing passengers for these
trains than any others. When the heavy
vestbuled cars roll into a depot there is
energy and a .ook-alive appearance about
everything, ana the sons and daughters
of fortune, who form the greater part of
those aboard, have an opportunity to see
railroads and railroad operations in the
South at their best.
1t is over the Pennsylvania from New
York to Washington that both trains run.
They leave the Jersey City depot of that
line AT Washington the route branches,
and the Plant System train comes by the
Atlantic Coast Line while the Florida
Central and Peninsular takes a slightly
more inland course by the South
ern, being turned over to the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular al Columbia, whence
it comes on down through Savannah and
goes on to Jacksonville and st. Augustine.
The Plant System takes its handsome
| trains from the Coast Line at Charleston
and then starts it on its spin for jack
sonville and Tampa.
The tourist season bids fair this year to
be one of the best on record Thus far
it has been better than last year, and
there is every reason to believe that the
| Improvement is yet to be more marked.
| Passenger officials agree that there has
been better movement up to this time
and they see no reason why it should not
continue. Comparative figures have been
kept for two or three years by the pas
sengos' officials of the lines, beginning Jan
!
now to show that there has been better
business. When it was possible to take
several days and make an average for
each, the increase appeared to delight the
hearts of the railroad men,
The regular monthly meeting of the rate
committee Of the Southeastern Freight As
ISOLATION will be held Tuesday al Palm
| Beach. The general freight officials of
tho Savannah lines Nom hars Of tba ocSo
citation, will attend
The interstate commerce commission
has made up a synopsis of its twelfth an.
nual report to Congress. Something Of
the difficulties encountered in enforcing
the laws governing interstate commerce is
given by the commission. Referring to
the enforcement of the act, it says:
"In previous report TO Congress, espe-
cialy those of more recent date atten-
ton has been called to the vital respects
IN which the act has proved defective and
inadequate. Some of its provisions were.
early seen to he Imperfect, while others
were so uncertain or ambiguous as to give
rise to protracted litigation, resulting final
ly in authoritative construction by the
Supreme Court of the United States The
commission has taken much pains to ex-
plain the various questions that have
thus been decided and the effect of these
adjudicat.ons in defeating the purposes
of the act, To state that the
law in its present condition, can
not be enforced is only TO repeat what has
already been said. UNITY further and i'm
portant legislation is enacted the best eff
forts at regulation must be feeble and
disappointing
This subject was fully discussed in our
last annual report, and we are unable to
add anything to the presentation then
made. In that and previous reports we have
not only set forth in general terms the ne
| cessity for amending the law, but have
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