The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
WANT I'd DIVIDE 1T UP.
RAILROAD MSN MAY STOP WORK
ING IMP REGIMENTS.

Present Plan Of Getting the Business
Has Not Prov I'm SatisfactOry-It In
wolves " Grc3t Deal of Expense for
the Roads add the work Is Very
btSt"steful - Observation-Disclosures
or General Passenger Agents Held
Yesterday, But They Did Not Know
Definitely What Regiments Are 10
Come Here to BE Mustered out
and Could Not Make the Apportion-
ment.
Passenger officials and passenger repre-
sentatives of the lines running into Sa-
vannah do not like the plan that has been
followed in working for the business that
comes with the muster out of troops. Two
regiments have been mustered out here.
and none of the roads have found the
policy employed in working for the BUSH
ness thoroughly satisfactory. Least of all
have the soliciting agents liked 1t. for
there has been a lot of disagreeable things
TO do
A meeting of the general passenger
agents of the local lines was held yester-
gay afternoon at the De Soto. and the
consideration of the movement of troops
to be mustered out at Savannah was taken
up. Al the meeting We're General Pass
enger Agent ]. c. Halle of the Central,
General Freight and Passenger Agent A.
Pope of the Georgia and Alabama, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent II. c. Nc
Fadden of the Plant System and Assist
ant General Passenger Agent l.. A. Ship
man of the Florida Central and PENN
sular.
The solution suggested for the Difficult
ties Of the present plan of working the
business was that it be apportioned among
the initial lines This met with approval,
and il will probably be adopted II is
not unlikely that It would have been
'agreed upon at the meeting had IL not
been that the officials did not know just
exactly what regiments are to come here
from Cuba TO be mustered out.
The plan as suggested is for only one
line to have any thing to do with the move
ment of regiment. This can be effect ID
by the Withdrawal by all the other lines
of the cheap rates that are in effect for
soldiers. There is no ilegality standing
IN the way of this, and 1t Is regarded as
legitimate way of managing in such
an instance as the present.
IL is said another meeting of the pas
senger officials will be had as soon as the
desired information relative to the mus
ter out OF the regiments can be secured.
No difficulty Is anticipated on the score of
an agreement not being reached as 10 a
just and equitable division of the bust
ness, as there are regiments to be moved
10 the west, north and east and all the
roads can be figured in The Ocean
steamship Co. win also come In for lbs
share of the business
The railroads are put to great EXPENSE
IN handling the business as IL is now
worked. They have to support several
soliciting agents. These agents are drawn
from territory in which the business nj
the lines they represent suffers during
their absence, and that is another reason
that makes IL advisable that the troons
be apportioned Checking baggage and
selling tickets at the camps on the DAYS
the regiments are mustered out of the ser.
vice involve expense and trouble. and on
the whole 1t is regarded as rather moo,
plan. The officials realize the business
has to move in some way, and some Of
them would as soon see no fight at all
maui ioi II anu the troops move Just as
In their own sweet fancy they might do.
eide rather than have the present arrange.
ment continue
Upon the soliciting agents falls the
burden. They have by no means en-.
viable time. and the work is very unpleag-
ant in some cases. They have to gel
among the men of a certain type at times
that make their soliciting a matter of dis
gust. Most of the men and officers re-
ceive the railroad men as gentlemen
should receive gentlemen, but II Is the de.
parture from the rule that makes the bust
ness so annoying. The work, too, Ia very
exacting and trying, for almost constant
attendance upon the camps has to be
danced for the several days Immediately
preceding the muster out of the men.
They all want the apportlonment plan to
work out, and VIII live in the hope that
their chiefs may reach an agreement about
il.