The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-14
NO MORE TURPENTINE HANDS.
MOVEMENT SOUTHWARK FROM
THE CAROLINAs ABOUT OVER.

The Season in handling the Business
Has shown Like Those of Recent
Years That the Turpentine Indus
try Is on the Move TO the south.
Florida Gets More of the Hands
Than GeOrgin-West Florida show
ed Up to a Greater Extent as the
Destination of the Hands Thnn
Observation-Disclosures East Coast
Opens Up Vegetable District-Other
News of the Roads.
Mr. William Butler, travelling passenger
agent for the Florida Central and PENN
sular Railroad, has returned from North
Carolina. where he spent some time in
looking after the movement Of turpentine
hands for his line. Mr. Butler says this
business is now virtually over. 1t was
very extensive this season, and the grad
ual Increase in the business to Florida
points and the falling off in that to the
turpentine regions of Georgia was to be
seen. AS the timber in this section has
become exhausted by turpentne operators,
the industry has Travelled southwark ana
southwestward until now there are more
hands taken by the railroads from the
Carolinas every year to Florida than there
are to Georgia, wheE il was but a short
time ago that the reverse was the case.
Many of the hands during The season just
over were taken TO West Florida, which
was something a little new for the roads,
The operators find it something of
haul to have to bring help down from
North Carolina to work their timber
lands. When they had to bring men no
further than Georgia it was all right but
to Florida the distance is much greater.
Some of the Georgia operators have COM
planned that their Georgia hands have
been taken away from them this season
by Florida operators who formerly lived
in this state. 1t is said the darkies are
always ready for a change, and operators
who have moved from Georgia to Florida
find no difficulty in inducing some of
their old hands to try the Land of Flow
ers for while. Operators advance the
men their railroad fare, and it comes out
of their pay later.
The Plant System trains, the Florida
and West Indian limited, trains No. 50 and
No 80, between points in the East and
Florida is newly equipped with coaches
and sleeping cars of the latest designs.
lighted by electricity and heated by steam,
running via the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Atlantic Coast Line and Plant System SOL
id between New York, Jacksonville and
4dulDd every Udg III tiiG year TIC NlhAp-
nlent is the standard color OF The Plant
System, and the cars lear on the sides
the title of the train. The train will COM
mence running next Monday.
The conference committee of the South
eastern Passenger Association, In whose
charge are all passenger rates in the ter
ritory south of the Potomac and Ohio riv-
ers and east of the Mississippi river, hold
their next meeting in Atlanta, on Tues.
day. Jan II. Mr.. j. c. Halle, general
passenger agent of the Central; Col. A.
Pope, general passenger agent of the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad, and Col.
b. w. Wrenn. passenger traffic manager
of the Plant System, are member from
Savannah, and will be in attendance.
The Florida Central and Peninsular took
away the last of the batteries of light
artillery that have been encamped near
Savannah. This was Battery D of the
Fifth Regiment, which left yesterday af-
tcrnoon at 8 o'clock for Fort Sheridan, ILL.,
The movement of the Third Kentucky
Regiment, when 1t is made, will be from
Columbus 10 Savannah over three lines
This is the present standing of the
railroad officials. The movement will be
divided among the Georgia and Alabama,
the Central and the Southern. Each road
under the present arrangement, the first
will move by way Of the Georgia and Ala
bama. The officials of the roads do not
hear anything to Indicate that the orders
received day before yesterday by the bat
IN -
aboard the cars to come to Savannah to
unload mean that the regiment is not
coming. 1t is expected the departure from
Columbus will be so timed as TO admit
OF the troops getting here just when the
Minnewaska is ready to take them aboard.
There yet remains one battalion of the
Seventh Cavalry at Macon. Advices re-
ceived by the Central Railroad, which is
the line over which the troops will come.
indicate hat they will leave Macon next
Tuesday.
Mr.. ]. w. Middendorf, second vice presi-
dent of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad
and one OF the syndicate Interested in the
deal by watch control was secured OF the
Seaboard Air Line, was in the city yes
terday for a short while. He was accom-
panied by several gentlemen from his home.
Baltimore. Mr.. Middendorf and his
friends had been on a hunting expedition
in South Georgia and were en- route home.
Mr.. A. 70. Cleveland has been appointed
general agsnt of the freight and passenger
departmenlH of the Chicago and North
western AZ Atlanta.
Chairman Richardson of the Southeast
ern Passenger Association at Atlanta an
nounces the following appointments: A.
Madison, secretary, vice A. j. Knapp, re-
signed; G. d. Langston, assistant secre-
tary.
Mr.. A. ], Ross has resigned as foreman
of bridges and buildings of the Southern
Pacific at New Orleans.
Mr.. w. NJ. Darby has resigned as auditor
of the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern.
and will engage in commercial pursuits at
Atlanta.