The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
RAILROADS. TUG OF WAR.
CREEK WILL MEET GREEK AT THE
IMMUNES' CAMP TODAY.

vore Than Twenty Passenger Rep
rasentativcs VIII BE on Hand to
TaIk Railroad Routes Home to the
Mustered Out SOIdiers-Ticl<et Of
6ces VIII BE Established on the
crounds and Agents Will Go Out
Ioeded Down With Changc-Bag-
rage VIII BE Checked at the
Comp and Special Trains VIII BE
Rum by Every ROad-Each Ex-
nects to Get Enough of the Busi-
ness to Warrant Ii.
other places throughout the South have
had regiments mustered out of the SER
vice but Savannah is to have her first
TO-DAY. other places have seen their great
,auroad battles. but none has seen a
.,aater one than that which is to be
fought at the camp of the Sixth Immunes.
There is going to be scramble for bust
moss that will leave the roads that are
most successful plenty to brag about
and their representatives may be set down
as first class in every respect. There are
,alants for passenger soliciting enlisted in
the struggle that are second to none and
triumph will be scored by the men who
get ahead of their competitors
The fight is to be along different lines
from some that have been made since the
government has begun mastering OUT
troops in the South. An agreement has
bssn entered into by the railroads and all
,ba Messenger men say there has been no
af Oh
do tbev believe there will be any mon
tavng'' They expect the days work to
he free from anything underhand and the
agreement is expected to remain unbrok-
on No rebates will be granted and rates
10 competitive points will be the same by
every line
Schedules of rates have been made up
nv the Central, the Florida Central ana
Paninsular, tie Georgia and Alabama ana
the Plant System. They are issued under
+be authority of the passenger association,
ard apply for soldiers in uniform. The
ti,kets are limited to continuous passage.
Tickets will be sold at the camp by every
line Ticket agents will be on hand ana
Installed in the tents or booths or wagons
that have been provided. The men are 10
he paid off in bills, most of them Ds, and
a lot of change will be needed. The aver
age rate to the soldiers destination IS
about GIL so tNdt a gu bitl VIII AeAfS ~ ~
changed every time a ticket is sold. One
ogent said he intends taking out $1,000 in
change this morning. TickeNs have been
STAMPED and punched and are " readiness
for sale. They can be handed oNer to pur-
chasers without a moments delay.
Baggage will be checked on the grounds
Some of it has already been checked, 1t is
said The roads viii have porters about
among the soldiers gathering up the bag
gage and putting it on the wagons that
are to bring it an TO the depots. This will
he an important feature of the work, and
will mean a great deal to the road that
manages it successfully.
Special trains will be run by all the
roads Each expects to get enough bust
ness to justify this extra effort to handle
IT, and most of the Immunes will be out
of the city before night. The trains will
leave from the depots of the roads over
which they will run.
Passenger agents expect the men TO have
finished turning in their equipment by
O'Clock and the paymasters to begin CIV
ing them their money at that hour BY /
O'Clock il is thought Il will all be over. In
the meantime the soldiers will be buying
their tickets and the railroad men will be
as busy as bees. Everybody will be work
ing for passengers, and the soldiers will
get the rush.
More than twenty representatives of the
initial lines or those with which connec-
tons Will be made will be
at the grounds TO take
hand in the work. Many of the men have
been out among the soldiers every day for
two or three weeks, and have been on
constant strain from their ef-
forts to get the business for their lines.
During the past three or four days the
work has been particularly arduous, and
the railroad men have stuck to 1t noby.
Some of them will be on hand at day
break this morning. Several men have
oeen taken out of the passenger offices In
the city and will be at the grounds.
Among some of the visiting railroad men
VINO are here to get Immunes to travel by
lelr lines are ]. X. Ridgely Northwest
efh passenger agent at Chicago for the
louisville and Nashville; d. G. Hail. gem
eIal agent at Atlanta for the Georgia
Houthern and Florida; Fred D. Bush, dis
rlet passenger agent at Atlanta for the
louisville and Nashville; E. p. Burns, con-
Uaetms agent at Atlanta for the Georgia
ana Alabama and w. F. Greaves, Allan
I'd representative of the big Four Route"