The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-07
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In savannah and
Elsewhere.

Savannah has been complaining about
the Southern Railways early morning
train being almost invariably late there
by causing a delay in The morning mails
getting off to the South. Charleston IS
kicking about the Atlantic Coast Line get
ting its train late into that city. The News
and Courier makes the following plaintive
wall
Train rs of the Plant System was an
hour and twenty minutes late ia arriving
at Charleston on Saturday morning. and
again yesterday morning. We do not know
how much behind ii will be this morning
and tomorrow and the next day Tne
condition is becoming chronic. There is
only one power that can correct it. and
that is the postOtfice department, which
has made the contract with the railroads
for the transmission of the mails. We
have taken the matter up with the post
Office people in Charleston and likewi Sc
the postoffice people in Washington. The
fault is not with the pOstoffice people, but
with the railroads. This we have tried to
make very clear during the past two or
three days. The Florida Special has the
right of way. If the steamship from cuba
is late reaching Tampa. the Florida
Special is late throughout its whole north
ward journey. 1t has not been on time
in Charleston for ever so lorg. We do not
know whether or not ii viii ever he on
time again. There is very general and Sc
rious complaint against this condition Of
things Ii is a condition which should not
be possible Why the whole travelling and
business and newspaper public should be
deprived of good service because the rail-
roads prefer the Florida business which
lasts only for a brief period. to the gener-
al business, which lasts the whole year
round, we fail TO understand"
The stockholders of the Southwestern
Railway Company will hold a meeting
in Macon next Thursday. TIE meeting
is TO receive the reports of the company
and to elect new directors. 1t will be
presided over by President b. A. Denmark
of Savannah. 1t is expected that adj the
old directors will be reelected. The direc-
tors will hold meeting after the meet
ing of the stockholders has adjourned. The
directors will elect officers for the coming
year.
Mr. w c. Dennis, assistant general
freight agent of the Plant System, was
in Atlanta yesterday attending a meeting
Of the Conference Committee of the South
eastern Freight Association.
Mr.. F. G. Brown. president of the Flor
ida Southern, was in the city yesterday,
a guest OF the De Soto.
President r. G. Erwin Of the Plant Sys-
TEN will leave to-day for New York.
The Georgia and Alabama is transport
ing many turpenune hands from Savannah
to points in Georgia and Florida Yester-
day a shipment of twenty was made TO
DELLA and the day before a number went
to Kingsland.
Nj. Randall Clifton, district passenger
agent Of the Southern, has gone on bus
mess trip through Florida.
Mr.. d. A. Williams. commercial agent
of the Southern, with headquarters at
Jacksonville, was among the visitors In
the city yesterday.
No Hitch; No Harness-"The automo-
bile is a wonderful invention" remarked
the man who used to own horses. YES"
said the harnessmaker sadly, there isn't