The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-14
MANY VISITORS ARE HERE.
EXCURSIONS CAME IN YESTERDAY
OVER THREE RAILROADS.

Georgia and Alabama, the Plant Sys-
tenn and the Central All Brought
Large CrOwds-Cheap Rates Were
offered, and Limits of From Three
to Five Days Arc Had ON the Tick
cts-ExcursiOn Crowd of CoIOred
People From Macon and Atlanta to
witness the Military Parade This
Observation-Disclosures Hotels and
Restaurants Reap Harvest From
the Stay of the Excursionists.
Several thousand excursionists are in
the city. The Georgia and Alabama, the
Plant System, and the Central, all
brought them in yesterday, and for two
or three days they will be in evidence.
The tickets upon which the excursionists
travelled are good for two or three days,
and many OF them will stay the limit.
They find their visits to Savannah very
pleasant, and nearly every summer the
same persons fake the trip when the
roads leading through their sections Of
fer the unusually cheap rates that pre-.
vail.
The Plant System brought in monster
excursion last night that was run in two
sections. There were twenty-six coaches.
The passengers were gathered from Balm
bridge and intermediate points. The first
section arrived at about $3.50, and the
second half an hour later. In ell, there
were some 1,500 passengers aboard the
two trains.
The Georgia and Alabama had three
trains in during the day. The first ar
rived in the morning bringing 593 pas
seneers from Helena and intermediate
points. The other trains arrived at night,
bringing several hundred passengers.
These visitors are from Southwest Geor-
gia and Eastern Alabama. The time limit
of their tickets is five days
The Generals crowd was from Atlanta
and Macon, and the excursionists were
almost entirely colored. The military
celebration in which the Savannah bat
talon of colored troops and visiting COM
panies from Macon and Atlanta viii
participate, is the attraction, and the
colored popula ton will be in it's element
to-day.
More than 1000 were in the two sections
that were run from the two cities The
Guards of Macon were aboard, and mem
bers of the local colored military appear
ed at the depot in uniform to receive
the visiting soldiers. Besides the military
men, there was a dense mass of the col
oTed population gathered there to welcome
the visitors
The parade will take place this morning
1t is expected that it will be the chief
feature of the year with the colored mil
itary. The line will form at 10 O'Clock
at the corner of Liberty and East Broad
streets with Col. j. H. Deveaux the
ranking officer of the colored military
of the state in command
The business men will profit by the
presence of the excursionists Many of
them come with the avowed intention of
spending their money and such crowd
as is now in the city will manage to
spend no little in the aggregate. Many
of the visitors take advantage of the op-
portunity to do their shopping, and many
goods will be taken home with them when
they return.
Hotels and restaurants, also, will reap
a harvest. Already the former are we'll
filled up, and during the day there were
many of the visitors who patronized the
restaurants. The coming of last nights
trains added TO the crowds at the hotels,
and it is probable that any more visitors
would find difficulty in securing accom-
modations.
1t was clearly evident to observers yes
terday that there were many visitors in
the city. They could be seen walking
about on the streets or gathered in at
tractive spots for discussion. The stone
in memory of Tomochichi that stands in
Wright Square was a favorite place with
them, and the livelong afternoon there
was knot gathered there.
The merchants generally commend the
railroads for the excursions. The roads
offer very cheap rates and eXpend con-
siderable money in working up the
crowds To have so many people I'M
loaded upon city means 2 great deal of
trade. and the merchants, both wholesale
and retail, are aware of this and speak
we'll of the railroads.