The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31
SPECIALS SPEEDING SOUTH.
s. A LIS DIRECTORS AND GUESTS
REACH SAVANNAH TOMORROW.

Trains Passed Savannah Last Night
at L A. M.-They Reach Tampa This
Morning-Savannah Will BE
Entertained at the De sOtO-Trip to
Hutchinson's Island Will BE Made
on the CIifton-Some 100 Guests in
the Seaboard's Party.
The two special trains with the guests
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway passed
Savannah this morning at l o'clock. The
depot was not entered at all, as no stop
was to be made al Savannah on the south
bound trip The trains did not come in
from the junction, but, with the second
section fifteen minutes behind the first,
they hurried on TO the south. Tampa will
be reached this morning, and The first Il
the urban entertainments will be given
the guests of the Seaboard by President
John Shelton Williams and his associates.
Tomorrow morning the entertainment
in Savannah will be given. The trains are
scheduled TO arrive here at o'clock.
Breakfast will be had at the De Soto at
s, and al 10 the steamer Clifton will lie
taken at the Whitaker street slip for
the i-spection of the Georgia and Alabama
terminals on Hutchinson's Island and
trip on the river. Lunch will be served at
the De Soto at 1890, and the programme,
as now mapped out, is for the departure
of the trains for Columbia at clock.
The intention was to have the party
take a train at the Central depot for the
trip to the island terminals, but this had
to be abandoned because of it's interior
ence with the construction work that is
now being busily pushed. Not only the
Seaboard officials, directors and guests
from other cities will take the trip to the
island, but the invitation is extended also
to those in Savannah who have been
asked to the De Soto lunch.
Mayor Herman Myers is anxious that
the city put on its gala dress in welcome
TO the Seaboard. Flags will be flown on
the city Exchange, and the Mayor sug-
gests that the business houses on the Bay
and the Shipping in the river all follow
suit. The coming of a great railway is
not so ordinary and unlmportant a mat
ter, the Mayor considers, as to go unob-
served. He believes, on the contrary, that
cities that have the good fortune to lie
along the route of such a railroad should
welcome its advent and give assurance to
its promoters of their appreciation of
what they have done for the improve
ment and development of business and in
dustries.
Many Savannahians have accepted the
invitation of the Seaboard to lunch at the
De Soto. 1t is probable there will be 200
Or 300 seated, and, after indulgence in the
good cheer Messrs. Watson & Powers viii
provide, some speech making will be had
This, for the most part, will be impromptu
Among the some 100 guests taking the
trip over the system are the following
gentlemen from Baltimore: Messrs. Doug
las II. Thomas, Frank s. Hambleton,
George K. McGaw, Thornton Rollins, w,
P. Harvey, c. D. Fenhagen, T. w.
| Tongue, A. L. Gorter L. r. Keizer. l. l.,
jackson, N. Winslow Williams, George
Mackubin, J. Hume Smith, Robert ODER.
H. Carroll Brown, Wilbur f. jackson,
William H. Matthia, DIR. Charles F.
Bevan, F. $. Madeira. E. ], D. Cross, r. C.
William H. Blackford.
In addition there are the following Balti-
more directorsj Messrs. S. Davies War
field, Robert c. Davidson, Willi1meA. Mar
burg and j. William Middendorf TIE
other directors of the road are: Messrs.
John Shelton Williams and James H.
| Dooley of Richmond. and Messrs. William
F. Cochran and C. Sidney Shepard of New
| York
The itinerary of the trip as arranged, is
as follows:
Wednesday. May SO-Leave Richmond, {
! a. m.
Thursday. May s1-Arriver Tampa, a.
M; sail on Tampa bay on steamer Mar
| garet; lunch will be served on board
leave Tampa, p. M, arrive Jackson
| vile. p. m; banquet at Windsor Hotel,
z. M; leave Jacksonville at midnight
| Friday, June ARRIVE Savannah, a.
M; breakfast. Hotel De Soto, a. m.
| "trip by steamer on Savannah river, in
| Guiding inspection of Seaboard Air Line
terminals; lunch, Hotel De Soto, 1880 p.
m; leave Savannah, 2 p. M; arrive Co
lumbia, p. M; drive about city, in
GLIDING inspection of the new Seaboard
Air Line terminals; banquet, Hotel Co
lumbia, p. m; leave Columbia at mid
night.
Saturday. June 2-Arrive Raleigh, a.
m breakfast Hotel Marlborough a.
M; leave Raleigh, $3.50 a. m; arrive Pet
ersburg, 2:15 p. M; lunch. Masonic Hall,
2:SO p. m; leave Petersburg, 3:45 p. m.
arrive Richmond, 4:30 p. m.