The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
RATES LIKE ATLANTA'S.
s,o,e Fair Not DiscriminatedAga
by the Railroads.

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by the Railroads.
.oi1roads entering Savannah have
M time in correcting an impression
Vat grew out of an interview given
Nv Hon. Pope Brown in Savannah
w. Friday. Col. Brown was under the
.-.,ression that the railroads were do
much more for the Atlanta than
tho state Fair to be held at Sa-
nah in the way of rates, and he
.noke in protest against the discrimi-
nation.
General Passenger Agent j. c. Halle
=, the Central Railroad addressed a
,...or n General Manager A. B. Moore
- the Savannah Fair Association,
,,,icb shows conclusively that exactly
.so same concessions will be Savan-
aob,s that are and will be enjoyed by
Atlanta. The letter and the disclaim-
ave of officials OF other lines that there
:, n he the slightest discrimination
ooainst Savannah set at rest any idea
+bat Atlanta is able to get so much
mare from the railroads than Savan-
nah. Extracts from Mr.. Haile's letter
are as follows:
GAS representative of the Central
If Georgia Railway Company, I had
The honor to attend meetings of inter-
osted lines to consider and arrange
rates for the Interstate Fair and for
TNafr hand
herewith copies of circulars issued by
chairman Richardson of the South
eastern Passenger Association, from
which, by comparison, you will see
rates are announced for both occasions
IN the same basis, viz: One fare the
round trip. Hence, so far as these cir
culars are concerned, there can be no
discrimination as between the cities of
Savannah ana Atlanta. beg leave to
assure You that no rates are being
used to Atlanta for the Interstate Fair
other :nan the races outlined IN Clrcu-
lar No. 1896.
I'm regard to the statement that
railroads have given the special rate
Of half-fare, but in Atlanta the rail-
roads. besides this rate, are running
excursion trains at very low figures
wish to say that nothing bul the half
fare rate, the same as accorded Sa-
vanrah is being used by any of the
railroads into Atlanta, and, further,
that no excursion trains are being run
into Atlanta at very low figures
Il am sorry to say that the facts do
not bear out the statement that crowd
ed trains are passing through Georgia
from points as far down as Jackson
Vile, loaded down with passengers for
the Atlanta Fair. The Atlanta Fair
opened on the 9th. The reports which
receive daily of the business p.oving
TO Atlanta over our lines, shows less
than an average of a hundred passen-
gers per day on Fair tickets. This con-
dition, however, will doubtless change
later on, fer it is well known that the
opening days do not, as a rule, draw
largely from country districts.
with respect to train service, the
Central of Georgia, which has a very
large interest, on account of its geo
graphical location, in the Interstate
Fair at Atlanta, (as well as the Geor-
gia State Fair at Savannah, has not
found it necessary to arrange any spe-
cial train service to Atlanta. We are
handling the business into and out of
Atlanta on our regular trains in the
same manner as we have done in pre-
US that additional train service is I'M
necessary.
There will be six trains over our
line into Savannah during the Fair as
against seven into Atlanta, but, as
above stated, four out of the seven
trains into Atlanta are suburban trains
and run only twenty miles out of At
lanta. You can rest assured that If we
did not feel satisfied that the above
We Al L.
travel into Savannah, we would be glad
10 put on such additional trains as
might be found necessary. Persons
VINO come to the Fair on morning
trains to return on the afternoon trains
OF the same date are not those, as a
rule living at great distances. Our
service will be such as to enable those
persons living near Savannah to come
IN each morning and return home the
same night.
For your information I beg leave
10 add that, in view of the statement
mat special trains were being run into
Atianta, | telegraphed our representa-
i've at that point last night to see
the various officials of the other lines
IN Atlanta and wire me what roads
We're running special trains on account
Oh the Atlanta Fair and from what
points. l quote below his telegram
dated Atlanta, Oct. 10: Your mail,
gram llth All roads here advise no
arrangements have been made for run
hlng any special trains into Atlanta
account Fair travel"
Col b. w. Wrenn, passenger traffic
manager of the Plant System. also took
up the matter. He telegraphed Cen
erai passenger Agent S. H. Hardwick
VI the southern Railway of the display
oilat was made of Col. Browns views
aDoH' discrimination. Mr.. Hardwick
.Ngraphei Col. Wrenn in reply that
~ ~ knew absolutely nothing of rates
UeIhs reCuced to such low figures for