The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-28
new DEPOT PLACES
RAILROAD MEN INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHAT THEY WILL ms.
HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED,
CONSIDERABLE FORCE WILL ms
EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY.

station Master VIII Probably Have
General Charge OF the station,
viii BE n Union Ticket Agent ana
Assista nts-BaaaagemaStcr and
Assistants WIN Re Ncedcd--Gate-
keeper VIII Prevent Those With
out Tickets From Going From tho
Concourse to the TratnS-NaRS
Trains VIII Arrive and Depart
Daily Mt the StatioR-Contractors
May Turn over station Betere
April 4,
Railroad men are interested in the
question of positions at the savannah
Union Station. \ great many appli-
cations for the place have been filed.
but it has not been determined by the
Union Station Company Just what
force viii be required. 1t is not known
what titles viii be held or what du-
ties viii fall to those who secure the
places.
1t is thought that station master
will have general charge of the sta
ton. A union ticket agent. with two
or three assistants, will look after the
sale of tickets, and there viii be
baggage master and assistants. II
passenger cars are to be cleaned at
or near the station, there win be
force of men required for this work.
Porters and waiting women will be
needed, and there will also be a guard
for the gates, as it is the purpose of
the company to allow only prospective
passengers within the gates that are
open to the space between the shed,
where the tracks are laid.
= This will be the force to look after
the depot, but there will be many more
officials and employees in the building.
Train dispatchers will have their Of
fees there, and the division superin-
tendent of the Southern Express Com
pany and his force win be installed in
some of the rooms. There win also be
a force beneath the shed, on the Stew
art street side, to handle local bust
ness. The cashier of the Express Com
pany viii be there.
Six tracks have been laid beneath the
shed, and there is space reserved for
Two more. Should the Central Railway
decide to join the Seaboard Air Line.
the Plant System and the Southern
Railway in the use of the station. il
is supposed that the tracks would be
increased to eight for the accommoda-
ton of its trains.
A spectacle of almost constant life
and activity will be displayed when
the station is opened for use. which
viii probably be about May / Many
trains day win enter and leave the
shed. During the winter season. par
ticularly, viii there be a great many
trains. This is because the north-and
south lines have through tourist trains
curing the winter. The summer will
also see great activity, as the railroads
entering Savannah have grown to rec
ognize the Importance OF excursions.
Their revenues are increased by the
crowds of summer visitors they han
o!e, and the city reaps a benefit from
those who come to spend a few DAYS
mere. The excursion crowds will nut
life into the station and its neighbor-
hood during a season that might be
q bit slack without them.
y Passenger schedules vary from time
to time, as trains are put on or taken
or out II may be counted upon as GER
tam that, running into and out Of the
shed, there will be some 80 trains daily
over the Seaboard, the Southern and
the Plant system. This will mean ar
rivals ana departures at the rate Of
more than one an hour. At certain sea
sons this number will probably in
crease to as many as 40 trains daily.
Mckenzie & Sons, contra ctous. may
turn over the building to the company
before April l, which was the t;n1a
mentioned by President Mackan. The
contractors have TO pay the insurance
on the building until it is turned over
70 the company, and they are there
fore, naturally anxious to present il
20 the company as soon as possible.
There is something ike $40. 600 of the
contract price still due the contractors.
and they miss the interest on this
money, which is TO be paid them As
soon as they turn over the building
and 1t rs accepted by the company. II
Is said that the building would have
been completed in every detail some
days ago had il not been that addi-
tional work was given the contractors
not long since. which has tended %
delay the completion