The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-22
READY FOR OPENING.
Arrangements Complete at the Sa-
Vannah Union Station.

nIS complete the oh-
vannah Union Station.
Everything is in readiness at the
Savannah Union Station for the public
opening that will take place to-day.
The hours for the opening are from 3
o'clock in the afternoon until o'clock
at night Everybody is invited to visit
the station during those hours, when
the first opportunity will be offered the
general public to make an inspection
of the magnificent building that has
been erected for the use of the Plant
System, the Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern Railway.
Music will be furnished for the &C.
casion by Rosenfeld,s orchestra. Palms
and other foliage plants will be placed
where they will enhance the architec-
tural beauty of the interior, and the
fountain will play in the rotunda.
The list of guests for the dinner to
be given Saturday night in the dining
room of the station by Mr.. ]. r. Fried
as a compliment to the Union Station
and railway officials, has been supple
mented until it now includes about 100
Many of these, however, are the names
of officials who are not in the city, and
it is scarcely expected that all will be
present. Mr.. Fried will make a special
effort for the entertainment of his
guests, and there can be no question
OF his success.
Shortly afte@. midnight SATURDAY.
night the train service into the new
station will be inaugurated. Station
Master R. G. Matthews is busily at
work, making all arrangements for
the Inauguration of the service. He
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ductors and yardmen and no doubt
everything will be in perfect working
order and all duties will be thoroughly
comprehended by Saturday night.
superintendent Walter Hale of the
Seaboard Air Line and Superintendent
Hockaday of the Southern Express
Company have already established
their offices a. the station. 1t is eX-
pected that superintendent w. H.
Wright of the Plant System will trans
fer his office to the station within two
or three days. The division OF the
force of Agent ". B. Brown of the
Southern Express Company will be
made Saturday day night. when Chief
Clerk A. d. Daffiteau will be estab
lished at the station, in charge of the
depot force.
The Express Company will abandon
the Plant System passenger station
and the Central Railway depot where
depot forces have been maintained. All
the work will be done by the force at
the Union Station. The proximity of
the Union Station to the Centrals de-
pot will admit of the express at the
latter being handled from the former,
a wagon being used for transfers.
This contraction of service will result
in a slight diminution of the local
force of the Express Company. Mr..
Brown will maintain the uptown Of
flee of the company at Bull and Bry-
an streets, where its business will be
conducted as at present.
The street paving force of the city
has practically completed it's work in
the vicinity of the station on West
Broad street. Sand is being scattered
over the pavement on the west side of
the street in order that it may fill the
interstices between the bricks. The
barriers now preventing traffic over
this part of the pavement will be re-
moved by Saturday night. when the
comparative quiet of the neighbor
hood will be succeeded by the noise
and activity of a busy station.