The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-09
AS GUESTS OF FORT
SENATOR BACON AND PARTY WILL
VISIT TYBEE TO-MORROW.
THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
WILL OCCUPY THEIR ATTENTION
AFTER PARADE AND INSPECTION.

Besides Senator Bacon Party Will
Consist of Lieut.. Col. j. ID. Quinn.
Col. j. II. EstiIl and IA Committee
from Chamber of COmmerce-Sub-
Committee VIII Meet Senator Ba-
con Upon His Arrival and Escort
Him to De SOtO-Trip 10 Tybee 10
Be Made on Special Car at 10
O'cIOck-Senator Clay Unable to
Come Because of Illness of His
Fnther-WiII Visit Savannah
Later.
Arrangements were completed yester-
day for the visit of the senatorial
party to Fort Screven tomorrow. SEN
ator A. O. Bacon will reach the city
on the Centrals morning train and
will be met at the depot by a COM
mittee consisting of Judge Pope Bar
row, chairman; and Messrs. John NJ.
Egan, Herman Myers and C. II. Dor
sett, who will escort him to the De
Soto for breakfast.
After breakfast the party will start
for Tybee, leaving on the train that
starts at 10 o'clock, city time. 1t had
been hoped to have Senator A. S. Clay
make the trip as we'll as Senator Bac-
on, but Mr. Clay win be unable to
come owing to the illness of his father.
A letter to this effect was received
from Senator Clay yesterday by Col.
]. H. Estill.
The writer expresses his regret at
being unable to come, but assures Col.
Est;lI that he will be glad to cooper
ate with the local committee in any
way possible to bring about the early
completion of the work needed at the
fort, and that he will always he glad
TO render any assistance in his power
looking forward to the advancement OF
the best interests of Savannah. Later
in the season Senator Clay says he VIII
run down to Savannah and spend two
or three days.
The Visiting Party.
The party to visit the fort will con-
sist of Senator Bacon, Lieut.. Col. ].
B. Quinn, United States Engineer
Corps, in charge of river and harbor
Improvements of this district, and the
following committee. appointed from
the members of the Chamber of Com
merce: Col. ]. H. Estill, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, and Messrs.
Herman Myers. Leopold Adler, w. F.
McCauley, John NJ. Egan, Pope Bar
row, G. A. Gordon, w. L. Grayson, P.
A. Stovall, Roy c. Foster, w. w.
Gordon, G.. j. Baldwin, W. w. Will
hanson, w. E. Coney. c. H. Dorset,
A. B. Moore, B. H. Levy, w. w. Mac
kali, r. E. Lester, William KehOe, o.
S. Kulman and Lee Roy Myers The
party will make the trip on a special
car.
Lieut.. Col. Taylor has suggested that
if the visitors wish it he will arrange
a parade of the command at the fort,
after which the emplacements of the
guns may be inspected and then the
chief object of the trip be taken up.
Col. Estin in reply to this sugges-
ton, left the matter of the programme
entirely in the hands of Col. Taylor.
Purpose OF the Visit.
The object of the visit to the fort is
already familiar to the readers of the
Morning News 1t is to call attention
in the way of improvements that should
he made. These are. briefly, more
barrack room, a new wharf and a walk
connecting it with the fort, the filing
in Of the low land between the fort
and the Tybee tracks, a new boat for
hauling targets to sea. and an electric
plant.
BY interesting the senators and con-
gressmen in the project it is felt that
these improvements can be secured
without trouble. The government has
shown an interest in the matter, and
all persons who have been approached
about it have also promised their in
terest and assistance, so that the out
look for securing the Improvements is
a most hopeful one.