The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-01
NEW OCEAN QUEEN
CITY OF MACON ARRIVED ON HER
MAIDEN VOYAGE.
BROUGHT OFFICERS OF LINE.
AND WAS MET BY LOCAL RAILROAD
AND STEAMSHIP MEN.

HarbOr AbIaze with Bunting Dis
played in Her HOnOr-Was SalUted
with a VOIIey from the New Or
leans and by whistles All Along
the River-Many Representative
OF Merchants and Miners Line Pas
sengeFs, as Guests OF the Ocean
Steamship CO.-WiI Sail on Return
Voyage Wednesday Carrying Her
Full Complement of Passengers.
Through a lane of flying flags flown
IN her honor, the City of Macon, the
newest ship of the Ocean Steamship
Companys line, went up the harbor
yesterday morning to her berth, which
she reached at 1O:45 o'clock. AS she
passed ship after ship the colors were
dipped, eery steam whistle along the
water front screamed a welcome, and
a salute of one gun was fired from
the New Orleans of the Merchants and
Miners Line.
The Macon arrived off Tybee at 2
O'Clock in the morning but lay to dur
ing the night and waited for the tide.
She was met at the dock not only by
a large number of persons curious to
see so large and handsome a vessel
but by representatives of the Ocean
Steamship Company, the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company,
and the various railroads entering Sa-
vannah. Among these were Mr.. w. A.
Winburn, vice president and traffic
manager of the Central of Georgia;
Mr. w. C. Brewer, city ticket and pas
senger agent; Mr.. L. M. Erskine,
agent Ocean Steamship Company; Mr..
J.. r. VanDiviere. commercial agent;
Mr.. ]. w. Norton, Of the local office;
Mr. ]. w. Smith, agent of the Mer-
chants and Miners Company; Mr.. j.
II. D. Shellman of the Atlantic Coast
Line. and C. w. Small of the Seaboard
Air Line
The ship was inspected and was also
visited during the day by a number of
people, who praised the spacious quar-
tiers and the beauty of the furnishings
and finish The ship brought on this
trip thirty-siX passengers, among
whom were the following officers of
the line and their guests: Mr.. W. H.
Pleasonts, vice president and general
manager; Mr.. c. b. Walworth, gen.
eral passenger agent; Capt. p. Z. Lee
Fevre, superintendent, and Mr.. j. c.
Whitney of Baltimore, vice president
and traffic manager of the Merchants
and Miners; Mr.. A. D. stebbins of
Baltimore, general manager; Mr.. c.
II. Smith, of Baltimore, general agent,
and Mr.. H. f. Orr of New York, New
York agent. In addition Capt. w. H.
Fisher was accompanied by Mrs. Fish
er, Miss Fisher and Master Fisher.
The chief officers of the new ship
are: Captain, w. H. Fisher; First OFF,
Ger Burroughs, Chief Engineer l. c.
Smith and Chief Steward Thomas
Gaines, most of whom held similar
positions on the City of Savannah.
The dimensions and capacity of the
City of Macon were given in yester-
days Morning News. That she Is like
ly to prove popular with passengers is
shown by the large number that have
already engaged passage by her for the
return trip, which will begin Wednes-
day. The ship can take only seventy
two first-class passengers, and already
SiXty-eight have been booked. Among
the Savannahians who will make this
+ trip are Mr.. Julian Schley and family,
Capt. c. E. Gillette and Mrs. Gillette.
Mrs. A. F. Marmelstein. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. c. Stone, Mr.. c. A. Marmelstein,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Levy and Mr.. and
Mrs. b. Ungar.
The officers of the line and their
guests were more than pleased with the
performance of the ship during the
trip. Pleasant weather was enjoyed all
the way down, and in every way the
voyage was most enjoyable one. The
party will break up in Savannah, the
most of it's members returning North
to-day. Mr.. Walworth will spend to-
day in Savannah, then leave on a tour
of the Southern cities that will take
several weeks to complete.