The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-07

Sept. 3d. The season has been pros
porous one and the road has handled
all the eXcursionists that it could ac-
commodate. The traffic is always heavy
during the summer months but this
season it has exceeded all others and
the facilities of the road have been
taxed to their utmost. Those who have
taken advantage of the rates, however,
say that the best of service was given
here and every convenience was pro-
vided for the travellers.
The Central of Georgia Railway has
added to it's passenger equipment
three handsome day coaches and
three combination cars. all of which
were put into service for the first time
yesterday, being used on trains Nos.
l and 2.
Three of the coaches are made after
the pattern of the regulation day
coach, but they are among the best
of their kind ever used on any trains
entering Savannah. Representing the
latest and most improved type of pas
senger coaches and fitted with all the
conVeniences known to the car build
ers' art, they are both extremely COM
Portable and a work of art.
The entire interior is finished in real
| mahogany, finely carved. All of the
fixtures are of brass and highly pol
| ished nickle plate. The Vestibules are
| large and roomy and the lavatory
equipment cannot be surpassed. The
! combination cars, although not so eX-
| ~ a Or
coaches, are finished in pretty golden
oak and are far superior both in dec
orations and conveniences, to the cars
of this character now in service.
People who have been spending the
| summer away, and more especially
those who have been summering in the
mountains of North Carolina, Virginia
| and Tennessee. are commencing to re-
turn to their homes and the incoming
| tide of travel will be at it's flood about
the middle of this month.
1t is said to be getting very cool in
the mountains and the climate of Sa-
! vannah is being found more congenial
than the frosty nights experienced on
| those nights. Railroads are preparing
their fall schedules to accommodate
this traffic and the travel is already
proving very heavy.
The residents of the city who have
| been spending the summer in subur-
ban cottages at Isle of Hope, Thunder
bolt MONTGOMERY, and other points
around the city are preparing to move
into town and MANY of them have al
| ready done so. The first of October
will find the residence portion of the
city practically recovered from the re-
lapse suffered during the summer, and
also much more attractive owing to
the many handsome residences that
have been erected during the past four
months.
Railroad officials regard it as a GER
tainty that the proposed line between
Athens and Charleston, running
through Augusta will be built, the
general opinion being that there is no
clause in the agreement between the
Seaboard All Line and the Rock Is
land which prohibits it.
An effort will be made on the part
of all the railroads running through
the southeastern part of the country
to increase the immigration to this sec
ton. This fact was developed at a
meeting of the Southeastern Railways
Land and Industrial Association, which
met last week in Buffalo, N. Y, and
| special attention was given to the dis
cussion of the problem.
A great part of the time of the as
ISOLATION was consumed in listening to
the reading of papers on the industrial
| conditions of the territory adjoining the
| railroads represented, the agricultural
Improvements which are going on, and
tn general improvements to the entire
territory. All of the papers agreed that
| the Southeast was the coming terri
tory. and that its great Importance
would be forced upon the country at
/ large within very short time. In
| every state the development has been
| rapid, and at the same time of a char
acter which insures it's stability.
The reinforcements to the population
of the southeastern territory has come
| mainly from the Northeast and very
little has been obtained from the East.
A concensus of the opinion of those at
the meeting was that an effort should
| be made to draw more immigrants from
| this territory, particular attention being
paid to Canada. The probabilities are
that all the big Southeastern railroads
will give remarkably low rates to home
seekers of the North and West during
the months of September and October,
and every other inducement possible
thrown out to bring immigrants into
this rapidly advancing section of the
| country. The project was received with
| the greatest enthusiasm by all the
railroads represented at the meeting
| ana advertising Of the reduced rates
will no doubt be seen scattered broad.
cast through the land from which the
roads desire most to draw
Before the association adjourned tbe
following officers were chosen: Mr. M
V. Richards of the Southern Railway
and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
president; Mr.. j. e. Ingraham of fine
Florida East Coast road, first vice
president; Mr.. G. a. Park of the LOUIS
vile and Nashville, second vice presi-
dent. and Mr.. W. L. Glessner of the
Georgia Southern and Florida Rail-
road, secretary and treasurer.
There will be but three more of the
sunday excursions between this CITY
| and Charleston, and then the 81 sum-
mer rates will be over. These trims
have proven one of the most ENJOYABLE
offered by the Atlantic Coast Line. and
! each Sunday during which thew have
been running has seen large crowds go
| ing and coming between the two cities
The discontinuance of the low rates will
be greatly missed by many. both in
this city and in Charleston.
So bitter has become the fight auonp
the members of the Western Passengep
Association that it seems as though the
! organization was in greater danger ~
being disrupted than ever before. An
| tagonism 10 the Rock Island seems n
be largely responsible for the trouble.
The Southern Railway has issued an
order that as many emptV cars as noe