The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-21
MANY PLANS TO
HELP SAVANNAH
BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO BUSI-
NESS MEN DISCUSSED.

Railroads Asked for Better COnnec-
tiOns to and from Southwest
GeorGia-U. :. Authorities He
uuested to See That Better Sched-
uIes Are Made by Mail Trains.
Good Roads Wanted In all Adj
joining Counties to Connect With
Those of Chatham-WorIx of Great
err Georgia AssocintiOn-FOr Inland
Route Interstate Convention May
BE Held.
The Chamber Of Commerce held its
! January meeting last night the first
that has been held since November
and one that was marked by the num-
Der of important matters that were
brought up for consideration and dis
cussion. President J. H. Estill presid-
ed. The meeting was marked by the
large attendance of members and by
the presence of two visitors, Mr. F.
Wade Vaughan of Monroe, who made
an address on mutual insurance COM
panies, and Mr.. Edward B. Taylor of
| Columbia, S. G.. who spoke in favor of
the inland water route from Cape Cod
to Florida.
One of the most important matters
considered is the effort that is being
made through the Transportation Com
mittee to secure better railroad facili-
ties for Savannah in the way of better
schedules with trains to and from the
southwestern part of the state, in Sc
curing the arrival of mail trains more
nearly on time, and in the abolishing
of freight rate determinations against
the port
In regard to the first of these COM
plants a letter has been written Pres
ident r. G. Erwin of the Atlantic Coast
Line; in the second case, the United
States senators from Georgia and the
congressman from this district have
been asked to use their influence with
the postal authorities. The commit
tee presented a letter from Senator
Clay stating that he would call in per-
son on the postal authorities at Wash
ington and see what can be done to
have the trouble remedied.
AS to the freight rate discrimination
Mr.. F. c. Battey stated that he now
has much evidence of it, but that he
expects to gather further data before
| bringing it to the attention of the
| Chamber of Commerce to be taken UP
with the railroads. AS illustrating what
| can be done in having such discrimi-
nation abolished he cited the case of
the Louisville and Nashville which was
| recently made by Judge Emory Speer
| of the United States courts to reduce
the differential against Savannah and
| in favor of New Orleans and Pensa-
| cola.
Wants A. C. L. Train Put Back.
Col. Estill supplemented this report
by stating that he had taken up the
matter of better connections beween the
southbound trains from Savannah
| passing Waycross with the trains GO
| ing westward, and that he had been
informed by the Atlantic Coast Line
that in future the westbound train
will be held Ior the desired connec-
ton.
He also said that he had written
| the local officers of the Atlantic Coast
Line in regard to the notification of
! the local train from the South that
formerly reached this city in the vi
| entity of 10 o'clock. He had received a
letter stating that sucn matters were
| arranged at the headquarters of the
| line, Wilmington, and he at once wrote
l
! J. r. Kenly that the men who had
| arranged the present schedule evidently
did not appreciate the value and i'm
portance of Southwest Georgia in the
! present schedule of trains; that this
| section of the state is one of the most
| prosperous in it, with a citizenship of
! the highest order and that if the At
! lantic Coast Line continues to treat it
! with the little consideration that it is
now doing the system will be caused
much trouble in the future. This let
ter was mailed last night.
Mr.. ]. B. Chestnut said he wished
| to commend the plan of printing the
schedule of trains north and south and
| the time of arrival, as being done
daily by the Morning News. He
thought it would be productive of much
| good if the newspapers would continue
to print this list, as it will cause a
competition among the railroads that
the service.
Advertising the City.
On behalf of the Committee on Com
merce and Trade, Secretary w. j. Dom
Ian of the Chamber of Commerce stat
ed that it had taken up the matter of
| helping advertise the city. Each of
the hotels is now getting out a book
let with that object in view, he said,
! and these will be issued for distribu-
LlOn now WltLln a rev QayS.Ihe COM
mittee is also at work on some plan to
induce a sentiment among the people
that will induce them to patronize the
home merchants in preference to those
of other cities.
Secretary Donlan also stated that
the work that is being done to secure
manufactures and other businesses for
the city has resulted recently in the
probability that a large Philadelphia
warehouse, will establish a branch
here, and in the prospective coming
of a factory to make mattresses out
of palmetto fibre. The city has actual
ly secured recently a new plant for ex-
tracing the by-products of the pine.
and a whisky distillery which is to
be located on the Augusta road, some
four miles from the city. Mr.. F. w.
Moldenhaur of New York has also
come to the city with the intention OF
establishing himself in business here.
and will do so as soon as he decides
what line he will enter.
Col. Estill called attention to the
fact that the Southern Railway in is
suing its folder for the winter tourists
had dismissed Savannah and Bruins.
wick with a bare mention, only nine
teen words, but that when the atten-
ton of Mr.. S. H. Hardwick, general
passenger agent of the system had
] haen called n tho rnattar