The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-28
ONE FARE FOR The
TIP. CONVENTION
RAILROADS NAME RATES.
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED Al
ANY POINT IN THE UNION.

Will Not lie Limited to Delegates to
the Convention, but viii he What
Is Known as "Open Tickets''-Joint
Meeting of Committees HeId-Ff-
nance Committee Reports Excel
lent Results of Their Canvass.
At joint meeting of the Executive
Committee of the local T. P. A. post
and the representatives of the four
trunks railway lines entering Savan-
nah, held yesterday afternoon at the
Chamber of Commerce quarters. it was
announced that rate of one fare
round trip open tickets. had been
agreed on by the railroads for the ma
tional convention of the association to
be held here may 1921
Those at the meeting were Messrs
B. H. Levy, George w. Williams Hugo
Frank, A. NJ. We'll, Harvey Granger,
Max Kraus and Joseph Lovenstein, the
committee from the T. p. A, and Divi-
sion Passenger agent, w. H. Leahy, of
the Atlantic Coast Line, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent, C. F.
Stewart, of the Sea aboard Air Line,
and Assistant General Passenger Agent
| F. j. Robinson, of the Central of Geor-
gia, and the Southern Railway repre-
sented by proxy.
The railway officials announced that
the rate of one fare round trip applied
| to all points in the United States, and
| tickets was not only available to del
| egateS to the convention, but to any
| one who cared to purchase them.
Such liberal rates was a great sur
| prise to the committee, and only in
dicates that the largest convention ever
| held will be the one here. This rate has
! never before been enjoyed by the travel
ing men, and not only will the dele
cations tbe large, but there will be
| thousands of other travellers coming
to Savannah to take advantage of the
! rates.
Subscription List Grows.
The committee reported last night
that the business men generally
| throughout the city are responding
| liberally to the requests for contri-
buttons to assist in the entertainment
| of the visitors. So far the commit
| tee has not met with a single refusal
| which is little short of remarkable
| 1t is estimated that it will take be-
! tween $4,000 and $4,000 to properly
entertain the convention, and there is
| little doubt that this amount will be
raised
Recent estimates that there would
be at least 1000 visitors in the city
! spending an average of So per day
| each. seems to be entirely too low an
estimate. I'VE figure" said Mr.. Max
| Kraus, that each day during that
week there will be 1900 people drawn
to Savannah by the fact that the con-
| vention is in session here.
| Everyone who knows the peculiar
| tiles of the travelling man knows that
| one of his greatest Weaknesses is to
| dispose of expense money, and all of
those who will be here will have their
expenses borne by their houses.
believe that the majority of them will
average SO per day. and the daily
expenditure here during the week will
be at least $500"
Some of the Features.
AS yet no place for the meeting of
| the convention has been selected. The
| theater will be used, however, on open
ing day. 1t is probable that the Guards
Armory will be secured for the re-
mainder of the week.
During the week there will be a
Thunderbolt day, Tybee day, and Isle
| of Hope day, and down the river
day, all of them social features of The
| convention.
One of the main subjects which will
come up for the consideration of the
convention will be the increase OF the
power of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission and the Department of
Commerce and labor.
The T. P. AS We're responsible for
the establishment of this last named
department, and SO fruitful has it been
| that they are anxious to have the scope
of the department widened.