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DON’T WANT A_ RECEIVER.
Electric Railway Directors Conferring
About the Petition.
President Colima Says That Be Will
Show the Suit Has No Standing in
Court—Mr Wrenne of Nashville
Here—Director Paulsen's Resigna
tion Causes Something of a Stir—lt
Has Not Been Acted Upon Yet.
The petition for a receiver for the Elec
ts*? railway, which will be heard by
Judgfc Falligant in the superior court'at
10 o’clocfe tomorrow morning, haaVreated
a good deal ofhterest.
The public is the dark as to
what is likely to be the result, or as to
what moves will bo made by the parties
to the suit. There are all sorts of re
ports as to the differenc es among the di
rectors of the Electric Railway Company
and the financial condition of the concern.
There are many who believe that the
bondholders, who are also directors, are
willing for the appointment of a receiver,
provided they are allowed to name him.
By this means it is thought they would
be able to settle their differences and
proceed to a reorganization of the prop-
erty.
MR. PACI.PEN'S WITHDRA WAI,.
The annoucement of the withdrawal of
Mr. Jacob Paulsen from the directory
created some talk yesterday. President
Collins when seen by a Morning News
reporter, said that it was true that Mr.
Paulsen had written a letter of resigna
tion, but that it had not yet been acted
upon by the directors and might be with
drawn? Mr. Collins said if necessary
he would show in the court to-morrow
that the Ele< trie Railway Company is an
entirely solvent concern, and that it has
been earning more money than its ex
penses right along in spite of the bitter
war which has been waged against it.
“We propose to show." said Mr. Col
lins, “That the suit has no standing in
court, whatever, and that the charges
are utterly without foundation. We may
make it very interesting for some of the
parties to the suit, too.”
The filing of the petition for a receiver
had the effect of bringing the Electric
railway directors, who were out of the
city, home in a hurry. Director Hicks,
who was spending his vacation in Tennes
see, arrived home night before last, and
Director I.ogan, who was in. Chicago,
arrived yesterday morning.
MR. WIIENNE IN TOWN.
Mr. Thomas W. Wrenne, one of the
Nashville directors, arrived in the city
last night. A Morning News reporter
had a taik with him at the Do Soto. Mr.
Wrenne had very little to say, however.
He said he had not had time to inform
himself of the circumstances of the case,
and not having had time to confer with
the .Savannah directors, was not posted
and had no idea as to what steps wouid
he taken. He expressed confidence as to
the result of the suit in favor of the Elec
tric railway.
“The monthly reports of the earnings
of the company,” said Mr. Wrenne,
“show that it has made money right
along, and considering that it had 1 cent
fares to compete with I think this is* a
wonderful showing.”
Mr. Wrenne was non-committal as to
the differences said to exist between the
belt line and the Electric railway bond
holders. Weveral of the Savannah direct
ors called upon Mr. Wrenne at the De
Soto, and confe-red with him. A meet
ing of the directors will probably be held
to-day.
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
To Be Fitted Up by Nov. 1 and Opened
With All the Lights On.
It will be about Nov. 1 before the Com
mercial Club will be able to enter its
elegant quarters at Bull and Gordon
streets. The furnishing committee, at a
recent meeting, tried to decide on the fur
niture and other furnishings which are to
be placed in the club house, but as yet
has reached no decided determination.
All the furniture and other articles
such as are generally used by clubs of
this kind will be made to order, and after
the contract is made it will take about
five weeks to make up the order that will
be given. The furniture will bo elegant
and all the interior finishings will be
modern and entirely up to date. There is
a little work to be done on the building in
the way of constructing a vestibule for
the front entrance, the floor of which will
be tiled.
About Nov. 1, when the club is ready
to go into its quarters ; it is said an ele
gant opening celebration is on the pro
gramme, when all the lights will be
turned on and one of the best fitted clubs
in the south will be exhibited.
WANTS *SOO DAMAGES
Joseph Morrell Claims He Was
Ejected From a Train After Paying
His Fare.
Through Mr. William P. Hardee, Jo
seph Morrell entered suit in the city
court yesterday against Receivers Comer
and Lowry of the Savannah and Western
railroad, and Receivers Corner and Hayes
ox the Central, for (500 damages.
Morrell complains that June 21, 1894, he
bought a ticket on the Savannah and
Western from Morrison station to Bel
knap station, and after putting liis bag
gage on the train the ticket was accepted,
but he was refused passage, and was
compelled to get off and walk to Belknap
at much inconvenience, besides being sub
jected to public indignity by being sum
marily ejected from the train before the
people there.
kg The case seems an unusual one. and it
is a rare thing that a conductor subjects
a passenger to such treatment as Morrell
claims, was received in his case.
IT IB A DISAPPOINTMENT.
No Men Could Bo Secured to Fill Out
the Siagirt Team.
The Georgia military team now on the
field at Seagirt will probably be disap
l>ointed in the effort to secure two more
men to make out the team of twelve which
they will have to have before they are
quailitied to enter the grand interstate
ride match.
There are ten men now on tlio field
"ilh < 'apt George T. Gann who left the
city for Seagirt yesterday. Telegrams
were sent from Seagirt, both by Screi. .1.
< . Postell and Adjutant General Spencer
of New Jersey urging the importance of
sending on two or three others to com
plete the team, but all efforts made
yesterday to get the men proved unavail
ing The team of six from the Georgia
Hussars will be able, however, to enter
the regimental shoot, and no doubt the
Georgians will make some good scores.
TO BE SOLD OUT.
The Robinson Steam Printing Com
pany's Property to go Under the
Hammer.
An order was granted in the superior
court yesterday, on a petition of Maj. P.
W. Meld rim tiled by Messrs. Charlton,
Ma< kail & Anderson, providing for the
sate of the property of tbo Robinson
Steam Printing company at puplic out
cry by the sheriff . Friday, Sept. M. The
sulo will be made umier a mortgage
given Maj. Meldrim to secure a note
lor (1,040, which was recently foreclosed.
TO COMPLETE THE ROAD.
President Young Says Work on the
Atlantic Short Line Will Begun at
Once.
President John R. Young of the Atlantic
Short Dine railroad returned on the
Kansas City yesterday from an extended
trip to New York, where he has been to
look after the interests of the road, arnV
to see what could bo done aboutjd?m
pleting the line from Macon to Saff’Rnnah.
While he was there a me, kmg of the
directors was held, agdr if was unaniin
ously decided to gpjfn at once with the
work. The >(•■ York directors are:
Mi-jars. W. L. Strong, president of the
Central National bank: Sol Stein, a large
in,porter of woolen materials, and Henry
Rice, capitalist. They were all present
together with Directors J. K. Harrison
of Macon. J. E. McKee of Washington and
Preident Young. While it was decided to
goon with the work of completing the road
through from Macon to Savannah, the
company will not endeavor to push It
through too rapidly, but will work witli
a view to making conservative and effi
cient progress toward its completion.
TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE.
President Young said last night that
the work will begin within a few days, as
soon as all arrangements for taking it up
can be made. The road has graded about
its miles between Bruton and
Stillmore. and about 11 miles of
rail already laid, with ”0 nnl s more
of steel and crossties ready to be pit
down. All the nghts-of-wav between
Macon and Pineora on the Central rail
road, at which iioint the Atlantic Short
Eine will cross the Central, have been
secured, and a portion of the line just the
oilier side of Pineora has been graded.
Work on the lino will begin at Bruton
and the forces will come this way.
The company will make its arrange
ments as the line is built this
way, and it will not be known for
sometime what will be done about
terminals in Savannah. It was talked
some time ago that there was a possibility
of some arrangement being made between
the Atlantic Short Eine and the Macon
and Dublin, but it soems it ended in talk.
BOTH PREPARING TO BUILD.
Both are now preparing to extend their
lines from Macon to Savannah. The
Macon and Dublin is making its prelimi
nary surveys, while the other line is pre
paring to build on the right-of-way it has
already surveyed out and se
cured. To all appearances this
means three lines of railroads be
tween Savannah ami Macon. While they
are all to traverse different sections, they
must all necessarily encroach to some ex
tent u|ion one another's territory, and it
may be in the end that some terms be
tween the Macon and Dublin and the
Atlantic Short Eine can be agreed upon
by which the two will consolidate and
only one direct line besides the Central
will be operated between Macon and this
port. ,
The Atlantic Short Eine. as it is con
templated, wouid shorten the distance
between Macon and Savannah by from 35
to 40 miles. It will cover a rich timber
and cotton section, to the development of
which it will lend material aid if it is
completed.
WILL REMAIN IN SAVANNAH.
Dr. Hanby’s Affairs Arranged and He
Was Released From Custody.
Dr. Joseph 11. Hanby, who was arrested
on a writ of no exeat issued from the su
perior court, was released from custody
yesterday afternoon on an order signed
by Judge Falligant dissolving the writ.
Mr. Joseph H. Hanby of Wilmington,
N. C., Dr. Hanby’s father, has been in the
city for the last two days, making ar
rangements for the settlement of his son's
affairs. A practical settlement of the
matter was arrived at yester
day, and Dr. Hanby's release
followed. The amount due Police
man J. A. Christian, (450, was paid in
full, in this case a warrant charging
cheating and swindling having been
issued. In the case of the judgment
against him in the city court on a note
for (250 due Mr. J. C. Schwarz, on which
Mr. W. T. Knight was indorser. 50 per
cent, was paid and the balance was amply
secured by note and mortgage. The other
matters were fully as satisfactorily ar
ranged.
Dr. Hanby feels much relieved now
all his affairs have been straightened out,
as does his father, who has been
most instrumental in making the
arrangement. Settlements were made, it
is said, ou some of the accounts, which
were not yet due, but it was felt more
satisfactory to do this, so that all would
be clear, and he could start anew.
Dr. Hanby will remain in Savannah and
will take up his practice at once. Botli
be and his father came to the conclusion
this was the best course to pursue. Hav
ing satisfied his creditors, he feels he can
make anew start and build up the prac
tice which he has had heretofore.
TO WORK ON THE BUDGET.
Committees From the County Commis
sioners to Meet This Afternoon.
The budget committee of the county
commissioners, consisting of Commis
sioners Chaplin, Carson and Kehoe, will
hold a meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock
to take up the preliminary work in con
nection with the county budget, and the
rate of taxation to be assessed.
The board of education lias not yet re
plied as to whether the (10.000 appropria
tion will be accepted on the terms named
by the grand jury, namely, that the ca
pacity of the Henry Street school be in
creased, but this will not interfere with
the beginning of the work.
There will be a meeting also of tbecom
mittee on roads and bridges at the same
time to consider the matter of rebuilding
the Skidaway bridge. 'I his committee
consists of Commissioners Chaplin, Car
son and Chariton. Chairman Dale will
probably lie present at the meeting. Re
ports of both committees will probably be
made to a special meeting of ton commis
sioners, to bo held early next week.
A PLEASANT EXCURSION.
A Large Crowd of Women and Chil
dren at Isle of Hope.
The last of the fresh air excursions
furnished a pleasant and enjoyable five
hours for the fifty-six women and chil
dren wiio were so fortunate as to have
been invited to accept of the hospitality
of the ladies of Circle No. 7 of the King's
Daughters.
r i he crowd met at the Bolton street
junction at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon,
but there were no cars at hand, us by
some mistake the company had not been
notified tlmr. the ladies would expert
them. Supt. ijewis of the City and
Suburban, when lie learned of the situa
tion. kindly furnished a car and accom
modations for the party,which was taken
out to the Jsle of Hope for an afternoon's
outing. The car was furnished free
of charge, and the unanimous thanks of
the clrelc wore extended him. This is
the second time he has aided the ladies iu
this good work by extending free trans
portation There is quite a large amount
left in the fresh air fund treasury, and
the ladies will decide at their meeting
next Monday afternoon what to do with it.
Cubans Going Home.
The south bound trains on the Atlantic
Coast Line are carrying back to Cuba
hundreds of rosideuts of Havana and of
the islaud, who have been sjiending the
summer abroad and at the various north
ern resorts. Saratoga is the Mecca of the
Cuban in this country.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1894.
BURGLARS OPEN A SAFE.
Money and Property Stolen From the
Chatham Trnnk Factory.
The Safe Rifled of Ita Contents and
Some Satchels and Pocketbooks
Stolen—These Robberies Becoming
Alarmingly Frequent and People
Are Putting in Burglar Alarms—A
Speedy Capture and Conviction
Probably the Best Remedy.
The frequency of robberies and
burglaries in the city is becoming
alarming. They are not altogether con
fined to the sections which are
sparsely frequented, but are often of
the most daring nature and committed
right under the electric lights and under
the nose of the police officers who are
s ipposed to bo patrolling the beats where
they occur.
The burglary of the store of the Chat
ham Trunk Factory sometime night be
fore last or early yesterday morning is a
striking case in point. When Mr. it. P.
Wimberly the manager entered the place
at Whitaker and York streets yesterday
morning he was startled to find that the
place had been entered during the night,
that his safe ban been opened, aud that
tiie entire inside of it had been torn out.
FORGOT TO LOCK THE SAFE.
The thieves made their entrance from
the back door. They evidently came in
through York street lane, climbed over
into the back yard, got upon a box and
broke the glass over the door. Through'
the opening thus made a boy probably
entered and unbarred and unlocked the
back door.
Burned matches were found on all sides
showing the light the thieves had used
in doing their work. The tools they used
were obtained in the store. They had a
hammer, a pair of snips, and a claw tool
which they took from the horse. Open
ing the safe, however, proved to boa very
easy task, as Mr. Wimberly and liis assis
tant, Mr. Hanleiter, were in the office
late the night before, and in
their hurry to catch a car
they had forgotten to lock
it. All there was to do was to slide the
bolts and it came open easy enough. The
tools were used to complete the work
after the safe was opened. Tho safe was
gutted, papers contained in it were strewn
over the Moor, some of them hi ing found
in the back yard outside, and the iron
money box was pulled out and taken to
the back yard wherea successful attempt
was made to open it.
BROKE OPEN rnE MONEY BOX. .
The thieves first tried breaking the
hinges, and not succeeding at that they
broke off the back part, of it by cutting
tho rivets with some sort of chisel. From
tills they took about $35 in cash. Besides
this they made way with three leather
satchels, half a dozen or more fine
pocket books, a silver extension cup, and
were even mean enough to take an old
cob pipe and a sack of tobacco.
They then left the store, according to
footprints, by the same way they entered.
To all appearances the work is not that of
persons who are unfamiliar with the
place, and it also appears to have been
done by a liner hand than that of a negro
thief.
WAS ROBBED LAST APRIL.
Mr. Wimberly has no idea as to who
could have done the work, and there
seems to be no clew whatever. This is
the second time his store has been robbed
within the last two or three months. It
was broken into April 25, and about SSO
worth of pocketbooks, belts, and other
articles were stolen. A negro, Zeke
General, was afterward caught and
charged with the crime, but he has not
yet been tried.
The frequency of this class of crimes
and the boldness displayed in their com
mission is making many people anxious
with regard to the safety of their own
property. Several cases of putting in
burglar alarms have been noted, and
other means of protection are being em
ployed. If the robberies keep up much
ionger there will probably be a network
of alarm wires in many of the stores and
houses, without regard to the protection
that such property should be given from
outside interferences by the officers of
the law. A speedy capture and conviction
would probably bo the most effective
means of putting an end to sucli out
rages.
MR. SULLIVAN ACQUITTED.
Frank Pollard on Trial for Keeping- a
Gaming House.
In the city court yesterday, Mr. ,T. J.
Sullivan was tried on a charge of using
opprobrious language to Frank Gaffney
in the city council chamber several
months ago. Ml - . Sullivan was repre
sented by A. S. Way, Esq. The trial
was quite an interesting one. especially
the statement of the defendant, who re
viewed all the circumstances in connec
tion with the affair. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty, after being out
about an hour.
Frank Pollard was put on trial in the
afternoon on a charge of keeping a gam
bling house at South Broad and East
Broad streets Most of the testimony in
the cr.se yesterday j ointed to the fact
that Pollard is employed in the place
which is known as a "free-and-easy,”
where gambling went on. None of the
witnesses, however, could state posi
tively that Pollard was the proprietor of
tlie place, but they seemed to think it
was owned by a white man named How
ard. The trial was not concluded yester
day afternoon, and will be taken up again
this morning.
MORE JUDGES NEEDED.
Passage of the Amendment Would
Probably Mean a Saving to Tax Pay
ers.
A great desire is expressed among all
those who have looked into the matter,
that the amendment to the state consti
tution increasing the number of supreme
court judges from three to five bo voted
on favorably by the people at the Oc
tober election.
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and
Mississippi are the only southern states
with three supreme court judges, and
Georgia's supreme court decides as many
eases in a year as all three of these states
combined The increased ex|ionso isonly
(OJiiW a year. This moans an increase of
taxation amounting to 1 cent in three
years for each citizen of the state, in
other words, it would cost a man worth a
thousand dollars one postage stamp once
in three years.
In the decrease in litigation consequent
on better considered and more carefully
prepared decisions, the tax payers will
save a hundred times as much in all
probability, us the salaries of the two ad
ditional judges would cost.
Nothing Strange.
Intelligent people, who realize the im
portant part the blood holds in keeping
| the body in a normal condition, find noth
ing strange in the number of diseases
| Hood's Sarsaparilla is able to cure. So
] many troubles result from impure blood,
I tlie best way to treat them is tnrough the
j blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla vitalizes the
blood.
Hood's Pills are the best after-dinnre
pills, assist digestion, prevent constipa
tion.—ad.
REVOLUTION IN RAILROADING.
! The Plant System’s Fast Flyer Makes
a Stir Among Railroad Men.
The remarkable run this week to
Washington by the Plant s;> stem and
Atlantic Coast Eine special train, marks
the beginning of anew era of railroading
in the south. The official rejiort of the
run was received yesterday by Master of
Transjortation Jackson, from Assistant
Master of Trans|iortation Hutchens, who
had charge of the train, and who is now
in New York
The train beat the record of all long
distance runs in this country. Us speed
for tho entire distance, 778 miles in
clusive. was 49.6 miles per hour. The
longest fast run up to then was that of
the world’s fair special from New York
to Chicago, in May, .1898, which ran '504
miles at an average speed, inclusive,, of
48.2 miles per hour, making the run be
tween New York and Chi. ago in ill hours
and 57 minutes, over the New York Cen
tral and the I kike Shore roads. The New
York Central and Hudson River railroad
made the run from New York to Buffalo,
439). miles, in June. 1891. in 8 hours and
5s minutes, at an average speed of 49.2
miles per hour. That record
has, up to this week, been
the unchallenged as the fastest run
for that distance, except that made a
short time afterward between New York
and East Buffalo, 436l 4 miles in 7 hours
19M minutes, at an average speed of
59E miles an hour. This is
beyond question the fastest time
that has ever been made for that
distance. The Plant system train had a
run over 300 miles longer, over seven dif
ferent roads with as many changes of
engines, and in all thirty-three stops.
The time to Washington from Savannah
was 12 hours and 30 minutes, and to New
York 18 hours and a few minutes. Had it
been possible to have maintained the
sliced the entire distance that was made
over the Plant lines and the
Charleston division of the Atlantic Coast
Line the special would have overtaken
the West India fast, mail, which loft here
0 hours and 45 minutes ahead of it. before
reaching Washington. As it was, the fast
mail was given a close race. At the rate
at which the train traveled it would have
taken it just seventeen days to have
girdled the globe.
The speed at which it traveled would
have opened the eyes of a Savannahian of
twenty years ago, when it took the best
part of a day to go from here to Charles
ton, and a trip to New York a few years
before that was frequently a matter of a
week or so.
The speed at which the fast trains of
the world now travel is something more
than remarkable. Two years ago the
Empire State Fix press of the New York
Central reached a speed for one mile of
112 C miles an hour. This is the hignest
speed ever attained for any recorded dis
tance. This distance was covered in 32
seconds.
The fastest regular trains in the United
States for short distances are believed to
be the Baltimore andOhio trains between
Washington and Baltimore, 40 miles in 45
minutes, at a speed of 53!- :t miles an hour,
or practically the speed of the Plant
special on its recent run, excluding stops.
The quickest run between New York and
Washington is 4 hours and 11 minutes,
the average speed being something
over 56 miles an hour. The
recent performance of the Plant special
is more remarkable than any of these in
view of the long distance it ran, the num
ber of pads and the number of changes
in engines. Without any knowledge that
such was to be the case, it was found that
all the engines selected by the various
roads to handle the train were the same
dimensions of cylinder and driving wheel.
The engineeers in every instance got the
utmost speed possible out of the engines,
and with what result the record of the
run shows.
GOT HIS THIRTY THOUSAND.
Col. Goodyear Gets Uncle Sam's
Check for His Work in Brunswick.
Col. C. P. Goodyear of Brunswick
passed through Savannah yesterday, on
his way from Washington to his home in
Brunswick. He had with him the gov
ernment’s check for (30,060 for his work
in the Brunswick harbor.
The check is something of a curiosity
in the line of autographs. The 'voucher
for it had in the neighborhood of forty in
dorsements by the heads of the various
bureaus and departments of the war and
treasury departments. The voucher was
drawn in the war department, and passed
back and forth between the two depart
ments for several days with the
indorsement of the President and Secre
tary Lamont as "special.” Without this
indorsement it would have been an ex
ceedingly difficult matter to have gotten
it through ail of the bureaus without a
long and probably vexatious delay. It is
understood that the amount Col. Good
year received from the government does
noticover the cost of the work, so that as
it now stands Col. Goodyear is out a con
siderable amount. He expects, however,
to continue his work and in that way will
be finally reimbursed.
THE GASOLINE EXPLODED.
Frank Jackson Pours it on a Fire with
Serious Results.
There was an explosion of a can of gaso
line in one of the rooms of the Gentle
men’s Dressing Club just back of the office
occupied by Dr. J. B. Rawson, at Con
gress and Whitaker streets, yesterday
about 1 o'clock, with the result that the
lire department was called out by an
alarm from box 13.
Frank Jackson, colored, who is em
ployed there, wanted to light up the coals
in a large iron, but failed to take note of
the fact that the coals were not entirely
dead. Ho jioured the gasoline into the
iron with the intention of apply
ing a match, but his inteution
was never carried out. There was
a biaze. and the entire can was ignited.
For a time it looked as if there would ho
quite a conflagration, but the blaze was
soon extinguished by tho use of the de
partment extinguishers. Jackson was
slightly burned on tho hand and face.
Some little clothing was destroyed, but
otherwise the dawugo was "Slight.
DEMPSEY IN GOOD TRIM.
In the Pink of Condition for the Com
ing Fight.
Jack Dempsey, the “Nonpariel,” is still
in training at T.vbee for his fight with
McCarthy at New Orleans ou the night
of Sept. 4.
Dempsey will come up from T.vbee on
Saturday, and after spending the night
iu Sa\animli, will leave the next morning
for Atlanta on his way to New Orleans.
Dempsey is rejiortcd to be in the jiink
of condition, and his friends who havo
kept up with his work have the utmost
confidence that he will be the winner.
Jack Carr, who has taken a special in
terest in Dempsey during his stay in Sa
vannah. will head a party from savannah
which will accompany Dempsey to New
Orleans for the purpose of witnessing tlio
come home happy.
Buy a Lot on Best Street.
Ixits are well located, terms easy, and
prices cheap. Johu L>. Archer, 118 Hrvan
street, —ad.
__ , _ BAKING POWDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PUBS
WILL COAL AT SAVANNAH.
Vessels Drawing 24 Feet of Water Can
Go Down the River This Fall.
The Bereneruer el Grande to Take 600
Tons of Coal at Savannah in Addi
tion to Her Cargo- Inquiries of
Foreign Ship Owners as to the Depth
of the Channel to Be Answered by
Official Information From the United
States Engineer.
The plan to have steamships trading at
this port coal here instead of at Norfolk
bids fair to be successfully carried out.
Mr. James E. Logan, the manager of
the Sioss Iron and Coal Company's Sa
vannah office, lias contracted with the
owners of the Berenguer le Grande of
Barcelona, Spain, which will arrive in
Savannah about Oct. 1, to furnish the
vessel with 600 tons of coal.
The Brenguer el Grande visited Savan
nah twice during last season, and at
tracted considerable attention as the
largest vessel which had ever visited this
port. Her cargo was 10,000 bales, but
having passenger accommodations for
several hundred passengers, this, of
course, diminished her freight room.
Otherwise her cargo would have been
about 13,000 bales. If vessels of this size
can coal at Savannah there would cer
tainly seem to bo no reason why tho
ordinary cotton carrying steamships of
from 1,200 to 2,000 tons should not take
all their coal at Savannah, instead of
going to Norfolk for it. and considerably
increasing their expenses by extra costs
of pilotage and insurance.
NO TROUBLE ABOUT WATER.
Mr. Logan has had considerable corre
spondence with foreign ship owners with
reference to the coaling of vessels at
Savannah. Naturally the idea which he
finds most difficult to combat is the im
pression which exists among foreign
ship owners as to the depth of the Sa
vannah river. In this connection the
work of the board of trade in
having the correct depth of the
channel placed upon the government
charts is destined to have considerable
effect. One very large shipping firm
of London, in replying to a recont letter of
Mr. Logan’s in reference to coaling its
vessels when visiting Savannah, acknowl
edges the apparent advantages of coaling
at Savannah instead of at Norfolk or
some other port to the northward, the
single item of the saving of S9O pilotage
being especially noted.
A MISTAKEN IDEA.
The only drawback complained of is
the fear that the draft depth of water
“on the bar” is insufficient, and that
vessels with full cargoes aboard would be
uuabie to cross ihe bar at Savannah with
their bunkers filled with coal. Thaletter
concludes by inquiring the actual draft
of water at Savannah. Mr. Logan went
to CaDt. Carter, United States engineer
in charge of the river and harbor work
at Savannah, and was by him furnished
with a letter which states that there is
at present at least mean low water a
channel depth between Savannah and
the sea of 16 feet, or at least mean high
water a channel depth of twenty-four
feet between the same points. Opera
tions are now in progress, adds Capt.
Carter's letter, which it is hoped will
result at an early date in further increas
ing the depth.
TO NOTIFY snip OWNERS.
Mr. Logan will have copies of Capt.
Carter's letter made and mailed to the
foreign ship owners
In reference to the Savannah bar. it is
well known here that there has always
been plenty of water on the bar, the only
difficulty having been in the river, which
has been greatly deepened in recent
years as the result of the government
work. Capt. Carter iu formed Mr. Logan
that if he would load the Berenguer el
Grande to a depth of 24 feet in the mid
dle of October he would himself take her
down the river. With this backing Mr.
Logan expects to secure a number of
other contracts for coaling steamships.
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Maritime Matters of Local and Gen
eral Interest.
The brig Wau-Bun. Capt. Avis, arrived
yesterday from Philadelphia witli a cargo
of coal for the Southeastern Piaster Com
pany.
George Harriss & Cos. cleared yesterday
the schooner Harriet C. Kerlin, with
9,007 railroad crossties measuring 401,937
superficial feet. The cargo was shipped
by Cooney, Eckstein & Cos.
, The steamship Chatham will be put on
the Baltimore line, and will take the
place of the William Crane, which has
been removed. The Chatham is one of
the finest ships of the Merchants and
Miners' Transportation Company, and
will add greatly to the facilities for
coastwise shipments during the coming
season. She is due to arrive on the lid
of September, and will sail for Baltimore
on Sept. 5 at 9 o'clock a. m.
The Norwegian bark Venerata, which
was in collision with the British steamer
Norliam Castle, Aug. 25. and sunk, an ac
count of which was published in the tele
graphic columns of the Morning News
yesterday, had a cargo of 606 casks spir
its turpentine and 360 barrels of rosin,
shipped by James Farie, Jr.
Cheap Oar Fare and the Nurses.
Two negro nurses were discussing last
night the cheap car fare this summer,
arguing that it was a “perfec’ jiicnic” for
the “cullud lady nurses of de white peo
ple's ehillun.”
One of them remarked, “My dear
sistali, when de fare w as,>cents de buckra
could only deford to send de ehillun wid
de uurses once a day, and dat way in de
afternoon, when de ear dey crowded wid
do white folks. Now, dev sen’ ’um out in
de raauning early and den agin in do
alternoon. Ob course, you know denurse
liab to go wid dem to tak’ euro of 'em.
Decelore. the while railroad people done
one good thing for the nigger dis sum
mer, suah,”
The other answered. “You dead right,
my sista'i. I Din out three times wid my
people cliillun already to-day. and dey
link dey will send me to T'underbolt wid
him own and his sistali’s too, to-morrer.
A picnic for true. Dat’s de way we git
sorter even wid de buckra. Yah! yah!”
CITY BREVITIES.
West & Cos. of Westfarm, Fla., will
open it naval stores factorage business in
this city noxt month. One of the firm
! was here last week for the purpose of se
lecting a suitable officer for their busi
i ness.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
R. H) Knox of Darien is in the city at
tho Pulaski.
J. McC. Tharin of Tliomasvillo is at the
Pulaski House.
Mr. Charles T. Nunnallyof Atlanta is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. A. Nicholas returned yesterday
from a summer in Europe.
R. S. Mansfield, chief clerk R. M. S.,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. E. A. Weil returned from the north
yesterday on the Kansas City.
Mr. W. D. Simkins returned from the
north yesterday on the Kansas City.
Mr. W. S. Daftin has returned to the
city after spending the summer in Penn
sylvania.
Mr. E. IC. Kinchley of Augusta was a
passenger on the Kansas City from New
York yesterday.
Mr. C. H. Wintersmith of Louisville,
Ky., is in the city, aud will spend some
days here visiting friends.
A. G. Smart of the H. P. Smart & Bro.
Lumber Company of Midville, is in the
city, stopping at the Pulaski.
Mr. Richard W. Powers of the De Soto
hotel has gone to Vermont, where he will
spend his vacation with his family.
W. L. Gignilliat, Esq., returned yes
terday from Washington, where he has
been spending the last ten days with his
brother.
Mr. R. M. Hicks has returned to the
city after a month’s vacation very pleas
antly spent at his old home at Sweet
water, Tcnn.
T. E. Youmans, Savannah freight agent
of the Plant system, returned yesterday
from a pleasant vacation spent at Sara
toga aud other northern resorts.
Mr. F. C. Wylly left tho city yesterday
for New Mexico, where he goes to accom
pany his wife on her return from a visit
of several months in that section.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Jones left for the
north yesterday. They wili spend some
time in New York city and will then go
to the northern part of the state for a
month.
Mr. H. Logan arrived back in the city
yesterday morning after an absence of
six weeks, having visited Kansas City.
Chicago and Omaha and other western
points.
Capt. W. L. Brown, the well known in
surance agent, left last night for New
York to represent Georgia in tho agents’
convention, to be held in that city and
Boston.
Receiver Comer of the Central, who is
now in Philadelphia, is expected to re
turn to Savannah this morning. Mr.
Comer has been in New York, but went
over to Philadelphia Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. G. Carson will leave
the city to-da.v for Asheville, and will
stop at the Kenilworth Inn. Mrs. Carson
will spend some time in Asheville, while
Mr. Carson will be back in two or three
days.
G. W. Owens, Esq., left yesterday on
tho Tallahassee for Boston. He will
spend a short time at Wianno, Cape Cod,
Mass., where Mrs. Owens is spending the
summer, and will return to the city with
iu two weeks.
Mr. Alfred V. Wood of Brunswick was
in the city yesterday and paid visits
among the naval stores merchants. Mr.
Wood is connected with Downing & Cos.,
one of the most prominent firms who deal
in naval stores in the south.
I .otters have been received from Rev.
Robb White, rector of Christ church,
saying that he has greatly improved in
health and that he expects to return to
Savannah and resume his pastoral du
ties about the middle of October.
Mrs. L. W. Wortsman left yesterday by
steamer for New York. She will remain
north for some time, visiting Hartford,
Conn., and other jilaces. Miss Helen
Binswanger will accomjiany her as far as
New York, where she goes for a
month's recreation.
Mr. W. Jennings Demorest of New
York, the veteran editor, publisher and
philanthropist, and Mme. Demorest
arrived in the city last night from a trip
through the upper jiart of the state,
during which they visited the town of
Demorest. named after them. Demorest s
Magazine is one of the best known maga
zines in the country. Mr. Demorest is
also the donor of the Demorest medal,
which is being competed for by children
all over the country. Mr. and Mrs.
Demorest will leave for New York by to
day’s steamer.
Turned Over to the City Court.
Janie Elmore, eolofed, was turned over
to the city court yesterday morning by
the recorder on the charge of keeping a
lewd house. The women who were ar
rested with her by the detectives were
released by the recorder with a warning
not to comb before him again on a similar
charge.
YVhen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla.
When she became Miss, she clang to Casjoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Do You Want a Home
For $3,000, SSOO cash, balance on time?
You can purchase a very nice house on
Third street, near Abercorn. House is
well built, comfortable and in (rood re
pair-. John L. Archer, 118 Bryan street,
—ad.
Persons Leaving the City During the
Summer
Can have the Morning News mailed to
them without extra charge, instead of its
being left at their usual address.
Or, it will be mailed to them as an ex
tra copy, b.v ordering it at this office,
either in person or by letter. Terms for
an extra copy—2sc a week, or 50c for two
weeks, or #I.OO a month, payable in ad
vance.
This offer also applies to subscribers
outside of the city.
Tide Suits for Bathing
At Tybee all this week. Round trip only
25 cents. Trains leave Savannah 9:30
a m. and 2:00 p. m. I,eave Tybee 11:30
a. m. and 5:45 p. m - ad.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Strop has
been used for children teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhera. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle.—ad
“Why do they rail It a charity concert?”
"Wby: Great Scott. tn;m! Don't you see
how bill tent the audience is. —Buffalo
Courier.
LUDDEN k BATES S. M. H.
WF.ATHKR FRAU ABILITIES—FRID AY ■
Threatening weather, with occasional rains
slight changes in temperature; southeast to
cast winds.
MASON & HAMLIN
PIANOS.
ARE THEY RE ALLY FINE? Read
what S. K. Mills, the eminent pianist of
New York. and Carl Zerrahn, the la
mous Boston conductor, say:
We consider the Mason * Hamlin
Piauo a first-class instrument in every
respect. No artist can fail to admire
its musical refinement of tone and its
responsive action
ARE THEY DCKAIILK? Read
Baylor College. Belton. Texas, Sept.
9. 1890.—For the past four (4) years
we have had a large number of your
pianos, seventeen H 7) in all, in con
stant use from 6a. m to 9 p. m. each
week dav. 1 lie fact that we have just
added three (3) more instruments
making twenty (20) In all, is the vest
recommendation we can offer as to
their general utility. We employ no
other make in the college.
I>o THEY STAND IN TIM
" ELL? Read what Daniel M. White
the celebrated tuner of Boston, Mass
says:
I find that the Mason & Hamlin Pianos
:lrl ’wry easy to tune. They can be
made smoother and more accurate
with less lauor than any other make
that 1 have ever toned in my eighteen
years experience: and they stand in
tune better thau any upi ight piano 1
have ever seen of any make.
"ILL THEY STAND T R YIN I
CLIMATES AND EXPOSURE TO
, St ’- A AIK? Read, from Fannie H,
v.ates, Sholapur, India, Jan. 28, 1890:
I think it is quite perfect, and every
one who sees it is charmed. One re
marked of it, i have not seen an
other piano in India :o stand beside
it. Another said. “It is the only pi
ano in India I would be willing to
have.’’ It is in use two or three hours
a day. I encourage the children to use
it. and it keeps in tune wonderfully.
The Mason & Hamlin Pianos are used
on .he “New York, ’ the “Paris" and
many other ocean steamers. “ n<l
TFHS T RICE AND
TERMS? Read: Prices lower and
terms easier than can be offered on tuv
{other standard make. y
LUO3EN & BATES S. M, H.
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A
Boy’s
Start
In life is his appearance. |
Our Fall School Suits
give it to him; our prices
and 25 per cent, dis
count helps the parent.
We want to help your
boy along.
NOEL MILL >0
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Crushed Middlings Flour.
The only flour of its kind, and the test of
any land. It is made by a secret pro
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sioo.ooo Has Been Oiierea lor me Knowiedoa
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Tariff
Reform!
To-day is the first day
of the new tariff, and, we
trust, the era of new
prosperity. We have
nothing to advertise to-,
day, as we are too busy
revising l our prices to
conform to the new
tariff.
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Bass Ale, W. A. Ross & Pros.’
Ginger Ale, Club Soda,
Light W ines,
Claret, Angelica Scuppernong, Catawba.
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