Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-15

number of members Of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association met on
wednesday, at IL O'Clock at the Kimball
House. Atlanta, to recast the divisions. Mr.
Virgil Powers, General Commissioner OF the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso-
citation, presided, and Mr.. Milo 5.
Freeman acted as Secretary. The
following gentlemen were appoint
ed on the committee Tor recsst-
ing the divisions: ]. R. Oxen, georgia
Railroad: r. A. Anderson, We sIern ahu
Atlantic Railroad; E. P. Wilson. lncl una.
Southern Railroad; George o. Kno.<, NASH
vile, Chattanooga and 81. Louis RslI |S1,T -
w. Green, Georgia Railroad; W: y. b Soui,
Central Railroad; Cecil Gabbitt, west o 6st
and Western Railroad; Sol. Hass, Ira NC
Manager of the Associated Railroads vi
Virginia and Carolina Eben Htllyer, honie
Railroad; E. F. Verdery, of the Knoxville
and Augusta Road, and John b. PecK, OF
the South Carolina Railroad. The commit
tee failed to agree, and the matter OF re-
casting the divisions was submitted to the
General Commissioner, with power to act,
the members who fail to be satisfied win
his action to have the right to appeal to
board of arbitration.
The meeting then went into the examina-
ton of the rates and reduced the l'ates on
cotton from Is to 10 cents per hundi-e6 10
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Bos-
ton, Fall River, Providence and all New
England points. The rates went into effect
Yesterday. The rate fixed on cotton from
Atlanta to Boston is IS cents per hundred,
and all rates that were advanced by the
meeting In New York some time since were
reduced in the same proportion. 1t will be
seen that the rate fixed is about three cents
per hundred more than last year. The
rate fixed at New York was about
1t seems that the advance
was made by the pool at the New York
meeting to meet the deficiency that was an
ticipated on account of the fact that great
reduction would be made in the amount Of
provisions that would be brought to the
South this winter. The following gentle
men were in attendance: Virgil Powers,
General Commissioner; Sol Haas, cOnsoli-
dated lines Of Virginia; 6. A. Whitehead,
Central Railroad; E. P Wilson, Cincinnati
| Southern; 8. P. Plckens, South Carolina
| Road; j. r. Ogden, East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia Road; Joseph NJ. Brown,
Western and Atlantic Railroads j.: M.
Culp, represented by Theodore WEIGH,
Louisville and Nashville Railroad; MI
10 s. Freeman, E. R. Dorsey, Geor-
| gin Railroad; Ray Knight, Selma, Rome
and Dalton Road; j. H. Drake, Richmond
and Danville; r. D. Carpenter, Richmond
| and Danyille; D. Cardwell, Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta; } s. Davant, Port Royal
| Road; T. s. Davant, Memphis and Charles
| ton; S. @. BoylstoD, Mr.. Barnum, Atlanta
| and Charlotte: T. A. Walker, Green Line;
Wallace Mcpherson, Nashville and Chatta-
| noogs; D. w. ApDleT, Central Railroad.
The meeting adjourned without doing any
thing further.
The Atlanta Constitution, referring to this
meeting, says that another important
question discussed by the managers Of the
roads centering in Atlanta was the applica-
| ton OF the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad to enter the union passen
ger depot. 1t has been rumored some time
here that there would be trouble on this
point, and the fact was developed Wednesday
that the charges made by the Central Rail-
road were more than the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad would submit
to. 1t is stated that 1t will cost them six
hundred dollars per month to use the union
passenger depot. Friends Of the latter cor
poratiOn discussing the matter that night
In the rotunda Of the Kimball House stated
that they would not stand any such charges,
and that they would build a passenger de-
pot at their freight depot at the Peters street
crossing il they could not agree on reason
able charge. This matter was referred to a
committee composed of President Joseph
E. Brown, of the Western and Atlantic;
President e. P. Alex lnder, Of the Central,
and President A. s. Buford, of the Rich
mond and Danvile. The committee will
confer with the managers of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia, and If they
agree on price to be paid the passenger
trains of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia will run into the passenger depot
II not they will continue to deliver and re-
ceive passengers at the Peters street cross
ing.