National Republican., 1883-01-17
POOLING THEIR ISSUES.
Eighth Annual Meeting or the Southern
Railway and steamship Association.


Railway and steamship Association.
The eighth annual meeting of the Southern
Railway and Steamship association was held
yesterday in the parlors Of the Metropolitan
hotel, adjourned over from tho last regular
meeting in Atlanta, Ga. The objects of the
association are to "pool their issues" and act
in combination so as to most cllGctually pro-
tect the interests of the different lines repre-
sented in the association. The present session
has been called TO elect new board of Off
GERS, including n president, and to adopt adj
ditonal regulations for the government of the
company. The meeting was to have COM
mcnced at noon, but adjourned over to p.
III. to await the report Of the committee of
general managers who were empowered to
suggest alterations in these regulations.
The officers of the association are Senator
Joseph l.. Brown, president; Virgil Powers,
general commissioner G. A. Sindall secre-
tary Milo 5. Freeman, clearinghouse agent; /;
Il. +. Hugh cs, general agent AZ p. III. the
committee informed the association that they
were not ready to report and an adjournment
was had, therefore, until 10 o'clock tins morn
ing The. members of tho associations pres
cnt and the companies represented We're:
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway com
pany, Col. T. ". X. TulCut, general manager; At
lunta aud West Point Railway company, {. Cab
bCtt, general manager, a. }. Orne, general frCght
agent; Central Railway and u. company. Of
Georgia, W, Y. Rnuul, president, W. L. Shelman,
tupcrintGndent, q. A. Whitehead, general ireight
ngcnt Charleston and Savannah Railway com
puny, II. :. lluiucs, general manager; Charlotte,
Columbia aud Augusti Railway company, y. 9.
Haskell, president, ID. Cardwcll, general freight
agent; Georgia halfway aud -. company, J. w.
Green, general manager, H. IL. Dorsey, General
freight ugcnt Louisville and Nashville Railway
company, NJ. IL. smith, vice president, j. W. Cup,
general freight agent; RiCumoud York River, and
Chesapeake Railway company, !. ". H. Ihl-
cott, general manageTi Rome Railwayi COM
pany w. &. Ruoul savannah, Florida
nnd Western Railway COMPANY, u. S. Inines,
freight agent, C. Downs general agent Savannah
Grililu. aud North Alabama Railway company,
W. &. RnOul, PRESIDENT south Carolina Railway
company, Ii. z. Talmadgc president, j.. b. Peek,
general manager 5. i. fckeuS, general ir ight
agent: Western halfway of Alabama, G. GGbbett
general mGnagCr; Baltimore steam Packet COM
pauy, II. J.. Poor, general irei- ht agent; Boston,
baltimore, and Norfolk steamship COM lauy George
j. Appold, president, William Plumner, assistant
10 president V, d. Grover, general lreignt agenti
Boston ana Chareston Steamship company. q. W..
Quintuld, president, B. d. lluscll general mana.
ger; Boston and SRvuu nah steamship company,
q. a. Whitehead, general freight agent; New York
hll lCharlesloh hotGnhiship company Geo gum.
tard president; II. d. llasell, general manager;
Ocean SteamsuipGompany's New No k and Savan-
nuh lluc, W. 4. Rauul; Ocean steamship Com
puny's Philadelphia and savannah line, W. q.
Raoul W. $. JHmcs, agent; Old Dominion Steam
snip companys New York, NOrolR aud Rich
mond line, W. Ii, stanford. secretary and general
freight agent; Old Dominion steamship COM
pany's New York and West Point line, W. II. Stan
ford, secretary and general freight agent; PrUyi-
dence and Nest Poins Steamship company, e. j.
AppOd, president, William pummCr, assistant TO
president; Macon ana Brunswick Railway COM
pany, q. r. Ogden, general freight agent; Mari
eta and North Georgia Railway company, Hon.
/ Joseph L. Brown Mobile and Girard Railway
| company, W. &. RaOul, PRESIDENT Montgomery
aud Euiauia Railway company, w, G. Raoul,
! president, w. i. Shelnan, superintendent; Nash
! vile. Chattanooga and - Louis Railway company.
| J. w. Thomas, general superintendent, q. l..
! Knox, general freight agent; Northwest
| ern North Carolina Railway company, 4.
| NJ. X. Inlcolt, general mHlHgeri Port Royal and
Augusta halfway companSw. G. Rnoul, presl-
dent, J. $. Davant, general feight agent; Rich
mond and Danviile Railway company, 7. NJ. r..
Talcotl, general manager j. IL. DIakc, general
| freight agent; Western and Atlantic Railway
| cOmpa-y, Hon. Joseph Il. Brown, president, r. A,
! Anderson, superintendent, l. NJ. Brown, general
| freight agent; Wilmington, Columbia and Au-
gustn Railway company, Hon. X. X. Bridges,
president, j, L. Devine, general superintendent,
| I. NJ. Emerson, general freight agent; Whining.
ton aud Weldon Railway company, Hon. X. K.
| Bridges, president, j. L. Devine general superin-
! lendent Il. NJ. Emerson, general fright agent
Baltimore and savannah steamship company,
George j. AppOld, president, William Plummgr,
assistant to president
! AS will be seen many of these gentlemen
represent several lines. There were present,
! in addition to the regular membership, rep
resentativcs of lines working with the asso-
citation, embracing Henry Fincl, vice prcsi-
dent and general manager of the Virginia,
! Tennessee and Georgia Air line; Sol. Haas
and H. i. Clark, traffic manager and general
agent respectively of the associated lines of
| Virginia and North and South Carolina; q.
j. Forcacre, president Northeastern railway
of Gtorgia, and f. w. Clark, general freight
| agent Raleigh and CASTOR railway, Raleigh
| and Augusta Air line and Carolina Central