Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-27
RAILRoAD MEN IN COUNCIL.

The southern Railway and Steamship
Convention at Atlanta-The Savannah
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Arbitraters Elee-
ted.
ON Wednesday the ninth annual con-
vention Of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association met in Atlanta.
There were present the. following officers
and representatives of the various lines
interested:
Hon, J. e. Brown, President, Virgil Pow
ers General Commissioner: Z. A. Slndaii,
SECRETARY OF the Association.
Western and Atlantic Rallroad-Hon. ,. +;
Brown. President. r. A. Anderson, GeDerai
superintendent, J. NJ. Brown 0enerai
Freight Agent.
Traffic Manager, q. 4. Whitehead, General
Freight Agent. Central Railroad, ocean
Steamship Company and leased lines OF Cen
g. G;abbett. General Manager Atlanta and
West Point and Western Railroad OF Ala
bama.
j. W. Green. General Manager, f. r. Dor
seY, General Freight Agent Georgia h''i-
John scott, President, +. p. Wilson, Gen
eraI Freight A gent, Cincinnati, New Orleans
aud Texas Pacific Railway.
Hon. r. X. Bridgers. President, i. NJ. EN-
erson General Freight Agent, Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad and Wilmington, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad.
A. L. Rives. Vice President, II. Nj. X. Tai
colt, General Manager. Sol. Haas. Trafhc
Manager, q. :. Barnum, Assistant General
Freight Agent. Richmond and Danyille RAIL
John B. Peck. General Manager, s 3. Pu-
hurs. General Freight Agent, Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway
C. s. Gadsden, General superintendent, ,.
c. Boylston, General Freight Agent Charles
ton and Savannah Railway.
Henry Fink, Wee President, J. X. Ogden,
General Freight and Ticket Agent Fast Ten
nessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad.
NJ II. smith, Vice President. j. M. cup,
General Freight and Ticket Agent, Louisville
and Nashville Railroad.
j. $ Durant General Freight and Ticket
Agent Port Royal and Augusta Railway. ;,
j. w Thomas, General Manager, Geo. X
Knox. General Freight and Ticket Agent,
Nashville and Chattanooga Railway.
IL. $ Morse, General Manager Brunswick
"',' g Hasken' President, d. Cardwen, Gen
cral Freight Agent, Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railway.
W. II. stanford, General Freight Agent Old
Dominion Steamship Company.
L. IL. Carter, Arbitrator; 7. +. walker,
Auditor; NJ. :. Freeman, Clearing House
Agent; E. L. Hughes, General Agent south
ern Railway and Steamship Association.
There were also present number OF
officials of lines connecting with roads
having membership i'll the association.
Yesterday, and was called upon by a
MORNING NEWS reporter. The conven-
ton was in session about eight hours.
Commissioner Virgil Powers submitted
his report, which was favorably re-
ceived. The question of the re-
newal of the old agreement was
submitted to the Executive Com
mittee. which was in session during the
afternoon. This committee reported in
favor of adopting the old agreement. This
was finally agreed to, and the present OFF,
GERS of the association were reelected.
The convention determined to- elect
three arbitrators instead of one, as has
been heretofore stated, and the following
gentlemen were chosen: Messrs. L. III.
Carter, John Screven and z. X. Sibley.
The adoption of the old agreement will
preserve the present regulations in the
railroad pool at least for a year from the
list of January next, unless some unfore-
seen difficulty arises.