Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-15
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
MIR. Bacon's COmmissiOn-Brunsw
and western in a WrangIe-The Cap
itOIs Supervising Architect.

Mr.. BacOn's COmmissiOn-Brunsw
and Western in WrangIe-The Cap
itOIs Supervising Architect.
ATLANTA, Feb. 14.-GOv. Mcdaniel this
morning received from President Arthur
the commission for Hon. Dewitt C. Bacon
as GeOrgia's Commissioner to the New
Orleans Exposition.
A RAILROADS GENEROUS SALARIES.
A lively ripple has been started IN rail-
road circles here by an unofficial state
ment from the Railroad Commission in
reply to the brunswick Herdld'S charge
that they were "highway robbers" The
statement goes to show that the Bruins
WICK and Western Railroad is eating I'D
It's profits by enormous salary accounts.
The official figures given and comparisons
made with other and longer roads are
most unfavOrably commented on here to-
day.
The Brunswick and Western paid in
June, 1888, to general officers and super
| intendents, etc, $6,262; in the month of
July, SO, 435; in the month of August, &c.
GS6; in the month of September, So. 226:
| aggregating for the four months S24.6O7.
for road 10 miles long. The Central
Railroad, including the Savannah di-
vision, the Atlanta division and the South
western division, makiug a total distance
VI ONCl SlA uuLOiIGt ullleS, pdlu 10 general
OthcerS, division superintendent, etc, for
the month of June, $4,641 for July, $4.541:
for August, $4641; for September,
S., ,226; aggregating $19,149;$ being
50, 45S less than the amounts of
salaries paid by the Brunswick and
Western Railroad Company for the
same four months. But a comparison be-
tween the Brunswick Railroad, which is
10 miles long, and the Savannah division
Central Railroad ic =
miles, would be more legitimate com-
parisOn. The aggregate paid by the
Brunswick and Western Railroads. gene
raj officers, ETC., for the four months men
toned, is s24,G07, and the aggregate paid
by the savannah division of the Central
Rail is ~, l50, making a difference of ST.
554 in four months paid by the Brunswick
and Western over that paid by the Sayau-
nah division of the Central Railroad for
the same period, which would be equiv
alent to an excess of $52, ,671 for one year
which would pay 81 per cent. on the cost
Of the road.
A SUPERVISING ARCHITECT CHOSEN.
The Capitol Commission finished its
consultation with w. j. EdbrOke, and Sc
lected him as Supervising Architect. He
left at once for Chicago to prepare de-
tailed plans for the commission to use i'm
advertising for proposals for work and
AhdOcli iais AnS COuiiHlSSlOn Will meet
again April ,, unless sooner called to-
gether by an earlier completion of
the plans. Architect Edbrooke and
some Of the commissioners examined
City Hall square and dug down into the
ground to see what kind Of hard-pan the
foundation would have. The result was
satisfactory and the Commissioners are
hopeful. They propose to give Georgia a
chance at every contract, but they are
determined that prices must be as rea-
object is not to exceed the Sl,00OOO0 an
propriated. The only change of any i'm
portance in the plan is to give the law
library room of the Supreme Court
height of two stories instead of one. 1t
will be with the court room in the Mitch
ell street end, where there is less noise.
The State library will occupy the other
end and be two stories high in the centre.