Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
THE RAILWAY roof.

The Central Withdraws the Territory
of the Western and Alabama and the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
The Effect on the Association.
The agitation Of the railway pool, it APP
pears, has not yet subsidized. On the Sth
Of September, before the expiration of
the then existing agreement, the Central
Railroad withdrew certain local territory
from the pool-territory that had been
| heretofore pooled. After that, and before
the time for the new agreement Of 1884 to
take effect, the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Road carried certain cotton
from Atlanta and Macon, which they
claimed not to be subject to the pool. To
this the Central Railroad demurred, and
the matter was finally submitted to arbi-
/ tratiOn.
The arbitrators decided that the Cen
trail Railroad violated the spirit Of the
agreement III Withdrawing pool territory
from the pool before the expiration of the
agreement under which it had been pooled
and that the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad had also violated the
| agreement in refusing to pool the cotton
in question carried by them from Atlanta
and Macon, and directed that the whole
udu
occurred, and that the Central Railroad
continue to pool the local territory
during the existence Of the agreement Of
1888. and that the East Tennessee Road
report and pool the cotton that they
claimed to be exempt from the pool. By
| consent the agreement of 1888 was con-
tinued til the 1st of March.
Al the meeting of the Southern Railway
and Steamship Association in Washing
a MT
1884 was adopted to take effect yesterday,
and to continue till July 1.
Last week the following letter was sent
by the managers of the Georgia Railroad
and Central Railroad to the General Com
missioner:
SAVANNAH, GA, Feb %, 1884.
Virgil Potoers, General Commissioner, Atkdn-
We beg to inform you that our joint letter
Of September s, 1888, Withdrawing certain
local territory from pool, and which, under
award of arbltfatOrs OF January IA, 1884, was
suspended during the existence of the exist
ing agreement, is hereby reinstated from and
after March next. This we cOnstrue to
DE our rights under terms of the award.
W. g. RAoUL, President c. Il. h. Of Ga.
j. w. GREEN, G. NJ. Georgia Il. Il.
The letter referred to is as follows:
OFFICE PRESIDENT @ Il =. S b. Co OF GA,.(
Mr.. Virgil P0loers, General Commissioner:
DEAR SIR-The Western and Alabama and
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad being
controlled by this company and the Georgia,
we consider it as much our local territory as
the other roads we work in connection with
our system by virtue of control, and we are
unwilling to make any division of the bust
ness with other lines, but requests that it be
apportlOned between the Georgia and the
Central Rallroads-one half each. We be-
lieye 1t is understood that Newman will be
divided the same way. Respectfully yours
W. G. RAOUL, President c. L. r. Of Ca
J. w. GREEN, General Manager @. r. r.
This letter, it is stated, was simply to
put the association on notice that at the
expiration of the agreement of 1883 the
local territory in question would be with
drawn from the pool.
1t is believed by the Central authorities
to be in accord with the spirit of the award
of the arbitratOrs, and not in violation of
the new agreement, and is so understood
by the members of the association. 1t is
not Appreciated that trouble can result
from it, as the new agreement provides
for the arbitration of all questions by a
board of competent arbitrators, in whom
the association has the greatest conf
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