Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
RAILROAD RUMBLINGs.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from
Near and Afar.

Inc IaYares, Orlando aud Atlantic
Railroad is now assured. Enough money
has been subscribed to meet the PROPOSE
ton Of the company.
The .emplOyes in the shops of the
Florida Railroad and Navigation Com
pany, at Tallahassee, have been reduced
IN number, and the remainder only work
eight hours day.
There is a little talk Of a railroad from
some point on the Athens branch through
Lexington by MallOrysville and Danburg
and on to connect with the Augusta and
ElbertOn Railroad at AnthOny's shoals in
Lincoln county.
\ year or so ago, J. W. ROunsaville
purchased the franchise Of the Columbus
and Rome Railroad, from Rome to Car
rOlltOn. For some cause no organization
was perfected until Wednesday, when the
following board were elected: President,
j. W. Rounsayille; Secretary, r. T.
FOuche; Directors, Samuel Morgan, 5. @.
Hardy, r. T. FOuche and T. f. Howell.
The first vegetable train over the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western Railway left
Gainesville Thursday morning for SaYan-
nah at AS. Other trains left Friday and
Saturday at the same hour. Tonight a
passenger train Will leave for the Forest
City, and on and after Monday trains will
be run regularly. The depot will be com
pleted as soon as possible, and in a few
weeks the depot grounds will be covered
with the tracks and buildings of the CON-
pany.
1t was generally reported in railroad
cirles yesterday, says the New York
World of the 9th instant, that Mr.. Albert
Fink, commissioner of the railroad pool,
had resigned that position for the pur-
pose of accepting the management of
Mr. Jay G0uld's Southwestern rail-
road system. 1t was said that Mr..
Gould had for long time been looking
for somebody who could aid him in
bringing about an alliance with the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and
that he had decided on Commissioner
Fink as the most competent person.
Taking advantage of the recent differences
among the railroad Presidents, which
caused so much annoyance to the COM
missioner that he threatened to resign.
Mr.. Gould, it was said, offered him the
position: Dir. Fink was busy in
bis Office at the trunk-line head
quarters all day yesterday. He refused
to be interviewed, and would say nothing
further than the reiteratiOn Of the denial
of the rumOr of his resignation which he
had made the day before. His friends
also assert that the rumOr is false. among
these being Washington Z. COnnOr, Jay
Gould, w. IL. Vanderbilt and several Off
cials of the trunk lines. Assistant Com
missioner PiersOn said thathe knew moth
ing of Mr.. Fink's resignation and that he
did not believe the report. Mr.. Fink, in
his official capacity, yesterday sent
a notice to all the trunk lines to the effect
that the Baltimore and Ohio road had
withdrawn its demand for a reduction of
the grain rates from Chicago to IL cents.
1t is rumOred that an advance in the
rates will shortly be made. A reporter
was informed yesterday by a railroad
President, however, that Mr.. Fink had
handed his resignation to President jew
EFT, Of the Erie Railway, asking to be
relieved from his duties as pool
health would no longer permit his work
ing as hard as before. "But that is all
bosh," continued the President. ut
doesn't signify anything, Mr.. Fink has
sent me his resignation several times be-
fore and nothing ever came of it. The idea
of him saying he is sick! | suppose he is
a little tired, but he is not sick. The Bal
timOre and Ohio differences are not the
cause of his handing in his resignation,
for, as | know, they were withdrawn when
it became known that Mr.. Fink would
not submit to the eternal kicking of
some Of the roads. The whole thing will
end IN this way. The Presidents will
meet tomorrow and refuse to accept the
resignation, which will be sent back to
Mr. FINK. who has no intention OF resign
ing, and the Presidents are too wise to let
him do so if he had any such intention"
The new passenger pool contract was fur
ther discussed yesterday at the meeting of
the joint executive committee. Assistant
Commissioner Pierson, who presided, said
that the entire session was consumed in
considering the various provisions
of the proposed contract, which were
taken up in their regular order. The
h. NJ,
wanna and Western representatives were
present and took an active part in the dis
cussiOn. 1t is probable that an agree
ment Will be framed which will be salts
factory to all the roads represented in the
old pool, and several new ones in addi-
ton, and that the new association viii be
stronger than the original one. The
question of percentages and differentials
will not be taken up until the form of the
contract has been fully agreed uDOn.