The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04
Mr.. GABBETr BACK HOME.
The Centrsl's General Manager Clos-
ing Up His Outside Affairs.

ing Up His Outside Affairs.
General Manager Gabbett. Of the Central
railroad, returned to Savannah last night,
| after an absence of two weeks. Part Of the
time Mr.. Gabbett spent in New York in
conference with the owners of the Cincin-
natl, Selma and Mobile railroad, the general
managershlp of which MIR. Gabbett has
resigned. He has been in Atlanta a few
days, and also in Montgomery, where he
met good many Of his old employees He
spent Saturday in Columbus, where he was
! joined by General Superintendent Of Trans
| portation Tyler, and they did a little work
toward investigating the causes OF the
trouble on the Columbus and Western
railroad
The general manager was in Columbus
long enough to get an idea Of the origin Of
the bitches. He said that the Columbus
and Western has been unfortunate The
road IS rough and in poor condition to
handle the enormous traffic which is thrown
upon IL. A strong effort will be made,
however, to remove all the obstacles which
| tend now TO pull the road down, and by thus
doing make it equal to the demands
upon it,
The general manager talked very lib
! orally about the grievances which it is
understood the engineers will present to
| day. He said that he is heartily in sym
pathy with any just move which the
engineers may desire made. There is no
better class of men than the engineers, the
general manager said. No Drawer people
ever lived, and he admired them. His
relations with the engineers on the roads
under his management have been of the
most pleasant nature. This is evidenced by
the fact that the engineers on the roads
centering in Montgomery named
the Montgomery lodge the "Gabbett
ffrEon srxA - - II
Mr.. Gabbett has befriended the engineers
on innumerable occasions, and among rail-
road men he is regarded as friend, not
only to the engineers, but to all
the employees. He said last night
that he is satisfied that the strength
of any railroad company depends on the
unity and harmony of it's employees. He
has sought at all times the cooperation of
the subordiuates, and he has never failed TO
get it. I'VE are all employees aIike,n said
the general manager. 81 am no better
than they. l claim to know more about
the management of a railroad than an en-
gineer, otherwise | would be in his place
and he in mine"
The general manager said that he is op-
posed to requiring more of employees
than they are able to perform.
be considers it just that the engineers
should be paid for their services rendered,
and he said that as far as he is able ne will
see that this line of policy is carried out
Mr.. Gabbett said that If he understands
the engineers complaint, it is a Just
one. He said that the causes of it
are the Tying up" of trains on the line,
thus keeping employees out many hours over
their time. The Lying up" OF trains is
traceable to the inferior telegraph system
by which il was not possible to move the
trains within a reasonable time. All this
Mr.. IGabbett said has been given a
good deal Of thought, and the remedy is al
ready being applied. He did not wait for
employees to complain, but with an eye to
their welfare as we'll as anybody eIse's. he
devised way by which the evil of bur-
| dening the men may be avoided
He said that this is the chief reason for re-
moving the offices of superintendent, train
master and dispatcher TO Macon. He has
not stopped at this, but he has run a new
through" telegraph wire from Atlanta to
Savannah, and has established more mig hit
and day" telegraph offices along the line of
| road. In addition to this z, 900 more freight
cars will be added to the present equip
ment
Mr.. Gabbett was asked if the appoint
ment Of Capt. Tyler's successor has been
made, and he replied that the matter has
not been settled yet. Capt. Tyler will re-
main with the Central until the first of
! DaVt month