The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-28
ON AN INSPECTION TRIP.
General Manager Green Talks About
the Centrars Affairs.

the CentrsIs Affairs.
General Manager W. II. Green. General
Passenger Agent J. L. Taylor and General
Superintendent of Motive Power r. d.
Wade of the Richmond and Danville rail
road came up from Tybee yesterday morn
ing where they spent Sunday.
The day was spent in conference with the
/ officials Of the Central railroad and such IN
spection of the Central railroad properties
as the frequent rains would permit.
| General Manager Green was seen at the
/ De Soto last night by a MORNING NEWS re-
porter as to the object Of the visit of him
/ self and party. He said there was nothing
/ of spec.al import in the visit, and they
were simply in performance Of their duty
| in occasional trips over the system or
systems Of railroads under their control,
and especially the important points like
Savannah.
Il shall endeavor to get here about once
a month now,n Mr.. Greene said, and even
oftener this winter. The De Soto is no
small inducement in itself, / can tell you.
usually make it point TO get over the
system about once a month. The addition
of the Central railroad has given Us about
$500 more miles to cover, and we may not
be able to get over it quite that often"
The general officers are accompanied by
their stenographers; their mail is forwarded
to them wherever they are and their office
work goes right ahead whether they are IN
Richmond, Atlanta or Savannah, or rush
ing along in a private car. They are in
constant communication with the whole
system By telegraph, and not wheel stops
moving on account of their absence.
General Manager Green says that none or
the Central railroad offices are in danger OF
being moved from Savannah TO Atlanta,
aud that the new offices recently engaged
there in the Kiser building viii not more
than accommodate the ueceSs2rv nu1 Der 4
clerks and officials Of ths R.ce-2o1d a1i
DanviIle at that point. W1lss i>e genera.
officers Of the Richmond and = -Ei-s Eli
have their hesdl -s-ss-s ST At
lanta, the local hsl1 --&r1s-s = TIE
railroads composing s5s srsss-2 -. rs--2la
just as at present
They expect to move ic,o ;esE 5s~ o.
fees in Atlanta bss,-s ,cs lssc=r port Il
next month. NJ. lf0sea wc1.1 nos say
how large 8 fore g. Jerks SID employees
the Richmond ari Dznvills would employ
at Atlanta, and this IS 5 matter Of doubt
There is good Ero md for believing that
the number will os large and that in a
short while Atlanta will become
the actual cso.er Of the system.
Tne general manager said there
will be no more changes among the Central
officials here 1t present The general Off
of officials A minor change in the matter
of location may be of local interest. The
office Of the superintendent of the main sys-
TEN, Mr.. Starr, will be 10 the second
story Of the passenger depot building upon
the same floor with the train dispatchers.
General Superintendent McI3ee will oc-
cupy the room vacated by Mr.. Starr or it
will be occupied by one of his clerks.
General Passenger Agent Taylor was
nnaStinDad with q FaTOrf thQr "a
seven-hour schedule train would be put on
between Savannah and Atlanta, connecting
with the Richmond and Danville road for
New York. He said such schedule Is very
improbable, and he did not see the neces-
sity Of it now.
"You can depend upon It that the accom-
modations viii be fully equal to the de-
mands of the traffic always" he said, land
il more trains are necessary they will be
put on"
General Manager Green is firmly CON
WINGED of Savannah's need Of deeper water
and is anxious that the matter should be
pushed. He will do all that he can to this
end.
The subject must be continually agi-
tated, he said, until something is ac-
complished. It's Importance is too great.
A depth of twenty-six feet to our wharves
would mean a great deal for the railroads,
as we would be able to make so much bet
ter arrangements for freight, carrying
greater quantities at lesser rates than is
possible at present. With sufficient APP
preparation the desired depth could be
easily obtained, If am correctly informed
as to the conditions Of the river here. Sa-
vannah has no difficulty with her bar, which
is the great obstacle other seaport cities
have to confront, and it is only necessary to
carry the work on on a sufficient scale to
secure the desired depth"
The general officials leave for Richmond
this morning.