The morning news., 1892-03-30

eraI manager, whsther Mai Shellman, who
is now at Columbus, will again be made
| traffic manager and whether other impor.
tant officials will receive their former
places.
Mr.. E. T. Charlton, now with the East
Tennessee railroad at Chattanooga, may be
| recalled perhaps to the position of general
passenger agent. His successor here, AS
sistent General Passenger Agent 8. H.
| Hardwick, has made quite a repu-
there are many who would be glad to
see him remain. There are great many
| Richmond and Danville appointees here
who are exceedingly anxious to know
| whether they will be retained by the new
| administration.
Mr.. Conner was asked IL he will retain the
| presidency Of the South Bound railroad.
| He replied that the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the South Round will be
| held April 6 and they will do as they see
| proper. He has rendered bis resignation as
a director OF the Citizens Bank.
SKETCH OF MR. CONFER.
In this connection a brief sketch of Mr..
| Conner is interesting, notwithstanding he Is
80 well-known to Savannahians. He is
| about so years old, and came to Savannah
| 10 1869. He was born in Jones county,
| Georgia, and removed to Barbour county,
| Alabama, with his father when quite
| young. His father was q farmer.
| Mr.. Conner first went into
business at Eufaula, Ala. with his father
in-law, Mr.. Bates. They afterward re-
| moved to Savannah, where they conducted
a cotton commission business under
the firm name of Bates & Conner. Mr..
| Bates afterward withdrew, removing TO
Griffin. Mr.. Conner then bsgan business
under the firm name Of II. NJ. Conner 81 Co.,
in which he has since remained. The firm
perhaps does the largest cotton factorage
| business of anv In Savannah
Mr. Conner was a director in the Central
| Railroad and Banking Company under the
| Wadley and Raoul administrations, and
was leading member of the latter board. In
the Alexander contest he went out with the
| old board. His interest IN the system did
not cease, however, and he has kept a care
ful watch of fluctuations. Whea the
attempt to break the lease was made he i'm
mediatelY became Interested and devoted
his efforts to securing the return
to the. system of his old
friend, Capt Raoul, with the result
that he was himself elected president of the
Central. something that probably did not
occur to him in the beginning.
TWO PUBLIC ENTERPRISES.
Mr.. Conner has evidenced his public
spirit and business sagacity in two special
directions since he ceased to be a member
of the old Central board. The first is Ia
the monument which he has erected to him
self in the building Of the De Soto hotel,
the pride and admiration of every Savan-
nathan. The second is in the building of
the South Bound railroad, completed last
fall from Savannah to Columbia, in which
he was actively interested and of which he
was elected president. Mr.. Conner has
also been for some years q director
of the Citizens bank, which position, how
ever, he resigned yesterday, the charter of
the Central railroad not allowing director
to act In q similar position in any other
banking company.
Mr.. Conner is one Of the weaIthiest citi-
zens of Savannah. Besides his large cotton
and commission business he succeeded to
the interests of the late John L. Hammond
in the large fertilizer business at Savann sh
and Port Royal, now conducted under the
firm name of Conner, Hull & Co., and also
his Interests in the two large phosphate
companies on the Peace river, Florida,
the Arcadia Phosphate Company aud
Company. Conner, Hull & G..
also own large fertilizer factory in Rome.
Mr.. Conner is the largest stockholder and
president of the Bibb Manufacturing Gem
pany of Macon. He also owns an immense
cattle ranch in Eastern Texas. Taking all
his various interests into considera-
tion, he Is one of the largest
contributors to railroad freight residing in
the state. He is usually rated at over
$1,000, ,000
Mr.. Conner is q man of genial, unaffected
manners, a cool, deep, dispassionete thinker
and wields wide Influence personally as
we'll as financially. He was one of the first
presidents Of the Savannah Cotton
Exchange, and the qualities just named
make him one of the best known and most
respected man on the Bay. His Judgment,
discretion and determination is well known
} TO all who have been associated with him
in business ventures, aud il is these qualities
| i'm ho
to which ne has been elected aud which are
relied upon as insu ing a successful admin
} istration Of she affairs OF the immense COR
} poratton. His sincerity In desiring the
restoration of the Central properties for
the public benefit rather chan private gain
is undoubted.
Mr.. Conaers administration will be
watched with interest. He will be able to
bring to the aid of the road almost the en-
tire business element Of Savannah as well as
his numerous connections elewhere
Gen. Alexander expresses the greatest
confidence in the prospects OF the Central
system. He says that with the assurances
of aid which it has received there is little
doubt OF its ability to tide over its present
difficulties.
Gen. Alexander remains president of the
Ocean Steamship Company, the New
England and Savannah Steamship Com
pany. and the Port Royal and Augusta and
Port Royal and Western Carolina railroads
which have separate organizations from the
Central, though controlled by ii. He will
J surrender the presidency of these corpora
tions when desired. though there Is no inn
mediate necessity of bis doing 50.
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