The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
TO CUT DOWN EXPENSES.
Why Calhoun, Hing & SplldiRg We're
Displaced as A. & ". P. Attorneys.

Displaced as A. 4 ". P. Attorneys.
/ Receiver Conner Back From a Tour of
/ Inspection Over the Central System.
/ The c. R. & Q. in Better Condition
Than He Expected to Find it-saIa-
/ ries Of the Centrars Attorneys All
/ Reduced SO Per Cent-Reoeiver
Conner Regrets that Dull Times Ne
oessitate the Removal Of Some of the
/ Employees.
/ Receiver II. NJ. Conner returned yester-
/ day from a trip over some portions OF the
! Central system, where he has been in
| company with General Superintendent
| Kline making an inspection previous to
submitting his report. Monday he at
tended meetings Of the stockholders and
| board of directors of the Atlanta g. West
Point railroad in Atlanta
In speaking Of his trip over the line Re
ceiver Conner said yesterday that he
found some portions of the road in a great
deal better condition than he had expec-
| ted to find them. Especially was it so
with the Chattanooga, Rome and Column
bus division and the main stem between
Savannah and Atlanta. Those were
the portions of the system TO which he
had given most of his attention on this
trip, and everything was found satisfac-
tory in every particular.
This trip was made in order to gather
some general information before making
the annual report, and Receiver Conner
says that in some places he found the
physical condition of the property far
better than he had expected it would be.
The receiver is now al work on his report
and will have it out in few days.
THE NEW ATTORNEYS FOR THE A. AND W. P.
Although Receiver Conner would not
say that he had something to do with the
removal of Calhoun, King " Spalding as
attorneys for the Atlanta and West Point
railroad, he would say nothing about that
feature of the matter
He said that the services of that firm
were dispensed with in order to cut down
expenses.
calhoun, King & Spalding," he said,
were attorneys for the road in Fulton
county at a salary of $4,000 year, while
Dorsey, Brewster 4 Howell were atror-
neys for it in the counties of Coweta,
Campbell and Troup at a salary of 81 600
Dorsey, Brewster & Howell were made
attorneys of the entire line at a salary of
81 500. This involved a saving of 81 900,
business into the hands of the latter firm
for this reason. The matter was brought
before the board of directors at a full
meeting, and their action, which was
clearly in the interest of the company,
was unanimous
where did that idea about Mr.. Wad-
ley's name being discussed as president of
the Atlanta and West Point in place of
Mr., Tyler come froma" asked Receiver
Conner. 1.-THE first information had Of
any such thing said he, was from what
l saw in the newspapers. There was abb
sOlutelY no suggestion or discussion what.
ever of MIR. Wadley's name lin that CON
nection. am at loss to understand
where the report came from or how it
originated"
BIG CUT IN ATTORNEYS SALARIES.
The salaries of all the attorneys of the
Central, over the entire system, have
been reduced thirty-three per cent. within
the last day or two This is another step
in the cutting down of expenses through
out the system. Receiver Conner would
say nothing about the matter except that
such a reduction had been made, as it
had been found necessary to reduce ex-
penses in all departments
1t has been known for some time that
expenses were being cut down all along
the line, but no one ever thought of the
attorneys suffering too. 1t seems, how
ever, that they will all have to stand the
racket, which has been the result of hard
times, and although a 80 per cent reduc-
ton is rather heavy one, no complaints
have been heard None of the attorneys
have been dismissed from the service of
the road.
A large number of the friends of the
Central have expressed their regrets to
Receiver Conner with regard TO the re-
moval of the Nancy Hanks schedule, but
what he regrets most, as he said yester-
day, is the fact that the force has to be
cut down so largely at almost every point
in order to reduce the expenses.
The forces in the shops are being cut
down largely for no other reason than
that the dull times have made it n neces-
sity 1t has been about all that the Cen
trail has been able to do for the past
month or two to pay operating expenses.
1t is probable, however, that some of the
force may be put back in the fall when
the cotton crop begins to move and bust
ness becomes little livelier.