The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-23
A new RAILROAD RUMOR.
The Georgia Road Lease Not in 1t
This Time.

Some Talk About Dissatisfaction
With the Service of the Western
Railway of Alabama and the At
1anta and West Point Towards the
Central Gives Rise to the Report
That There May Be Some Important
Changes in Their Management-The
Appointment of General Manager
Scott Said to Have no Significance.
There seems to be a good deal of figur-
ing on what is going to take place in rail-
road circles in the near future. From
all the talk and rumors afoat there must
be something in the wind, and in fact,
developments are looked for within five or
six days at the outside.
There have been a good many railroad
men in and passing through Savannah of
late, and they are keeping sharp eye on
the situation. 1t is rare thing, however,
that they allow themselves to talk, and
when they do they are very careful about
it. There were a number in the city yes
terday and the day before.
THIS IS WIDE OF THE MARK.
The talk upon the situation brings in
the Georgia Railroad, which for a week
or two has been a prolific topic. The
Louisville and Nashville also figures in
the discussion. The latest rumor con
| corning these two roads and the Central
comes from Atlanta, and is to the effect
that the Central will give up its half in
terest in the Georgia Railroad lease to
the Louisville and Nashville in cOnsid-
GRAFTON of a like favor to be performed by
the Louisville and Nashville, which is the
i ~ 1.
| est in the Western Railway of Alabama,
which runs from West Point through
| Montgomery to Selma, and which is also
| jointly leased by the two roads in ques-
ton.
The publication of this rumor goes on to
| state that this course will have the effect
| of bottling up the Atlanta and West Point
railroad from Atlanta to West Point,
| though it can hardly be seen how this
would be the case, as the Central has too
| large interests in the Atlanta and West
Point to permit itself to take any action
that would damage them,
SOME CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT.
This kind of talk on the railroad situa-
! ton has been circulated for some time
| now and railroad men do not deny that
| there is some foundation for talk, but Just
| what the facts are cannot be learned.
That there is something going on there is
| no doubt, but what is it,
Another story and one that seems
most likely, is to the effect that there will
| be some important changes in the opera
| tion and management of some of these
| roads.
The services of the Atlanta and West
| Point and the Western railway of Ala
bama in their relations to the Central
which are very important, the Cen
tral being supposed to be in control of
| them, and which roads are both under the
| same management, hasnot, it is said been
all it should be to the Central of late, and
| it is said also that changes have been
| contemplated here for some time. This,
| it is understood, is the situation and the
| circumstances which have given rise to
many of these railroad rumors many of
! which seem to spring so up suddenly and
! without any foundation. However that
| may be, it is known that there is some
thing in the wind in that quarter and that
lively developments may be looked for
within a short time.
MAY HAVE IT IN FOR THE PRESIDENT.
Col. G. H. Phinizy, of Augusta, is pres
ident of both of these roads, and he is in
! practical control just what the changes
are that are to be made is unknown, but
| it has even been limited that new presi-
dent will be elected and an entirely new
management put in. This would make
necessary some sweeping changes in these
! two lines, but matters would. Of course,
go on afterward just about as before, with
| the exception that there would be "a change
so far as the service in connection with
the Central, which is practically the
| power behind the throne, is concerned.
As yet this, of course, is all hearsay, but
1T is said that it will require only few
days to test the correctness of it.
When these matters are to come up is
not known exactly, but there are several
railroad meetings booked for Atlanta this
week and next, and this may be one of
| them.
The appointment of General Manager
Scott, OF the Georgia railroad, is not now
thought to be of any special significance
as was first thought to be the case. The
appointment was confirmed yesterday at
a meeting of the directory under the Joint
lease, and the resignation of the former
general manager, Green, accepted. What
the appointment of a Louisville and
Nashville man to that position means,
cannot be told at this stage of the game.