The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-05
DON'T THINK MUCH OF IT.
What Capt. Johnston and Nr. Logan Say
About The EleCtTiC'S Suit.

About The EleCtTiC'S Suit.
Capt. Johnston Says the Case viii oc-
oupy the Time of the Court for a Month
fits Brought to Trial and VIII Be
Productive of Nothing but Fees for
the Lawyers-In Casa 1t Does Come
Up There VIII Re some Unpleasant
Revelations for the Other side-Mr.
Hartman Expected Back Shortly.
The suit of the Electric Railway Com
pany against Mr.. J. y Hartman and the
sIoss Iron and Coal Company for $500
damages created considerable talk yester-
day. Mr. Hartman is in New York, but is
expected back in Savannah shortly. Man
ager James Logan of the Sloss Iron and
Coal Company was out Of the city Satur-
day while the property Of his company
was being levied upon and did not know
OF the levy until his return to the city late
al night.
7 shall give bond the first thing Monday
morning" said Mr.. Logan, land our Gus
toners will md us at the old stand
Mr.. Logan was not disposed to discuss
the subject of the damage suit. Il don't
think it will amount to anything, but pre-
fer to let my lawyers do the talking" he
said
President Johnston Of the City and Su-
burban railroad seemed to be taking
things easy whe called upon at his Office.
He did not appear to attach much impor-
tance to the suit. Mr.. Hartman, he said,
in answer to a question owned more than
cho s,Fe in nd
ban railway. Capt. Johnston did not
know the exact amount of his holdings in
the Savannah, Thundsrbolt and Isle Of
Hope railroad.
what in your opinion will be the result
of the suit?" was asked.
I'm my opinion the suit will result in
three things" was the reply First to
consume about thirty days time of the
court; second to enable some attorneys TO
earn big fees; and third, to air whole lot
of things that some people had rather not
have made public"
Capt. Johnston was asked to explain him
self Well" he replied, there will be a
great deal of ground to be gone over
when the case comes up for a hearing and
] think 1t will require just about thirty
days to cover all the ground There will
be some things brought out which the
other people would much prefer should be
kept quiet. Some light may be thrown
upon inside affairs which will be very in
teresting to outsiders"
Capt Johnston would not say what the
matters were to which he referred and
which would not be pleasant to the other
people when they were brought out. He
intmated that the real estate company
which owns all the stock of the original
Electric Railway Company might be
called to account for this stock and to ex-
plain how it came in possession Of it. II
might be found he said, that the stock is
q oF Ia . -
should be shown that the real estate
company had never paid in a dollar for the
stock.
Suit was entered about two weeks ago
IN the city court by the Sloss Iron and
Coal Company against the Electric Rail-
way Company for $500, the amount of the
coal bill which Manager Logan sought
TO collect from the Electric railway by
his petition for a receiver. This is one
OF the accounts which was assumed or
Endorsed by Mr.. Hartman prior to the
hearing of the petition for receiver and
the fact Of which Endorsement will be used
as evidence of a conspiracy to throw his
rivals into the hands of a receiver.
Mr.. Hartman guaranteed the payment
OF the account by Dec. /, and if that time
arrives before the payment of the ac-
count, which in all probability il Will,
Mr.. Hartman will have it to pay, SO Mr..
Logan says. This, however, does not pre-
vent suit being brought on the account
whether it remains in the hands OF the
Sloss Company or is assumed by Mr.. Har-
rInan. The account is disputed by Pres.
dent Collins, who claims that the coal
was short in quantity and of poor quality
Mr. Logan contends that the fact of Mr.
Harriman's Endorsement of the account
had nothing to do with the bringing OF
the petition for a receiver and that there
had been no previous understanding be.
tween them on the subject He was look.
ing for some one to secure him in the col
lection of his account, he said, and acct
dentally meeting Mir. Hartman in The
Office of Barrow & Osborne, the latter
readily consented to guarantee the paw.
ment Of the claim.
Messrs. Barrow & Osborne are the at.
torneys for the Sloss company and O'Con.
nor < O'Byrne are Mr.. Harriman's at.
torneys, while Charlton. Mackau & An.
derson and Denmark and Adams repre-
sent the Electric Railway Company A
big legal battle is predicted when the case
comes up for hearing
The reorganization plan of the Elec.
tric Railway Company which it was an.
nounced last month had been nearly com.
pleted, has not yet been made public
A gentleman who claimed to have some
inside information informed a Mornine
News reporter yesterday that the plar
had fallen through, as the parties whom
it was intended to satisfy by means OF
the reorganization declined to accept the
offer made them.