The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-12
WITH THE RAILWAYS
MEETING OF LINES At INTEREST
POR sOUTH WESTERN SERVICE.
Double Trains from New Orie"ns-ihe
Southern Railway and Steamship AZ
socIation-Other Interesting News.

All things good seem to be coming At
ianta's way, and the latest probable DO
nanza is a double daily passenger tram
service between this city and New orleans
with direct connections with the southern
Pacific for the great southwest beyond
There Will be a meeting OF representatives,
of all the railroads at interest in this I'M
dertakng in Atlanta today. The meeting
Will occur this morning in the headquar-
ters of the Atlanta and West Point, Equi-
table building, and President George C.
Smith, Of the Atlanta and West Point
General Passenger Agent G. p. Atmore, or
the Louisville and Nashville; General Pas
senger Agent w. A. Turk, of the Southern;
and General Passenger Agent ). f. H.
Morse. of the Southern Pacific, will be In
attendance.
The conditions to be discussed bear upon
the mutual arrangements that can be made
i'm the way of schedules through from the
northeast to the southwest over the South
ern Pacific beyond New Orleans.
The Atlanta and West Point wishes to
put on an extra passenger train between
Atlanta and Montgomery. 1t asks the
Louisville and Nashville to cooperate with
IL at Montgomery to make the schedule
good through the Mississippi and the South
ern Pacific is asked there to take up the
train for the further west. At this end
of the line the Southern railway is asked
to take up the schedule with a train on to
the northeast. thus giving a through sched-
ule between the northeast and the remote
southwest.
Hallway AssOciatfOn's Future.
All eyes in the railroad arena of the south
are turned now to the postponed meeting OF
the Southern Railway ana Steamship As
socaton, to be held in New York, August
10th.
At this meeting will be decided the fate of
the association for the next year. The ar
ticles Of agreement by which the various
lines are bound to observe the laws of the
organization viii be taken up they we're
left from the meeting at Asheville recently,
and Will be acted on by those representa-
tives Of the railroads present.
1t is now thought doubtful whether the
meeting at Manhattan Beach will be final
or not II is believed that more trouble is
now brewing than ever before among the
several lines a issue in the formation of the
association upon such plans were sug-
gested by the special subcommittee at the
Asheville meeting. and it is believed that
no election of commissioner Will be ! ED at
this New York meeting.
Every day brings out the fact wore clear
" than before that the announcement II AIDE
by Commissioner Stahlman of the associa-
ton at the Ashevillc meeting. that re VIII
no longer hold the Office of commissioners
and that he would not under any Circum-
brought on considerable CONSERVATION
among the roads. Everything seems to be
in chaotic state. Nobody knows Just now
whether there will be any reorganization OF
the association or not. Those who do be-
Heve there will be a perpetuation Of the as
soclation think that 1t will be purely among
eastern lines.
1t is known positively that some trouble
is coming from the western side of the ter
ritory hitherto covered by the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association.
Thus it may be seen that there is moth
Ing that can definitely DC said as 20 the prob
able eoticn Of new commissioner OF th'
association at the coming meeting. The
presidents of the railroads that nave beer
members heretofore viii not care to cleo
"A commissioner until Il is definitely known
what lines ill Join the association.
If only the eastern lines become members
IL is clear that the presidents may desire
quite a different sort Of man for commits
sioner than would be desirable i
the western lines remained in as hereto
fore.