Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-16
NO QUORUM PRESENT
 ' At the Meeting of the Southern
 Passenger Association Ts9LD IN NEW YORK CITY looks Like Break Up of Housekeeping-Another Call to Meet in Atlanta.
sSLD IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-As result of conference of ten members of the Southern Passenger association held in the Waldorf hotel it was decided to call meeting within three weeks at Atlanta, Ga. of all persons interested in southern passenger traffic.
 "Seyeral roads belonging 10 the pas senger association," said Chairman II. Walters at the close of the meeting. "have given notice of withdrawal aud until we can get them to remain or get in new members the association may be dis solved.'
 The conference was secret and reticence was observed by all interested.
 The Southern Passenger association em- braces the managing officers of twenty three roads south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi. Accord ing to the call issued the annual meeting was to have been held today, but it was found that outside of the com missioner and assistant commissioner of the association but eight roads were represented. This was three less than quorum, the associa- tion, with the com missioner aud assistant commissioner, having a total representa- ton of twenty-five, making a quorum of thirteen necessary. No meeting could 
 hold conference and informally discuss the association's s affairs.
 Those present were Commissioner D. B. Stahlman, Assistant Commissioner M. Alabama Midland railway, the Brunswick and Western railroad, the Charleston and Savannah railway and the Savan nah, Flo ida and Western railway; H. P. Wal ters, president, and Traffic Manager T. M. Emerson of the Atlantic Coast Line; Mai. hoIl ,f ha Central Railroad of Georgia, and it's gen. eral passenger agent, J. C. Halle; Stuart k. Knott, first vice. president, and c. P. Atmore, general passenger agent, Of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and J. NJ. Culp, traffic manager; w. A. Turk, general passenger agent, and 5. H. Harde wick, assistant general passenger agent, of the Southern Railroad company.
 After the close of the conference, which lasted from ;45 a. m. till D. m., H. Walters, president of the association, who acted as chairman of the conference, made the following announcement: iNo quo- rum being present we resolved ourselves into a general conference, and according to u resolution passed a cali is to be issued for mass meeting of all those interested in pas senger traffic in the territory of the South- ern Passenger association at Atlanta, Ga. The time for calling the mass meeting is limited to three weeks from date, and tue resolution directs that the meeting be to decide all questions.
 MT. Walters declined to give the name of the mover of the resolution or those taking part in the discussion during the confer. ence, but added: "Seyeral mem bers Of the association have signified their intention of withdrawing. Their withdrawal would seriously affect the association, and for that reason we will issue call for a mass meeting of persons interested in southern traffic and there make effort to strengthen the association. That we can do if we succeed in persuading the would be seceders to remain with us or get enough others to take their places.'