Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-01
RAILWAY NEWS AND GOSSIP Notable, but Quiet, Gathering
 Here of Superintendents TO ADJUSTLUMBER LOADING Chicago After the Cincinnati Southern-The
 Macon and Birmingham Sale-Agent
 Schrwer's Resignation.

A large number of prominent railroad
 officers held meeting at the Morris hotel
 yesterday to consider important matters.
 II Is said the principal matter under con
 sideration was the irregularity said to
 exist in the loading of lumber on cars.
 The railroads are anxious to remedy this
 if possible, but if anything definite was
 decided on yesterday it was not made
 public. The following officers were pres cnt
 w. J. Haylow, superintendent of trans portation of the Plant system, with head quarters in Savannah; Pulaski Leeds, SUI perintendent of machinery of the Louis ville and Nashville road, with headquar- ters in Louisville; c. F.. Evans super r. tendent of transportation of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad. with head quarters in Louisville; w. M. Newbold. l superintendent of the South and North | division of the Louisville and Nashville, with headquarters in Birming ham; John McCollum. superintendent of the Nash | vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, | with headquarters in Nashville; Cecil Gabbett. superintendent of the Alabama | and Georgia railroad, with headquarters
 in Americus, Ga; John H. Sullivan, su- perintendent of the Kansas City Mem
 phis and Birmingham railroad, with headquarters in Memphis; T. S. Moies superintendent of the Central of Georgia, with headquarters in Columbus, Ga; w. A. Vaughan. assistant general superin- | tendent of the Southern road, with head quarters in Chattanooga; w. R. Beaupre, | superintendent of the Fifth division of l the Southern road, with headquarters in
 Atlanta; A. J. Frazer. superintendent of | the Sixth division of the Southern road with headquarters in Birmingham;
 George W. Stevens superintendent of ear | service of the Cincinnati New Orleans
 and Texas Pacific railroad, with head
 quarters in Cincinnati
 No Appointment Yet
 No appointment to the vacancy caused l by Division Freight Agent Scbryver's S | resignation has been made yet but prob
 ably will be today. It is not yet known
 who the lucky man will be. MT. Schry- 1 yer will go to Chattanooga Monday to as- | sume his duties with the Cincinnati l Southern.
 | To Prevent Confirmation. The Macon Telegraph says: Tt Is said that McTighe & Go. are de- | termined to appeal to the supreme court | to prevent the confirmation of the sale | of the Macon and Birmingham railroad and that of the Cycloneta farm. Hon. l.. F. Garrard. representing the purchasers of the road. came to Macon yesterday and deposited with the supe- rior court the $l6S. .000 for the lease war
 rants that were sold with the road. The total amount deposited, including inter- est, etc., was $170. .504.03.
 "Messrs. Alex King and w. R. Ham, mond will reach Macon this morning.
 MT. King will perhaps ask that the mon- ey due his clients the rolling stock com pany, be paid over to him at once; but Judge Felton passed an. order yesterday requiring that the proceeds of the sale be kept in reach of the court until the sixty days allowed for appeal have ex- pired. or, at least, an agreement reached waiving the right of appeal to the su- preme court"
 Cincinnati to Sell. The sensation of the railroad world halls from Cincinnati. According to the story. the Cincinnati Southern Is to be sold to the highest bidder rather than have the rental reduced, which object now seems to be the one thing desired by the Southern railway people as pre- | cedent to taking hold of the road. | Chiefly of interest to the south is the | effect the sale. if made, would have on | the much agitated question of drifting southern trade from New York to Chi cago.
 It is said Chicago will be bidder for | the Cincinnati Southern should it be put l on the block The merchants of the northwestern metropolis are anxious to divert southern trade from New York to their city, and if they decide to bid on the Cincinnati Southern they will doubt less get the road.