The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-20
VICE PRESIDENT EeAN HERE.
HIS ONLY OBJECT THE SUCCESS OF
THE CENTRAL SYSTEM.

| So Far as He Is Concerned He Says
PosItiOn-He Is Here to Aid Presi-
dent Conner and to Work For the
Interests of the Central and the
People Interested-WiI Make His
Home in Savnnnah-He Wants to
Build Up Savannah and Every
Town and City on the Lines of the
system.
Vice President John M. Egan of the Cen
trail Of Georgia Railway Company arrived
in Savannah yesterday morning and has
assumed active charge of his duties in that
connection.
Mr. Egan reached Atlanta a day or two
ago and met President H. NJ. Conner and
General Superintendent T. D. Kline there
He has taken a look over the main line
between Savannah and Atlanta, but has
not as yet had an opportunity of going
over the other parts of the system. He
spent yesterday with Mr.. Kline in looking
over the terminal properties, depots, shops
and other departments of the system in
Savannah with a view to thoroughly ia
miliarizing himself with the property at
once.
Mr.. Egan was seen by a representative
of the Morning News at the Central rail-
road shops, of which he was just making
a tour with superintendent Kline. When
asked his opinion of the system and it's
condition so far as he had seen 1t, he re-
piled:
81 have only seen a portion of it. that
between Atlanta and Savannah, and 1
have been here so short a time that 1 am
scarcely qualified to speak on that subject.
The departments seem to be in the best
shape, and there is no reason why we
should not have here one of the best prop
critics in the south"
Il have come here to assist Mr.. Conner in
every way that 1 possibly can" said Mr..
Bgan, when asked as to the duties of his
office as vice president. land to make a
success of the property and to increase if
1 can, the prosperity of the public. 1 find
here a very good corps of officials and I
have been treated very cordially by those
1 have met. They appear to have all of
their departments well organized, so far
as | can see.
''If can do anything with my humble
efforts toward Improving the property and
the interests of the people whom it
serves, l am going to do it. We want
to make Savannah a thorough seaport
town that shall be known and sought
far and wide, and our object will be to
establish cordial relations with every
other railroad with which we come in
contact. Not only this, but it shall be
our object to improve and help build UP
every town and city on the lines of the
system"
Railroad employees always look for
something Of shaking up when a new
official is put in charger" was suggested.
There is to be no shaking up" Mr..
Egan replied, land no person so far as 1
know or have anything to do with it, Is
going to lose his position. 1 have not
come here to make changes. My princi-
pal object is to increase the business of
the Central of Georgia, and give the boys
more work to do, perhaps, than they have
had heretofore"
This will no doubt be welcome news to
those of the employees who seemed to
think the election of vice president who
is to be in general charge of the OPERA
lions of the property meant that there
were to be a good many changes, and they
were waiting to see where the ak was
going to fall first.
Mr.. Egan will bring his family to Sa-
vannah shortly, and he says he intends
to make his home here, and become a
thorough Savannahian. 1t has not been
definitely decided as yet where his Office
will be located.
Mr.. Egan, as is well-known is a rail-
road man of wide experience. He began
in the shops and worked his way up
through various grades to the high posi-
ton he now occupies in the railroad
world. His work has been largely with
the railroad systems of the northwest,
though he was at one time located in
Missouri He became especially famous
in railroad circles at the time OF the big
Chicago strike of 1894, when, as chair
man of the General Managers Associa-
ton, he was the executive officer for the
railroad men in conducting their side of
the strike. and it was he who made so
successful a fight on President e. ".
Debs of the A. r. U. He is a gentleman
of the most pleasant manners and ad-
dress and will undoubtedly take a popu-
lar stand among railroad men of this sec