The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-16
THE RECEIVERS DISCHARGED
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD RECEIv-
ERsHIP AT AN END.

Judge Pardee OverruIed the Excep-
lions of the Western Union TeIe-
graph Co., and of Mrs. Paul and
Has Ordered the Receivers Bonds
Cancelled end Their Liability Ter
mfnated-The Receivers Assets
Turned over to the Central of
Georgia Railway Company.
The order of Judge Pardee of the United
States circuit court. overruling the excep-
tons of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, and of Mrs. Mary f. Paul, to
the discharge of the receivers of the Cen
trail railroad, was filed in the office of the
| clerk of the court here yesterday
The Western Union and Mrs. Paul en-
deavored to prevent the final discharge of
the receivers. on the ground of alleged err
rors in the report of the master. Geo. w.
Owens, Esq, and a lack of proof of the
correctness of the receivers accounts and
final reports, Three other exceptions exist
ed, those of the Southwestern Railroad
Company, the Augusta and Savannah
railroad, and the Farmer Loan and Trust
Company, but were either withdrawn or
| abandoned.
Judge Pardee overruled the exceptions
by the Western Union and Mrs. Paul. The
order discharging the receivers reads as
follows
at is ordered that Hugh NJ. Conner and
r. Somers Hayes, as receivers of the Cen
trail Railroad and Banking Company of
Georgia, of the Ocean Steamship Company
of Savannah. of the New England and
| Savannah Steamship Company, and of the
| Savannah and Atlantic Railway Company,
| having fully complied with the orders of
| this court, signed Feb. 3, 1896, for the turn
ing over of their assets to
Samuel Thomas and Thomas r.
Ryan, and having done all of the
things required by them in and by the
said order, are entitled to be and remain
fully and forever discharged and released
from all other and further accounting or
| liability of any kind whatsoever by rea-
| son of their appointment as receivers as
aforesaid, and that from and after the
| filing of this order In the clerks ONCE,
| the receivers shall be and they are for
ever discharged and relieved from all
| accounting as such. 1t is ordered that
on the filing of this order the clerk shall
| cancel the official bonds filed by the re-
ceivers and return the same to them or
| their counsel"
Judge Pardee's order making the Cen
trail of Georgia Railway Company a party
in all pending interventions whether they
be against the receivers or for prefer
entail claims, or for the enforcement OF
any rights or claims against the assets
of the company or the receivers, with full
right to appeal from any orders or de-
crees which may be rendered and to ex-
ercise all the rights which could
have been exercised by them or by
the corporations whose assets they held
was filed along with the order discharg-
ing the receivers.
The order conveys all the assets and the
property held by the receivers, except the
claims against the Port Royal and Western
Carolina and Port Royal and Augusta
roads, and all the assets Of the Contra
Railroad and Banking Company and the
Savannah and Atlantic, which were in the
receivers hands, except such as were sold
under foreclosure and those ordered solo
by Master Commissioner w. r. Leaken
to the Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany.
Judge Pardee states that nothing il
the order shallabe construed to discharge
Messrs. Thomas and Ryan as parties un
der the order Of Feb. g. 1895, nor to relieve
them from accounting for the cash anC
assets which they received from the re
ceivers under its provisions.
The order directs the receivers to turf
over to the Central of Georgia Railway
Company all their vouchers, books and &C
counts to be kept subject to examination
The bonds of the receivers will be can
celled and turned over to Messrs. Come
and Hayes at once. This settles the re
ceivership which began March 4, 1892, anC
which has been one of the most famous o.
railroad receiverships in the country.