The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In savannah ana
Elsewhere.

| Gov. Atkinson has appointed Hon. j. N
Allen Of Thonmston and Hon. Madison
! Reeves Of Greenvlle as arbitrators be.
| tween the state and the Macon and Bir-
mingham railroad in the tax assessment
dispute. The railroad has appointed Cecil
Gabbett, general manager OF the Georg a
and Alabama, as its arbitrator. Che dis
pute between the state and the road has
| been going on for some time. The state
claimed That the railroad did not make q
fun return of its taxable property and
Supt. jeff Lane was appointed by the road
and Commissioner l.. y. Trammcll by the
state to assess the value of the taxable
property. Mr. Lane and Mr. Trammell fail
ed to agree, so The three new arbitrator
have been appointed.
Mr. Remsen Crawford, press agent of
the Plant system, has been rendered the
appointment as assistant marshal at the
North Carolina fair to be held during the
fall at Raleigh
Mr. Crawford received notice Of his APP
pointment from Mr.. E. p. McKissick chief
marshal of the occasion, who is well known
as the owner and manager of the cele-
brated Battery Park hotel at Ashevile.
The holding Of the state fair is the event
OF agricultural, mechanical and social in
terest In the Old North state and the APP
pointment of MIR. Crawford as one of the
marshals is a great compliment to him.
Mr. w. G. Davis, chief rate clerk Of the
freight department of the Plant system,
has returned from a visit to his old home
at Gainesville, Fla.
Mr. W. II. Peasants. general freight
agent of the Florida Central and PENN
sular, was in the city yesterday.
Col. A. Pope, traffic manager Of the
Georgia and Alabama, spent yesterday In
the city.
Mr. r. II. Wright, general freight ana
passenger agent of the Port Royal and
Augusta, was in Savannah yesterday.
The Southern Express Company takes
charge of express matter on the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad, seventy miles. 1t
will assume business on the Paducah,
Tennessee and Alabama, and on the Ten
nessee Midland. between Paducah, Ky,
and Memphis, Tenn. The Southern now
conducts business on all the lines south
of the Ohio, except the Illinois Central.
When train No. 80, north bound and
late by three hours on the Plant system,
reached the extreme southern part of the
city, the afternoon of the storm, it was
spinning along at a good round pace.
Telegraph wires had blown across the
tracks just this side of Twelfth street
crossing, and the wheels catching these,
a spectacle OF telegraph poles jerked out
of the ground and sent spinning over and
over in the air presented itself to those
in the neighborhood
The swish of the wires as they cut the
air and the noise OF the poles dashing
against trees and fences attracted the
attention of many, and two or three poles
were seen flying. The train went on as
if nothing had happened. 1t had been de-
layod by the fall of poles across the track
this side of Fleming.
| Mr. F. NJ. Jolly, division passenger agent
| of the Plant system with headquarters at
Tampa, accompanied by Mrs. Jolly, spent
yesterday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. jolly
| are making a wedding tour of the south
prior to being "at home" to their friends
| at Tampa, oct. 10.