The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
SOUTHERN EXPRESS OFFICERS
xo CHANGE IN THE BOARD OF d.
RECTORS.

| s-,nuah, Florida and Western Rail-
Why stockholders to Hold Their
.,uuaI Meeting To-day-President
plant and His officers to Go on "a
rour of the SUPERINTENDENT and
nivisiOn Counsel Hold a Meeting.
The thirty-ffth annual meeting of the
.barebolders of the Southern Express
C,mpauy was held yesterday morning at
tba offices of the company. The reports
Of the officers were received. The cleo.
zion If the board of directors and officers
f,r The ensuing year resulted, as was
avnected, in the same board remaining.
The board consists of Messrs. H. b.
plant. NJ. F. Plant and H. Sanford of
New York, NJ. ]. O'Brien, Hugh Dempsey
and D. F. Jack of Augusta and C. L.
Loop of Chattanooga.
The following officers were elected by
the directors Immediately after the meet
ing of the shareholders:
Presidential. B. Plant.
Vice President and General Managerial.
j. O'Brien.
Vice President-M. F. Plant.
Secretary and Treasurer-George H. Til
ley.
Assistant General Manager-T. w.
Leary.
Traffic Manager-C. l.. Loop.
General Counsel-F. G. duBignon.
The general and division counsel for the
Plant system held a meeting yesterday
morning at the office of the general coun-
sci, Messrs. Erwin, duBignon & Chisholm.
II is customary for these meetings to be
held from time to time in order to allow
the legal representatives of the system an
opportunity to discuss the questions of in
terest to them. At the meeting were Hon.
w. e. Kay, Brunswick; Hon. R. G.. Erwin,
New York; Hon. S. G. MeLendon, Thomas
Vile; Hon. ]. e. Hartridge, Jacksonville;
Judge E. K. Foster, Gainesville; Hon. A.
A. Wiley, Montgomery; G. B. Sparkman,
ESQ., Tampa p. H. Gadsden, ESQ. ,
Charleston; Hon. F. G, duBignon, w l..
Clay, Esq, w. c. Stevens, Esq, and w.
S. Chisholm, ESD, city.
Excursion rates under the rules of the
Southeastern Passenger Association have
been authorized by the commissioner for
delegates and members attending the fol-
lowing meetings: Epworth League (Fifth
general conference districD, Cincinnati,
Nov. 26-2S; National prison congress- Aus
tin Tex, Dec. 81; Congregational Metho-
dist church general conference) Admission,
Ala, Dec. 2-10; African Free and Accepted
Masons grand LODGE, Montgomery, Dec.
clio; Colored Methodist Episcopal church
annual conference), Lafayette, Ala, Dec.
Up; Baptist state convention (colored),
Uniontown, Ala, Dec S-12; Methodist
Episcopal church Central Alabama confer
ence), Alexander City. Dec. S-14; Baptist
state convention Birmingham, Dec. 14-17;
African Methodist Episcopal Zion church
North Alabama conference), Birmingham,
Jan. II.
Col. D. E. Maxwell, general manager of
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road, has been elected second vice presi-
dent He will continue to hold the title
and discharge the duties of general man.
ager. The first announcement of Mr..
MaXwell's election was made recently at
dinner party given recently by H. r. Du-
val in Washington.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Savannah Florida and Western rail-
road will be held this morning at the offices
of the Plant system. The officials of the
system, who have been here for several
days, will leave soon after the meeting
for Brunswick, whence they will go out
for the tour of the entire property. Those
I'm authority say that the same board OF
officers and directors will be reelected for
the Savannah, Florida and Western and
for the other lines that comprises the sys-
tenn
An extra train will be run to Tybee on
Thanksgiving day 1t Is thought that
there will be a number of people who would
lick to go down to the island in the event
the day is pleasant In addition to the
extra. the regular trains will be run. The
extra will leave Savannah at o'clock and
returning will leave Tybee at 4:3O.
URGED UNITY OF EFFORT.