The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-15
AHEAD OF ITS APPoRTI0NMENT
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA'S HAND
LING OF MONTGOMERY COTTON.

\ Lines to Consider the AppOrtiOn-
ment Agreement Friday or satur-
day-The Meeting Will Probably
Re Held in Savannah.
If is expected that the meeting of repre-
sentatiyes of the Montgomery lines in ref
erence TO the cotton situation, will be held
on Friday or Saturday of this week. One
or the other of those days will be selected
in case it is agreeable and convenient for
all the officials. These expected to be
present are Freight Traffic Manager d. F.
lack of the Plant system, Traffic Mana
Ger e H Hinton of the Central, General
Freight and Passenger Agent a. Pope of
the Georgia and Alabama, General Freight
Agent at Montgomery Shepard of the
Louisville and Nashville, and Traffic Man
ager Lutz of the Western of Alabama The
Mace of meeting has not been decided
upon. All of the officials have been notified
and nave signifed their intention of being
present if the selection of the time and
place is convenient. The meeting of several
DAYS ago, al which nothing was accom-
plished on account of the absence of rep
resentatve of the Georgia and Alabama
was held here. The officials of three of the
lines interested have their general offices
at Savannah, and it was for that reason
this city was selected as the place of meet
ing 1t is not thought that Mr.. Shepard
and Mr.. Lutz, who attended then, will OBJ
ject to coming here again TO transact the
business for which the first meeting was
called. 1t is thought that all the
roads will be represented at
this meeting. The officials will
discuss the Gotten situation at Montgom-
cry. 1t is said the apportionment agree
ment for the handling of the cotton from
that city has been overrun by one of the
roads. the Georgia and Alabama, and that
it is about 5000 or 5000 bales ahead.
MIR. E. II. Hinton, traffic manager of the
Central railroad, has gone to New York to
attend a rate meeting of rail and water
lines of the Atlantic coast. He will be away
until the latter part of the week.
Soliciting freight agents report very
good business in Savannah circles, and
say that very healthful and assured
feeling seems to prevail. One of them said
yesterday that business is better, from
the point of view of a freight agent than
II has been any time since summer.
Mr., E. f. Anderson, train master with
Office at Americas, for the Georgia and
Alabama railroad was in the city yester-
day.
Circulars have been issued announcing
the appointment at Montgomery of Mr.
W. T. Danforth as commercial agent for
the Georgia and Alabama railroad. Mr.
Danforth was formerly connected with the
Central at Montgomery in the same ca
pacity as that in which he will represent
the Georgia and Alabama. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Danforth means the creation
of the office of commercial agent for the
road at Montgomery. The business of the
Georgia and Alabama is constantly grow
ing, and its management makes every
provision for the convenience of it's pa
irons.
Mr.. C. w. Chears. southeastern agent
for the Georgia and Alabama railroad
with Office at Atlanta is in the city.
Mr.. John Shelton Williams, president of
the Georgia and Alabama railroad, went
north by way of the Plant system last
night, accompanied by the members of his
family party, in his private car. Mr.. Will
Jams spent three days in the city, during
which time his sister and Mrs. Williams
received many calls from Savannah ladies
at their car.
Mr.. r. G. Erwin, vice president of the
Plant system, leaves tonight in his pri-
waite car on a business trip to Jackson
vile.
The work of fitting up the offices of the
Georgia and Alabama railroad is pro-
crossing a a good rate, and it will not be
long before the remaining two rooms will
be ready for occupancy When the work
men have finished with the two in which
they are now busy, they will start to work
in making some additions to what they
have already done in one or two of the
rooms that are now occupied by the office
forces. The completion of all the rooms
VIII make the quarters much more conven-
lent for the occupants.
Mr.. c. G. Terry, travelling passenger
agent for the Atlantic Coast Line, is in
the city. Mr. Terry will remain in Savan-
nah and its vicinity for some two weeks
lie is on the lookout for turpentine hands
business for his line. There will be a heavy
travel in this branch Of passenger bust
ness at about Christmas time, and all the
roads running between Carolina and Geor-
gia and Florida points will be on the
watch to get their share of it.
Mr.. H. NJ. Flagler and party went
through Savannah last night by way of
the Plant system. He and his party were
direct from st. Augustine and were trav-
cling by private car.
Mr.. Frederick w. Cole, soliciting agent
at Gainesville, Fla, for the Plant system
was in the city yesterday, on a visit to
headquarters.
Mr.. B. F. Merritt has been appointed
soliciting freight agent of the Central at
Atlanta, in place of Mr.. c. C. Keene, re-
signed.
When the consideration of the anti
scalpers bill is taken up at Washington on
Friday there will be a New York delega-
ton down to appear in it's favor There
viii be about dozen merchants, mem
bers of the Merchants Association, which
was instrumental in securing the pass
age of the anu-scalping legislation in New
York. Railroad officials will be present
also, and the brokers' associations will
be represented by some of the most &C.
tive members who will use every effort to
Kill the proposed measure The mer-
chants want the federal legislature to pass
upon it, as the restrictions to the limits
of New York state are too great to admit
of the law attaining what thew think won la