The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-27
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest to Savannah ana
Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
Mr.. D. F. Jack, third vice president Of
the Plant system, left last night for Au-
gusta. Mr. Jack will go from Augusta
to Washington to attend the meeting to
be held there tomorrow of executive Of
ficials of the lines comprised In the new
Southeastern Freight and Passenger AS
sociations. The final adoption of the ar
ticles Of agreement of the new associa-
tons will be the business before the meet
ing.
President H. B. Plant Of the Plant sys-
tenn will leave to-day for New York. after
stay Of two or three days in Savannah.
Mr.. Plant returned Saturday night from
trip he had made over the system in
company with Superintendent Durham. In
speaking of the immediate business out
look, he did not seem very hopeful. He
anticipates an extremely duh summer sea-
son, and 1t was in the expectation of de-
creased receipts that certain changes
among the employees were ordered. He
said he greatly regretted that the neces-
sity for disseminating the service of some
OF the employees had arisen, but with the
prospect of dun times it was impossible
to retain them all. Changes, too, in the
train service will in all probab ility be or
dered, as the management of the system
Is determined as far as possible to bring
the expenses down.
On being asked if after May / all en-
ployes might rest assured in their posi-
tons, so long as their work is satisfac-
tory, Mr.. Plant replied that he could not
say. He said that he knows of no further
changes just at present, but it may be-
~ n q 10 hav
Mr.. George w. Haines, who Is connected
with the Plant system at Waycross, is in
the city.
Mr.. s. S. F'tzsimmons, master of road
way for the Plant system, with headquar-
ters at Waycross, came up yesterday.
Mr.. w. V. Lifsey, division passenger
agent of the Plant system, returned yes
terday to his Montgomery headquarters,
after two or three days spent in the city.
The work of grading the site for the new
shops and yards of the Georgia and Ala
bama railroad at Americas is under way
and will be concluded in about two weeks
when the erection of the buildings will
commence. The shops will be complete in
every detail and will rank among the best
in the south. Sixty thousand dollars will
be spent on the property, half that amount
in addition being represented already in
buildings now standing.
1t seems probable that Mr.. E. A. Rich
ards, lessee of the Northeastern railway.
will bid for the property when it is put
up for SALE He has intimated that he
desires to purchase the road. 1t is thought
that the chances of his buy
ing 1t are enhanced by the
fact that the sale is to be made
subject to the lease. Other bidders may
consider the matter, as the lease possibly
could be secured from the present lessee
after the sale. Should the road be ex-
tended after the sale, and there is every
indication to point to that fact now, the
country through which the line will be
run VIII be developed, bringing into the
market fine granite and marble and min
erals. Several lines have been surveyed,
two or three of which are said to be
practicable. One line runs to Chatta-
nooga Via Lula junction, and the others
nave the same destination, but by different
route. The six months in which the sale
is to be conducted expires June "A, and
the governor will probably take definite
action within the next day or two NAM
ing the date of sale and giving the par
ticulars and the terms of the sale. The
minimum price named In the bill author,
izing the sale of the state road is $2S7, 900,
which is about 1000 per mile, the road be.
ing a little over forty miles long. The
sale will be advertised by the governor In
four of the papers of the state The lease
held by Mr.. Richards has had all but
one of its quarterly payments made, and
has run for about a year. The last quar-
ter's payment is due, but the sixty days
grace allowed has not expired and until
it does the lease is not forfeited.
Owing to the prospective dizziness in rail-
road business during the summer months
the passenger traffic manager of the Plant
system has notified MIR. James w. Carr,
district passenger agent, Mr.. R. 8. French
travelling passenger agent, and Mr.. Rem
sen Crawford, press agent, that 1t will be
impossible for the system to retain their
services during that time. These gentle
men will sever their connection with the
road May !. Each of them is we'll
equipped for railroad work and their SER
vices while with the system have been
wholly satisfactory. Personally they have
been held in high esteem by the officials,
and they have all done fine work. With
the travelling public each is popular, and
their employment has added greatly to
the popularity of the Plant system. Mr.
Carr though a young man, is a veteran in
the railroad business, having seen service
continuously in the passenger departments
of some of the most important lines in the
south for the past ten years. Personally
there is no better liked or better known
railroad man in the state than Jim Carr
Mr. French has been the roads represen-
tative at Jacksonville during the winter
season. During last summer and fall he
was employed in the passenger department
as chief clerk. His services were exem-
plary in both positions, and his withdraw
al from the system now will remove one
or its best men. Mr.. Crawford has been
with the Pant sytem for almost a year
and during that time many able articles on
the system and it's route have come from
his pen.
A RAILROAD RUMOR.