The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-28
CRAWFoRD'S BRILLIANT COUP.
MAYOR YOUNG OF THE OPINION
THAT THE DEAL WILL STAND.

THAT THE DEAL WILL STAND.
he SAYS the Georgia and south Car
DINA and Georgia Roads Have On
" Themselves 10 blame II They
Got Left-rhey win Probably Have
10 Paw Their Shrewder Rivals
Handsome Snm 10 Get in-sinEu-
lar Coincidence in Connection
Win the Arrival OF Fireman Har-
reII'~ Remains.
Augusta, Ga. May 27.-The coup Of the
Southern. Central ara Western Carolina
railways in buying the Augusta and sum
merville railway stock through Attorney
Henry Crawford IS The talk Of the town
To-day. and the general opinion seems 70
o. that the Georgia railroad has been
euchered 10y the shrewd railroad lawyer
OF Thomas d Ryan. To-day Mayor Young
in talking on the situation, said: Yes,
Tie city has done everything that we
could. and we propose to DO 50 in the fu-
ture. You may be sure that no action Of
the city Will strengthen the position Of one
railroad or sch Of railroads against an
other. as far as the city can prevent The
railroads must settle their own differences
snd the city is most anxious that they DO
So salts factorily-"
Continuing. tie mayor said. ITO show
you that we have sought in every way 10
be perfectly fair and to protect every line
entering the city. we signed a contract
with the railroads, pending The litigation
between the city and the Augusta and
summerviIle railroad, providing that the
railroads would purchase from the Angus
"a and summerville. the tracks rights,
etc. OF that company, if the litigation was
decided against the Augusta and Summer
vile. This" said the mayor rs just
what has been done by three OF the roads
and it Is not the fault Of the city if the
Georgia and the South Carolina and Geor-
gia refused to 90 into the agreement.
There is no reason why the Georgia and
the Georgia and South Carolina should
not have accepted the city's terms and In
fact made the purchase of the Augusta
and summerville instead Of the three
other roads"
What the outcome will be is at present
only a matter OF surmise, but the general
South Carolina railroads will have to
pay well TO their shrewder rivals for priv
ileges which they might have been JOINT
owners to. if they had been wise and got
ten in on the ground floor.
The body of W. r. HarreH, the Savan-
nah fireman, who died yesterday in con-
sequence Of a fan he received from the
tower of his engine house, was brought
20 Augusta this morning for interment.
this city being his former home. The
body was met at the depot this morning
by a delegation Of Augusta firemen and
a committee from Vigilant Lodge, Knights
Of Pythias, who escorted il to the Gene
terry chapel. A squad OF Augusta firemen
acted as pail bearers for the dead fireman,
and singular coincidence resulted. While
the body was being escorted to the Central
railway depot at Savannah last night, an
alarm Of fire was rung in, and the chief
Of the department had to leave the es-
corting party and 90 to the blaze. Strange
TO say, the same thing happened this
morning here. Chief Roulett, who met
the body at the depot on the arrival OF
the train, had to leave to attend fire at
the Riverside mills.
Augustus latest cotton mill is already
getting ready for enlargement. The Aiken
Manufacturing Company viii build large
extension TO their cotton mill at Bath
S. c., right away. Plans have been
drawn and bids for the work are now be-
ing made, and the building viii begin as
soon as the estimates are all in and the
contract can be awarded. The extension
will add 1900 spindles to the mill, and
will make its total number q 1900 almost
double its present capacity. There is also
about forty-five new dwellings to be built
for operatives. which will add materially
TO the growth and development of Bath.
This little place is five miles from Au-
gusta, IN Carolina. but the headquarters
are in Augusta, and il Is counted among
the Augusta mills.
A rather peculiar accident happened to
Mrs. NJ. A. Slack. superintendent of the
woman exchange, to-day. She stepped on
the hearth while reaching for some article
on the mantelpece and was startled at
feeling the bricks give way beneath her
feet. The entire hearth tumbled in and
precipitated her TO her arm-pits into the
cellar. She chung by her arms, and es-
capped without anything more serious than
some bruises and a severe shock. No
body else being nearby to answer her
calls for help, it was with great diff
Guilty that she climbed back into the room