The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
G. & A. STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
TERNINAL CON5PANY'S AFFAIRS
WILL BE TAKEN Up TODAY.


Morning-WiH Hold the Proxies o.
Absentces-The Meeting an Adj
journed One and Is for the Purpose
OF Taking Legal Action on the Is
sue of the S1,OOO,COO Worth of
Bonds on the Terminal Property
on Hutchinson IsIand-Chief En-
Sineer for the Work Engaged.
An adjourned meeting Of the stockhold-
ers Of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad
will he held to-day in the company's gen
eral Offices. President John Shelton VIII
Jams and Vice President ]. w Mlddendorf
and possibly others are expected this
morning.
The meeting will be held for the pur-
pose of passing legally, by action of the
! stockholders. upon matters relative to the
issue of 81, 100000 in bonds on the terminals
| to be established by the Georgia and AID
bama Terminal Company. The gentlemen
! who win be in attendance upon the meet
| ing wiz hold the proxies of absentees
There is to be considerable business rel
alive to the terminals before the meeting.
1t is not improbable that all OF it cannot
be concluded to-day and that ii will be
necessary for the officers to hold over
| untn tomorrow for its consideration.
The chief engineer, who will have the
construction OF the terminals in charge,
! has been engaged and is in the city. This
| is Maj. Johnson, a gentleman well known
| through his engineering ability. He has
| been connected with engineering work for
a number of the leading lines OF the East,
| particularly the Baltimore and Ohio. Fol
| this road he Superintendent the construc-
! ton of the famous Locust Point termi-
nails at Baltimore. Maj. johnson comes
well recommended to the management of
i the Georgia and Alabama, and it is be-
! lieyed that his administration of che teTmi-
nal affairs until the work is over will
tend to its success.
The meeting to-day viii have an oppor-
| tunity to observe something of the worR
/ that has been done by the engineers who
have been engaged for some weeks in
! making typographical maps of the island
/ They have progressed far in this work
/ and the preliminary operations for the es-
| Enlistment of the big terminals may be
said to be well under way.
Mr.. John N. Egan, vice president of the
| Central Railroad, is off on the line of the
| road on a business trip.
The friends OF Col. A. Pope, general
| freight and passenger agent Of the Georgia
and Alabama Railroad, will regret TO leart,
| that he is confined to his room at the De
Soto by an attack of grip.
Mr.,J. c. Halle, general passenger agent
Of the Central, who has been quite Ill
from typhoid fever, is reported as greatly
! improved. His friends hope he will be en-
| trely recovered within few days
special train passed through last night
/ by the Plant System for Miami, carrying
TWO companies of engineers. The troops
came from Augusta and were received by
the Plant System at Yemassee. They are en-
| route to Havana.
A movement of 1876 engineers and eight
officers began yesterday from Huntsville
for Miami, where a vessel will be taken
for Havana. The Central Railroad got a
share of the business, taking the troops
| al Atlanta.
Mr. G. N. Saussy having resigned as
general freight and passenger agent of the
Carabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Rail
| road to enter business elsewhere, the office
| has been abolished General Manaser
| Crittfnden has issued a circular request
ing that all correspondence as We'll as
| matters pertaining to rates or claims to-
! gether with agents reports heretofore sent
to the general freight and passenger agent
hereafter be addressed to f. w. Arms
strong, auditor. The changes are effective
Jan. l.
Dec. IS the engineers of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway accomplished the
wonderful engineering task of moving its
| cotton bridge crossing the Kinnickinnic
! river at Milwaukee, on its Chicago divis-
| ion, down stream go feet. This is a feat
| that has been undertaken but a very few
times in the history of engineering. The
| bridge was a single-track draw, and was
! removed to a new foundation in the quick
| time of two hours and forty-seven minutes
| The structure was floated on two scows
one on either side of the center, which
were sunk with 10000 gallons of water
| with the scows in proper position, the
water was pumped out and the bridge
gradually lifted from its foundation and
lowed to its new resting place by two tugs
! The bridge was in perfect condition and
was removed only to make way for a
double-track structure of the latest pat
tern.
The Constitution congratulates Atlanta
upon the offer by the Central Railroad of
a site for a federal prison building Not
only Atlanta, but the state of Georgia, the
Constitution says, is to be congratulated
| that such a splendid and generous rail-
road system is one OF their links of pas
seuger and freight traffic for the Central
has responded in the fun measure of the
benefits it receives and shows no hest
fancy in its response to an urgent need
where its territory is involved.
WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES.