The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
ENGINEER YET TO BE ENGAGED
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA TERMINAL
WORK PROGRESSING.

President John SHELTON williams
Says "a Chief Engineer VIII Soon
he secured-Surveys still Being
in order That Plans May De
Enthusiastically Meeting of the
Board of Directors IF the G. & A.
Was TO Have Been Held Yesterday,
But Quorum Yves Not Present.
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Georgia and Alabama Railroad was
to have been held yesterday at the general
Offices, but the failure of a quorum pre-
vented. President John SHELTON Williams
was down from Richmond for the meet
ing, and Directors ]. D. Stetson Of Macon,
w. F. Cochran of Yonkers, N. Y, and ].
w. Middendorf of Baltimore were. present
of the out-of-town members of the board.
In The absence of a quorum, the meeting
of the directors resolved itself into a dis
cussion of the roads affairs, and President
Williams said last night, at the De Soto,
where he stopped during his stay in the
city, that the gathering had proven profit
able, even though there could be no reg
ular meeting, as there were a number of
matters with which the directors desired
to become familiar and in which they are
interested. The visiting gentlemen left
last night for their homes
President Williams said that the work
preparatory to the construction of the
roads extensive terminals on Hutchinson's
Island is progressing. The engineer to be
in charge has not yet been secured, though
the officials have an understanding as to
whom they want and think it win be but
a few days before he will be engaged. In
the meantime, engineers are at work on
the island making their surveys for the
drawing of plans for the terminals.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent w. G.
Brewer of the Central Railroad has about
gotten well settled in his new quarters, at
the rear of Theus Bros. His new Of
flee is nicely decked out with palms and
foliage plants, and presents an attractive
appearance. Mr.. Brewer will be glad to
welcome visitors. who may drop in TO ten
der their congratulations upon his change
10 more commodious quarters.
The passenger department of the Central
Railroad has hit upon a good plan of in
dicating just where the army camps in
the South are to be located The birds
eye view maps of the road have had flags
stamped upon them at the points where
the camps will be located. The whole sit
uation is apparent at glance.
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 and conventions: Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary con-
venton and South Carolina Lutheran
synod, Charleston, Nov. 10; A. NJ e.
Church, Southwest Georgia conference,
Talbotton, Nov. Is; United Congrega-
tonal conference of Georgia, Fort Valley,
Nov. 3-S; Alabama Baptist state conven-
ton, Opelika, Nov. sill; United Daughters
of the Confederacy Hot Springs, Ark,
Nov. ZIP; Alabama conference of the
| Methodist Protestant Church, Montgoln-
cry, Nov. 1O-14; state convention of the
State Missionary Society. Macon, Nov.
| 14-17; Synod of Alabama, Talladega, Nov.
! 1921; Memphis conference NJ. e. Church
| South, Paducah, KY, Nov. 1921; annual
| conference of the c. M e. Church, Annis-
ton. Ala, Nov. 1927; North Alabama con-
ference of the NJ. e. Church, South,
Huntsville, Nov. $3.50; North Georgia con-
| ference Methodist Episcopal Church
/ South Augusta, Nov %, Dec. /; Grand
Lodge A. F. and A. Masons of Alabama,
| Montgomery, Dec. 2-10; Union of American
| Hebrew congregation, Richmond, Dec. 6-S;
South Georgia conference of NJ. e. Church
| South, Hawkinsville, Dec. 7-13; New Era
Baptist state convention of Alabama, Dec.
SIP; Savannah annual conference of the
| NJ. E. Church, Macon, Dec. 1920; Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity, New Orleans, Dec.
1881.
Mr.. c.. w, Perkins. vice president and
general manager of the Wrightsville and
Tennille Railroad, was among the visitors
who spent yesterday in the city.
Mr.. Fred D. Bush, district agent at At
lanta for the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. r. w. Glading, representative al
Townsville for the Chicago, Indianapo-
lis and st. Louis Railroad, is in the city
| stopping at the Pulaski House.
Railroad men who are looking after the
soldier travel are in hopes that some ar
| rangement win be made at the coming
| meeting of the Southeastern Passenger
Association in Atlanta with regard tc
Rates for soldiers, which will be agreeable
| and satisfactory to all parties interested
| In the meantime, they hope the usua
spirit of harmony will prevail in the com
petition for the business. OF course, they
are all looking out for a share of it, and
| while they are working under the present
| arrangement, they have to stick to the
schedule of rates which is in force II
is the hope among them that the sltua.
ton will give rise to nothing that will dis
turb the heretofore and usual amicable re.
lations that exist among railroad men In
this line Of work, and indeed it seems thai
there is no reason why it should