The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-11
OFFICIALS TO CONFER AGAIN.
o,r,,DuCIAL AGENCIES TO BE CON-
sIDERED IN NEW YORK.

croaic officials of the G. and A., the
D, G. and p. and the $. A. L. win
r.,t,- the Matter Over and Decide
,non Agents to Represent Them
al MT New York, Boston, PhiIndeI-
..I,ta and BaItimore-Thursda the
consolidation at savannah Is to
rake PInce-FOrce of Clerks for
mint Agency VIII BE NO Greater
Thau That Now Employed by +. c.
and r.
another meeting of Georgia and Ala
hon, Florida Central and Peninsuiar and
sasnoard Air Line officials will be he'd
morrow. The meeting will be in New
v.rz General Freight and Passenger
1,sot A. Pope of the Georgia and A.a-
h,ma and General Freight Agent w. H.
peasants and General Passenger Agent
4 o. MacDonell of the Florida Central
and Peninsular have already gone on to
attend.
as comes within the jurisdiction of the
traffic departments, and it is for that rea-
son that none of the operating officials
Will attend. It is not known who will
represent the Seaboard.
The officials win consider the matter Of
simplifying the joint agencies that will be
established on June 10 with single man
~ represent all three lines. Wherever
there are two or three commercial men
Al present representing the lines the num-
her will be decreased, and after the date
named there win be but one representative
for the three roads. 1t is said the meet
iug at New York will be for the purpose
OF deciding whom to keep as the joint
r4nresenIativeS at New York, Boston,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, important
ponls in the commercial scheme of the
roads. 1t is possible that other paints
may have their joint agents named at the
same meeting, though the first thing VIII
be TO decide upon those for the places
mentioned.
Next Thursday The changes announced
by the officials on last Thursday will be
come effective, and Mr.. G. c. Martin will
be Joint agent at Savannah. The Office
force of the Florida Central and PENN
sular agency will then be broken up,
some of the clerks retiring from the serv-
ice and those to be retained moving to
The present office of the Georgia and Ala
bama agent. 1t is said the officials have
decided to keep exactly the number of
men for, the agents office for the two
lines as have been employed for the work
Of the Florida Central and Peninsular
In the plan for the retention of the
clerks of the two agents offices but two
positions. The rest of those with that road
were retained and will make up for the
same number who will be discharged from
among the Florida Central and Peninsular
clerks. Some say 1t will be a very diff
cult matter for the joint agency TO be OPP
Grated with the force now employed by
The Florida Central and Peninsular alone.
j is understood that it is the purpose to
keep the roads accounts separate.
The strokes of the ak were narrowly
watched by all the clerks and employees of
ha tuO IN "a a h Tho
discovered they were safe naturally felt
a. interest TO know that their fellow en-
piOyes would be provided for in the new
arrangement. Those with either line de-
sired especially to see their own men re-
tanned, and the working out of the scheme
is noted. 1t is seen that the Georgia and
Alabama agency clerks got the best of ii
in the establishment of the joint agency.
many more of the Florida Cen
the Georgia and Alabama men
having to give up their position on Thurs
day. But the transportation department
of the Florida Central and Peninsular and
also the mechanical department got in
ahead of the forces employed by the Gaor-
gla and Alabama, and more of the men in
the employ of the former than the latter
viii be al work after Thursday.
Monday Trainmaster Williamson of the
Florida Central and Peninsular viii move
MS Office from upstairs at the corner OF
Bryan and Bull streets to the Kelly build
Ing, where Trainmaster Slocum of the
Georgia and Alabama has his Office. II is
said there will be no decrease in the office
force of either of the trainmasters, and
that they will work as independently of
each others as they have always done.