The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-18
AFTER GLESSNER'S PLACE.
REPORTED PRISON COMMISSION
MAY OUsT SECRETARY.

story Current That Boone OF
Gainesville Has Been Agreed Upon.
Gen. Evans of the Commission
Saws He Knows Nothing About Ii.
Another Injunction Against the
Consolidated Prohibited From
Building "A Line.
Atlanta. Ca, Feb. 1.-THE report that
gained currency several weeks ago to the
effect that the prison commission would
put a new man in the position Of Secre~
tary Douglass Glessner was revived again
at the capitol to-day. This time the
story afioat was that ]. c. Boone Of
Gainesville had been agreed upon for the
place, and further that mis- election was
10 be brought about by the influence Of
Gov Gambler.
Secretary G.essner, however, declared
that he has not resigned and that he has
no intention of voluntarily quitting the
prison board. AT the same time, Gen.
Evans, who was the only member of the
board in town to-day, in replying to the
report, said that he knew nothing abou,
it; that Secretary Glessner was satisfac-
tory to the board, as far as he knew, and
that if any change had been slated he
was in the dark about it.
There is no doubt that pressure has been
brought to bear upon members of the com
mission in regard to the secretaryship, bur
those who know best are of the opinion
that there has not been enough of a pun
exerted so far to accomplish the results
aimed at. The report that Gov. Gambler
was interesting himself in the matter gave
it more than common Importance among
the politicians on account of the fact that
all the members of the prison commission
are appolntees of former Gov. Atkinson
and are supposed to be his political friends.
Secretary Glessner was put in his posi-
ton at the instance of Gov. Atkinson, who
was being urged to appoint him state
librarian. and the outcome of the little
affair that is going on in the prison COM
mission is being looked upon as mat
ter OF peculiar importance by the political
gossips here.
a street Railroad stopped.
The street railway franchise controversy
took another turn to-day when Judge
Gambler of the Superior Court granted an
Injunction restraining the Consolida ted
from going to work on its extension to-
ward the Mcpherson barracks along the
public road, which has recently been
paved with ebert
The Consolidated has been so certain of
getting permission to build along this
highway from the County Commissioners
that 1t was commencing to lay tracks in
side the corporate limits of Oakland City.
a small place between Atlanta and the
barracks. 1t was this work that was
stopped by Judge Gambler upon petition
OF residents of East Point and College
Park They claim that the corpora ton
OF Oakland City had no authority TO grant
the use of the public road without APP
prevail of the County Commissioners.
which has been withheld so far
The real fight against the extension of
the Consolidated is being made by the
Central and West Point Railway Com
panies along with citizens of College Park
and East Point If there is an elect ric
line built to those places as the Consoh-
dated company proposed, the result will
be that the suburban trains now run bv
the Central and the West Point will be
taken off. The roads viii thus lose bust
ness and the people will lose a good. Quick
service, so both are opposing the electric
line.