The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27
THE WAR OF THE RAILWAYS
BAD MOOD BErWEEN Rival LEAD
ERS IN THE ATLANTA CASE.


Linson says He Is Talking in Good
Faith and OGers 20 Put ~ $4,000.
a,r, Doesn't Think Atkinson Is
,u.ot, 6, no nS He Suys-IIurt
-. ,ua,,, an oGcr.
-.- e,rt he
-. -- rival street railway
-. VIA. ..k,n up to-day be-
- -. sins, 4,...., committee. which is
..,,--.5 .,..., iii, duty of reporting upon
an s.-.,,-,...-s f.- franchises. Joel Hurt,
..- +-- ,t- ala ro-9-arv and
4e' sac -.-.r 49, f,-
II. NJ 4-H.--@-" NaS '
the u5V. Wrf-r is alTlTirS Tor fIhhe-i7es
that para..,l she hest lines az the GA COM
- ..--..,1 so
Ire ce-.i
evest Is Che G -Ae i- StN'S We
i-- r,-ar..= -- E. VAS r. very lively time,
s ,..-..s III t--, tue be-
. .s Il sf,v-ad
I'VE" t
up rspsafe1 a-1 tae 4.leF'.'''.79'
M Arsrs1s Srrsa -f length 10 favor or
-. ----ts .ts-- Ills c1rvauy Is anxious
-..-- 3D. --l tha Nancy 70
~ 81. 3t
buNa alt c- tat lAts aHA ''dt ''0 e'''
would h. greatly benefited by them. He
s.i5. hat in order 10 show that he was
.-.,b t c,,s willing %
aVuhs ii so'1 -'''' ,,....,
pledge for ms company ''i'N'''' a.
large as So 900 10 aid in the erection oil
the Whitehall street viaduct.
-. IN Good Foitb.
-, -, t,,,,t etotod that the netition for
MI - -, -. ,-.l f,t.t
franchise was not presented !" sO0,'
he
.,or,,oittea Mir. Hurt said II was a scheme
,.,-,.-.,.,,,, o., Ao4o,+ tha erection
OF MI - ~, ,,1a,t in, comDeti-
OF an ciS@'i'o ~ -, -, t,I.e+ri,,
'lun WI" .,.tt,b NJ Atkinson i. fbe
C"liil".S' "a ~. or.,,,lo inetitutions of
PIeS'ueiL'' "''N
inns cry ,u..,~,, .,,, ,,o,,ti,tione he
DuIlrs III" - ma NJ Anlinson which
tween MI ~ lor,-tr.tiar before The
IA VI 81 - ~ s1it of tha state
coiliHlssl U''eI5 ~ ,-..-., ~ c,gorei, 81
against t'le - 80 80. 49, ssrsationai
al, came ll'o sesh was that in
part oi WI H. s,,ifa If Mr.
"HlcIi ne .+is,,,,, ,tit he bad given mn
AthiHsoil 'e' ,,, A., III ,,a HE
an ldea OF -, peal 5e ~ da,ts later he
CON pa .,;y oli -, arr II througb
was sun SiHoa ~ - '-s, ~ - on thfs Iina
+I1ii' ~, 11C,,d I,d faitb of Al
anu eSt@ JiI9h 'ii' -. ,,-,itte, nv, Al
hi i' - ,,,,,, ~. rrorosition 10
h'iiIoH -. -. ut ,,aorla This letter
PooI VIZ 'l'e i,-,lrls.i,,s, sfda rght mon
tHi""9 49,, 1,,.,,,,,sl,i,, Of ,'ib
the questloH q ~ ,l'i,,,,, H., 6is leT-
nc u'i4i'ies' "''9
tei' .u-., LATHAM
81 would call your attenuon 10 tne Iact
that there is possibly not a IShinlhS com
pany in this country to-day with as rlsh
a list of stockholders. IheN are my per
sonal friends and VIII back me as a unit
We have been in possession OF the lighting
field in Atlanta for eight years and nave
built up a large business by service AT low
prices. our present prices are as low as
any l know of anywhere. 80 the neld Tor
competition is a very unlnViung one we
have spent nearly million dollars III cash.
and can't get it out OF Atlanta II we want
ed to. If competitive plant Is punt, even
- - st,,- and Gght we occnnied The
field first, we have vested rights, and We
shall maintain them 10 the last dollar.
zone has but to look about to find UNI
mistakable evidences of the disastrous ma
ture of the competition of public service
Industries. They are natural monopolies
No sane man will put money into such
competition. 1t is financial suicide. II
means the destruction of property. No
man with a proper regard for the rights
OF others win undertake it. Look at the
Atlanta Railway Company's history. The
Consolidated has had numerous opportuni-
ties to acquire it at reasonable figures In
stead, it chose 10 spend thousands OF dol
lars in fighting and has finally given
thrice the price that the property could
have been bought for a short time ago.
This is always the result. Somebody has
got to pay for these fights. And it is
significant that in the case just cited the
Atlanta Railway Company did not, but
got paid in fun. 1t is true that our physi-
cal equipment could be duplicated to-day
for much less than it cost us, due to the
general lower scale of prices But that
does not mean duplicating our position oy
any means. We must and will continue
,,ionts 90 ts'iit - ,,iiI e. iIoW many
the fight is over by some one than our
entire capital stock"
Diu queer IhihSs'
Mr.. Hurt took up the negotiations be
tween himself and Mr.. Atkinson for the
consolidation OF the street railway com
pany with the electric lighting plant 1t
was first suggested on Jan. 20, when they