The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
G. & A. DIRECTORS TO MEET.
TOMORROW BOARD WILL TAKE Up
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE.

Directors VIII see How They VIII
Finance the Construction of the
Sixteen-MiIe Extension From
MeIdrtm to a,annah-Presldeht
John SHELTON williams VIII BE
Here and second vice President }.
". Middendorf Expecte'-Locnl
Directors and These From Along
the Line viii BE Present-News
and Notes of the Railroads.
The Georgia ana Alabama Railroad di-
rectors will be in the city tomorrow.
call for a meeting has been sent out, and
it is expected thai all the local directors
and those from along the line Of The road
will be in attendance,
President John Shelton Williams is eX-
Dected down from Richmond, and il is
also believed that Mr.. j. w Middendorf
OF Baltimore, second Vice president Of the
road. viii be along. None of the other
Ttorthern directors are expected.
Business of importance is to come be
fore the board OF directors Much Of 1t
will be of a routine character. Among the
matters that are to be considered Is he
extension of the road from Meldrim six
teen miles TO Savannah. Just what win
be done for financing the construction will
be decided upon by the directors.
At this meeting the board may also dis
cuss Hutchinson Island terminals. The
road expects to do a great deal of work
on these terminals, and the directors viii
be interested to learn just what progress
has been made Just now the award of
contracts for construction and other mat
ters are delayed by the officials having 10
wait for the action of the House in con-
sidering the bill that is 10 be introduced
by Congressman Lester to grant the Ter
minal Company the right to build the
bridge over che river.
1.-The Grand Fruit SECTIONS of the
South. A" is what the Central Railroad calls
a new booklet it has gotten out regarding
the peach industry along its line. In the
introduction attention is called to the fact
that during the fruit season OF last year
the Central handled 1856 refrigerator cars
of peaches and other fruits. Here is an
interesting extract from the booklet
To give some idea of the fruit-growing
industry in this section it may be stated
In round number that in the neighborhood
of Albany there are 5000 peach trees;
that GAINESVILLE has nearly as many; that
that Cuthbert has over 10000; that Ea-
tonton has between 1900 and 15.000 that
Fort Valley has 100000 trees that For
syth has 25 1000; that Griffin has $4,000; that
Marshallville has 100000 and Smithville 3d.
OOO."
The furit industry along the CentraPs
lines is growing steadily every years, and
with the extension of the orchards, of
course, has come the accompanying indus
e ouH shin.
ping.
Mr.. f. s. Decker, assistant general pas
eenger and ticket agent of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, with office at New Or
leans, was among the visitors in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Decker has many friends
here who would like to have him make
more frequent trips TO this territory.
Mr. ]. N. Cornatzar, travelling passen-
ger agent, with headquarters at Mobile,
for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, is IN
the city.
Mr.. G. w. Ely was a Southern Pacific
representative who spent yesterday in the
city. Mr.. Ely is travelling passenger agent
for the line and has headquarters at Mont
gomery.
Mr. Walter Hawkins, who has been out
In the West for some weeks looking out for
the interests of the Central, for which
he is travelling passenger agent, returned
yesterday and was out among his Sa-
vannah friends. He will soon be back in
his old territory, with headquarters at
Jacksonville. as Florida passenger agent
for the Central
Mr.. E. E. Campbell of Philadelphia, rep
resenting at that city the Great Northern
Railway, was among the visitors vino
spent yesterday in the city.
The office of the chief surgeon of the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad is to follow
the general offices from Americas to Sa-
vannah. Chief Surgeon j. /. Darby has
been instructed to change his office to this
city and IL is expected he will come over
within short time. DR.. Darby is an efficient
surgeon, and his abilities have gained him
a large and lucrative practice in Ameri-
Gus The road finds his services are need
ed at this end of the line rather than at
Americas, and the change will be made
for this reason.
Vice President John NJ. Egan and Traf-
are expected TO return tomorrow from
New York, where they have been attending
the meeting of principal officials of the
lines in this territory.
Since Birmingham has been having win
ter carnivais II has been finding II a diff
cult matter to secure railroad rates on the
same basis as those that have been in ef-
feet to New Orleans and Mobile for similar
affairs. The management of the Birming-
ham carnival for next month considers that
1t has been fortunate in inducing the rail-
roads centering at that place to name rates
that are as advantageous as those that will
prevail to the mardi gras at New Orleans
and the mirthful celebration that is being
arranged for Mobile
Georgia and Alabama officials point
with pride to a strong upward tendency
that has been noticed in the quotations for
the common stock of the railroad. Most
of this stock is owned at the North. and