The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-09
70 NAME A PRESIDENT.
or,r9AL.s DIRECTORS EXPECTED
TO ELECT MIR. EGAN.

Meeting VIII Be Held at 10 O'Clock
=, tbe Bay Street Oiiices-NO Doubt
J.. Felt That Vice President John
\, rpan VIII BE the Successor to
tbe Late Mir. Hugh VI. COmer-NO
Dorthcrn Directors Are Expected
.o attend the AIeeting-It Will Also
ne for the Directors to Decide
whether They Want Vice Presi-
coming President.
orarterly meeting of the board of di-
-.,+ors of the Central of Georgia Railway
..u be held this morning at 10 o'clock
a, the offices of the company on Bay
..raef east. 1t is thought there will he
M other than Southern directors in at
enhance. as those who dive at the North
have apparently sent their proxies.
Tho most important matter to come be-
s,rs the board will be the election of
president, to succeed the late Mr. Conner.
II Is generally conceded that Vice Presi-
dent John NJ. Egan is the man for the
POSITION and that he will be elected
Everybody speaks favorably of him, and
the chances of his promotion. and the di-
rectors' choice of anyone else will be a
surprise.
Many press comments in Georgia and
.otber states have indicated clearly that
Mr.. Egan is the man wanted, and that
his succession to the presidency of the
Central would give universal satisfaction
For year he has virtually been the COM
pany's president, Mr.. Corners illness hav-
ing incapacitated him from discharging
the duties Of the position. Before he be-
came ILL., a great deal of the work that
he had been accustomed to do had been
transferred to Mr.. Egan.
Railroad officials have apparently ceased
to feel any concern about the election.
Those connected with the Central take it
as a matter of course that Mr.. Egan will
he the man. There is not one of them
who world not be pleased by his becorn-
ing Pre- sident, as they have learned to
know and to like him, and to feel an in
finite regard for his ability during the
thru years and a half he has been vice
pr -sident.
gentleman of the Central was com
mentng yesterday upon the prospective
meeting Of the directors and the, to his
mind perfectly evident duty that lays
before them He spoke admirngly of Mr.
Egan and his personality and particularly
Of his capacity for work, which, he said,
Dis greater than that of any man he knows.
Mr.. Egan is an early riser, and he is at
his Office nearly every day long before
any other officials or clerks. He is also
there late, for supper time is all that
draws him away. Even then the cali
is but mOmentary, for many of his even
ines are spent at his desk
Mr.. Egan," the gentleman continued"
is physically able, l believe, to perform
the duties of both vice president and pres
dent for no man can take better care of
himself than he. The combined duties
of the two positions are onerous. and a
strain upon the system, but Mr.. Egan is
qualified mentally and physically to per-
form them better than any man l know"
Another important point for the direc-
tors to settle is whether they shall elect
a vice president in the event Mr. Egan
being made president. 1t is the general
belief that there will be no vice president.
and that change in the bylaws upon
this point will be made. Before Mr..
hgan'S election there was no vice presi-
dent and it is thought the railroad will
be managed in future by him as presi-
dent
The earnings of the Central of Georgia
Railroad for the week ending the third
week Of March, were 1888, 245 against $l16,-
4l9 for the correspond ng week of last
year and $l515, S2S from Jan. to date,
against T,SS,942 for The corresponding
period Of 1899. The weeks earnings repre-
sents an increase in gross of St6, 766, and
since jan ], of $195sS5.