The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-07
NO DEFINITE PROPOSITION
WAS MADE PHILADELPHIANS BY
VICE PRESIDENT EGAN.

Freight Commissioner y. ID. Kelly OF
Philadelphia Was Here and Inves-
tiGated the Shipping Facilities of
Savannah. But MIR. Egan Told Him
That He Could Not Embarrass the
Coming President of the Ocean
Steamship Company by Giving Amy
Assurances of Line to Philadei-
phia-This Does Not Mean, Mr..
Egan Says, That There VIII Neces-
sarily BE No Line-Matter viii
Probably Come Up Again.
Vice President John NJ. Egan of the
Central Railroad and the Ocean Steam
ship Company said yesterday that no def
| mite proposition has been made the
Trades League of Philadelphia relative
to the establishment of line of steam
ships between that port and Savannah.
His attention had been attracted by the
report that Freight Commissioner n. b.
Kelly of Philadelphia had reported favor
ably upon line believing it to be in early
prospect on account of assurances that
he had been given by Vice President
Egan.
| MIR. Egan said that he had made no
proposition when he was approached by
| Mr.. Kelly who was in Savannah some
time ago to investigate the shipping ia
cilities of the port, with which by the
way, he was very well pleased. Mr.. Egan
told him that it would be impossible for
him to make the Trades League a propo
sition just at this time, when the Central
Railroad and the Ocean Steamship Com
pany are both without a president. He
did not feel that he should make a prop
osition to the Philadelphians that might
possibly embarrass the successor to the
late Mr. Conner. The coming president
Mr.. Egan thought, might not fancy being
bound by an agreement made in an in
terregnum, and for this reason Mr.. Kelly
was told that nothing definite could be
offered.
When asked if anything in the way of
assurances of freight for a line had been
made by the business men of Philadelphia
in the event of the establishment of a
line of steamships, Mr.. Egan answered in
the negative, saying that there have been
no negotiations. He said, however, that
the line which was formerly operated di-
rect by the Ocean Steamship Company
| ticient revenue in the business to war
ant it's being maintained. 1t was taken
| off in 1897.
one of the ocean Steamship Company s
vessels, the Tallahassee, is now en- route
| to Philadelphia, but her trip has no con-
| nection with the talk of the re-establish-
! nlent of the line. She is lumber laden, and
| from Philadelphia will go to New York,
where she will be thoroughly overhauled
| and repaired.
| Business men of Savannah and this sec
| ton would doubtless be very glad to see
a Philadelphia line renewed. 1t has by
no means been settled that Ocean Steam
| ship Company vessels will not be again
running between the two ports. Mr..
| Egan says the fact that no proposition has
| yet been made does not imply that there
| will be none. The election for president
| of the two transportation companies to
succeed Mr.. Conner, win be held Monday.
and it is generally believed that Mr..
| Egan, who will not express himself upon
| the succession, will be the man. He,
| himself, said that there is no reason to
| believe that something further will not