The age-herald., 1900-05-01
ANOTHER MOVE IN
 THE E. & ". CASE Inventory of All the Property to
 be Taken. HEAVY MOVEMENT IN GRAIN Shipments Formerly Made by New Or leans Coming This Way-Rumb- ling of Rails-First Excursion
 of Season Due Sunday
HEAVY MOVEMENT IN GRAIN

Experts will begin on the 18th instant to
 take an inventory of all the property of
 the East and West Railroad company of
 Alabama, preparatory to pushing the liti-
 gation now pending between the Brownings
 of New York and the Kelley estate, owners of the road.
 The law suit over the possession of this
 road has been one of the hardest fought
 and most bitterly contested that ever came
 before the courts of Alabama. It has been
 pending in the state courts in one form or
 another for the past seven years. and now
 seems as far from settlement as ever. The
 value of the property involved is estimated
 to be about s1,2OOOO0.
 The litigation grew out of the issuance of $6OO,O0O of receivers certificates which were bought by the late Eugene Kelley, a
 part owner of the road, and who, in 1S93 acquired possession of the property. The | road extends from Cartersville, Ga., to Pell City, Ala, a distance of about 125 miles, and
 runs through the St. Clair coal fields and the brown ore region of east Alabama, passing through the towns of Cedartown,
 Ga, Piedmont and Jacksonville, Ala. Dec ee Was Modified The supreme court of Alabama last De- cember rendered decree to the effect that by the payment of about s6O0,0OO to the Kel- ley estate the Brownings could take pos session of the road. Subsequently this de- cree was modified and about $3OO,00O of in- terest added to the amount required of the
 Brownings before they could get possession. This sum represented the interest on the | receivers certificates from 1893 up to the date of the decree.
 The Brownings set up the claim that they should not be required to pay interest on property not in their possession, and this | is the point that will be argued before the supreme court the next time the case is called. The claim that the road was worth | $40,000 a year to those who controlled and l operated it, and that this sum was equal to | the interest on the receivers certificates | for the period specified in the decree. General Fred S. Ferguson represents the Brownings and A. T. London the Kelley estate.
 Heavy Movement in Grain The grain movement from the west to | the southeast is heavier at present than l for several seasons past. A large amount | of grain for export that formerly went to l NeW OTleduS diiQ SdiNSStOii Oil tHC gun and to New York and other Atlantic ports
 is now being shipped through the south At l lantic ports. The roads that handle this class of freight are being taxed to sup | ply sufficient rolling stock with which to l move it.
 l w. D. Hammett the newly appointed l passenger agent of the Central of Georgia at this place will arrive today or tomor-
 row to assume his duties. He comes from
 Macon Ga, having been transferred from | that point to Birmingham. 1 The spring schedule of the Southern and
 Alabama Great Southern railways has l been issued, to take effect May 6. No l change is made on the Southern except to l put on a new through train between Bir-
 mingham and Mobile. This train will leave 1 Birmingham at 1920 D. m. and returning will arrive from Mobile at 7:3O p. m. l The following will be the schedule of the
 Alabama Great Southern trains: No. 3 from Chattanooga will arrive at l 11:45 a. m., and depart for the south at 4:15, as at present.
 No. from Cincinnati will arrive at 1O:05
 p. m. and depart at 1O:1O. It now arrives
 at 9:55 and departs at 1Oo5. | No. from New Orleans will arrive at
 $40 a. m., and No. at 12.01 p. m. First Excursion of Season l The first excursion of the season will
 come in over the Central of Georgia Sat
 urday afternoon from Columbus, and re- | turning will leave Sunday afternoon.
 The Southern railway will run an excur-
 sion to Atlanta Saturday, the train leav- l ing here at o'clock in the afternoon.
 w. J. Taylor, general agent of the Vest l ern of Alabama and the Atlanta & West Point at Montgomery, was in the city yes- l terday.
 A special coach will be carried by the | Southern passenger train leaving here at | 4:40 D. m on the Sth instant to accommo l date those desiring to go to Talladega to l attend the meeting of the state Epworth | league. Tickets will be sold to TallaSega