The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16
BRUNSWICK TO BIRMINGHAM.
ORGANIZATION on TIIg NEW LINE
HAs BEEN PERFECTED.


r. q. MRchcH chosen President.
Other Omeers Tircted-Nu OF the
e6,s5o,0Oo stock uss Bern sab
scrihcd-t'rcparatton Made Go ne-
Ein the Preliminary work nc
On~e-surveyor- Arc Coming From
New Work 60 Map out the Line.
brunswick. Ca. nee i5-The Bruins
wick ard birmingham Railroad Company
WIS organized hero to-day. The officers
are
p. g. Marhcn. president; g. Bush
nel Of Sow York, vice president. Gcorv,
b Oounu Of View YORK.. secretary: q
~ prmng or Brunswick. sssisian' sec-
rotary 30 8 Goula or Now York treas
uror.
Local diroe.nrs r. "a Mason vice pres
Meut q, the National Bank OF Bru~s-
WICK; J. j. Lott 90 lott q Lewis whlie-
sale eroeers. Brunswick. r. g. Mschcn.
E,ecuiive Committee. p q. Machen
PRECEDENT and ex-ofHelo chairman. Ccorsc
D. Cowlan and G. } Bushnell OF New
Yo.ll
lucorporafors. G.. Downing T -. AIKEN.
~ a. Kaiser, y. Emanuel, ,. , lott Ei-
Win 4. uroberiaou. Z. Newman. q. H.
Mason. an promingat bankers. exporters
and Wholesale dealers OF Bruuswick, IS.
O. Eranuev. congressman from the
Eleventh district. and J.. r. Aiken, naval
stores operator and wealthy citizen Of
Mount Pleasant Wayne county Georgia.
Tho organization was perfected az
mccuns OF Tho stockholders ANA incor-
norators He.l 30 Vice President Mason's
Office al the National Rauk 81 Brunswick
r.. a. Mason presided. ani besides the
incorporators present were che shnrehold
cra aud-at,orroys Sparks a. rwtiy aud
Duuwody a Atk.ns.u local counsel Tor
the railroad
All OF the stock subscribed.
Every ccnj Of the entire $4,000 worth
81 tae capital stock was subscribed Tae
meeting was composed OF representatives
Of HrunsNieks commercial aud financial
world who had resolved 60 invest heavily
len tae proposed uIiroad because OF thcir
confidence ia the ability OF col e. G
Machen. the promoter to build g.
Of tho leading nuancicrs 90 the New Eng
land statos. and these with the large mum
pcr Of local subscribers 20 the stock lie,
completed the entire subscription without
leaving tho room.
The temporary organization was per.
fecied by the election ~ p. II Mason
chairman. and O. " Dom.ur. secretary
g. " Dcmiug was elected bv Inc iucor-
pora'o,s as their agent 10 receive the stool,
subscriptions, the entire capital stock
having been quickly subscribed. The
shareholders then went into an election
q officers. who will serve temporarily an.
'' permanent organization f. perfected ~
'He hrst annual meeting on tho second
wednesday IN January. next.
with al ,hc Fioe. subscribed ana tenn.
porory organization perfected work viii
begin on Oh" preliminary survey Al onse
Tho engineering corps leaves New York
tomorrow for brunswick. and viii com.
me'oe Immediately laying out the route
Through RIch Country.
TINS route will be the most dircot line
from Brunswick TO Birmingham An
ana 80 through country only partly de-
Veloped. The rich counties OF Conc.
Ware. Wayne. Pierce and nuu.r.
Gus others In the wirograss
se'tion viii be on the route
ana It is contemplated TO put a large force
OF mon at work on each end OF the line
and In the middle just as soon as the
survey IS completed ana thus push tho
work at tip-top speed uutm che entire soD-
odd miles Is completed
Lsitefs ana kilograms from contractors
ana others are pouring into headquarters
here from all over the country. and sew
crl thousand men can be secured az once
for the grading Ten thousand tons OF
steel rail have be,n contracted for 70 be-
delivered as fast as grading Is completed
and those behind the rad hope TO have
trains going through from Brunswick 10
birmingham IN twelve months time