The age-herald., 1901-02-09
THE CRASHED GIVES
 ATLANTA TROUBLE Much Disputed Question Has
 Reached Acute Stage RAILROADS HAVE HARD TIME Health Officers Are Given Permission to Tear Up Portions of the Floor and
 Railroad President Appeals
 to the Governor.
RAIL ROADS HAVE HARD TIME

Atlanta, Ga, February 8.-The dissensions which have arisen between the State of Georgia, the city of Atlanta, the Atlanta Board of Health and the several railroads using the structure known as the "car- shed'' for union passenger depot have reached an acute stage.
 President and General Manager Wickers- ham, of the Atlanta and West Point rail- road; Charles D. Harman, general Sasssn- ger agent of the Western and Atlantic, and s. E. McGill general agent of the Georgia railroad. representing the owners of the passenger station have been summoned to appear In police court today where cases have been made against them, on the charge of failure to abate public nuisance, after having received orders from the board of health The cases come up at 3 o'clock.
 The matter was brought to it's present stage by radical action taken yesterday on the part of the board of health, which, un- der the leadership of Burton Smith, prominent attorney, proceeded to tear up the flooring of the old station. From this they were enjoined couple hours after the work began by Judge Lumpkin, of the Circuit Court on application by the rail- roads. The union depot Is considered en- tirely inadequate to the demands of the railroads using it, and for several years all parties interested have been trying to de- eide upon an agreement for erecting new station.
 Proposition after proposition has been submitted by the railroads and the city, only to be rejected, and the Georgia Legis- lature at it's last session, refused to pass a al mi for depot. The State is owner of two-tenths of the sta- ton and of the Western and Atlantic Ra1l- road, which has it's terminus here. The re- maning eight-tenths of the station are owned by the railroads and they object to improving the States property. The At lanta Board of Health some time ago de- clared the flooring In the depot menace to the public health and ordered the alleged defects remedied. The board of control Of the Depot Association, of which MT. Wick ersham Is president, replaced the flooring but as it rests on or near the ground, the health officers declare that it.is unsamtary and proceeded yesterday to remove 1t, caus- ing great inconvenience to passenger traf- fic, and according to Mir Wickersham, in- terfered with the United States mails.
 When the case was called in the Police Court Judge Broyles continued it for two weeks to await the action of the Superior Court on the injunction brought by the railroad officials to prevent the Atlanta board of health from enforcing the ely ordinance requiring the railroad companies to place new flooring In the station
 Judge Lumpkin of the Superior Court to- day granted a temporary injunction against the board of health from tearing up the floor of the depot, but gave the board per- mission to remove portions of 1t for the purpose of inspection.
 President Thomas of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railroad today ap- pealed to Governor Candler for protection of the depot. The Governor held confer- ence with Attorney General Terrell and Special Attorney Brown of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, but no decision was announced.