The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-22
MANY A.C.L.MATTERS
DISCUSSED BY PRESIDENT ERWIN
WHILE IN SAVANNAH.
L. & N. TO REMAIN SEPARATE.
But WILL HELP SAVANNAH BE-
CAUSE UNDER CONTROL OF COAST
LINE.


Remain at WiImingtOn-Increa
Business at Savannah Since Mer-
ger of a. c. l.. md Plant System
VIII Increase Force of Employees
Here and Compensate for Loss of
General Omces-Omces of Presi-
dent and Chairman of Board of Di-
rectOrs to Remain in New York
But Mr.. Erwin Expects to Spend
Much Time in SOuth-SpOke in
CONNIE ndatiOn of Manufacturing
Enterprises for Savannah and Pre-
diets That City Will Become Great
Port.
President r. G.. Erwin of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany, Third Vice President T.
NJ. Emerson, General Superin-
tendent w. B. Denham, Assistant Chief
Engineer T. S. Tutweiler. and MIR. W.
V. Sullivan, secretary to President Err
win, reached Savannah yesterday
morning from Jacksonville.
Mr.. Erwin remained but
short time, leaving for New
York in the early afternoon, but while
here he gave out much information in
which Savannahians and. especially
railroad men. are much interested
AS to the headquarters of the
system being moved back to
Savannah, Mr.. Erwin said that
there is little probability of it, as at
the time of the merging of the Plant
uyifb I,o
the latter system had just completed
large additions to it's offices in Will
mington, and it was but natural there
fore that the headquarters should be
moved there. The enlarged business
done here since the merging of the
two systems has resulted. and will
continue to result. he said, in adding
to the present force of employees, and
this force will soon be large enough to
make up for the loss of the general Of
fees.
Headquarters in New York.
Mr.. Erwin said that his headuuar-
tiers will be in New York, but he ex-
poets to spend much of his time in the
South; in fact intends to visit Savan-
nah again in a short time. Mr.. Wal
ters, chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors, also will have his office in New
l..
the Atlantic Coast Line Company of
Connecticut will have his Office in
Baltimore.
Another announcement of decided in
terest is that while the Louisville and
Nashville will be under the control of
the Atlantic Coast Line, it is to be OPP
Grated as separate property under
the control of Mr.. Milton H. Smith, its
present head. It's control however. by
hn f1nr -
says, can not but result to the advant-
age of Savannah.
No Change i'm Local Officers.
Mr.. Erwin set at rest the rumors
respecting promotion for Superin-
tendent Denham by saying that no
changes are contemplated at present.
During a part of the morning Mr..
Erwin was at the quarters of the Sa-
vannah Trust Company, of which he
is director. While there he met
number of old Savannah friends to
whom he talked freely concerning rail-
road matters
He is sanguine of the future of the
system of which he is the head, and of
the benefit it will be to the country
through which it's 4,400 miles of road
extends. This country is building up
steadily, he said, and it's advancement
means the advancement of the At
lantic Coast Line.
Mr.. Erwin said that a merger of
the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant
System had been talked over by the
late Mr.. Walters and the late Mr..
Plant some twenty years ago, but
without reaching any agreement. =
Last year the matter took the shape
of a sale outright, which, as everyone
knows, was successfully consum-
mated.
Impressed by New Industries,
The manufacturing enterprises of
Savannah struck MIR. Erwin most
forcibly. He said that these enter
prises such as the cigar factory, the
fertilizer plants, oil mills. barrel fac
tory and various other industries, will
make Savannah a great city, and that
the more enterprises of this character
brought here the better it will be for
the city.
He is much interested in the pro-
posed dry dock and shipbuilding COM
pany, and looks upon it as an impor-
tant adjunct to the building UP of the
shipping interests of the port. The
railroads that Savannah has, Mr.. Err
win thinks, gives her advantages that
can not but result in her becoming a
great commercial center.
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