The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-12

WILL BE HELD BY CENTRAL AND
o. $. s. co. DIRECTORS.
ONLY ROUTINE MATTERS
BEFORE RAILROAD MEETING, SAYS
PRESIDENT EGAN.

No Discussions Brought Up in Meet
ing of Executive Committee in
New YOrk-Statement to That Eff
feet Made by Mr.. Egah-Chairman
Hanson of CentraI's Board of Di-
rectOrs Expected Tomorrow
MOrning-NO Special Business Ex-
pected Mt Meeting of Steamship Di-
rectOrs Neither Spencer Nor
Steele VIII Attend Either Meet
ing.
A quarterly meeting of the Central
of Georgias directors and those of the
Ocean Steamship Company will be held
tomorrow, the railroad directors in
the morning and those of the steam
ship company in the afternoon. These
meetings will be held for the first time
in the new quarters of the directors
in the Citizens Bank Branch building.
So far as is known, President Egan
stated yesterday, nothing but routine
business will come before the railroad
directors. 1t is hardly likely that any
thing of special Importance will be
brought before the steamship COM
pany's directors, either, as the only
change anticipated in the makeup of
the force, the division of the office
of general freight and passenger agent,
has already been announced, and it is
yet too early, probably, to select names
for the two new ships building on the
Delaware.
Maj. j. F. Hanson, chairman of the
board of directors of the Central, and
president of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany, will reach Savannah tomorrow,
and Mr.. w. H. Peasants, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Ocean
Steamship Company, will arrive on the
same date, as will also the out-of-town
directors of the two concerns that eX-
pect to attend the meetings. 1t is not
at all probable that either Mr.. Samuel
Spencer or Mr.. Charles Steele will be
present.
President Egan returned yesterday
morning from New York where he had
been in attendance upon a meeting
of the Executive Committee of the board
of directors of the road. He was asked
relative to the differences that were
stated to exist between himself and
Maj. Hanson, and which it had been
reported, were to have been brought
up and settled at this meeting of the
Executive Committee.
The question had been anticipated
by Mr.. Egan for he had prepared a
written reply and further than that had
nothing to say. In this reply he
said:
II have received communications
from many friends who were disturbed
at the report of dissensions among GER
tain officers of the Central. There was
nothing of the kind discussed or men
toned at the Executive Committee
meeting in New York on last Wednes-
day.
The public press has also had many
kind words to say regarding the Gen.
trail of Georgia Railway. To it's pat
rons and friends the Central's prosper
ity is due. Also its employees, no mat
ter how humblel their position, are
welded to it's interests and endeavor
to serve it at all times to the best OF
their ability.
Personally, the people of the South
since my advent here, have accorded
me the most hospitable treatment, far
| better perhaps than deserved, and il
the present prosperity and success in
this territority does not continue, rest
| assured the blame will not be with the
| CentraPs management"