The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-24
HANSON EN- TOUR
GOING OVER PART OF CENTRAL
WITH SUPT. KLINE.
MAY NAME NEW OFFICIALS.
MIR. EGAN SAID GOODBYE TO
RESIDENT DIRECTORS.

Omcial Announcement of His Re-
Called Meeting of Directors to
Ratify Action of the Executive
Committee-Supt. Kline May BE
Made Vice President in Charge of
Operation Southern Interests
May oner Place to Mr.. Egan.
Mr.. John NJ. Egan, whose retirement
as president OF the Central of Geor-
gia was announced in yesterdays
Morning News. left at noon for New
York. 1t is well understood that he
will have no further connection with
the roads affairs. though he may re-
turn to Savannah within two or three
weeks.
Maj. Hanson is expected to reach Sa-
vannah this morning, and it is prob
able that he will have something to
say about the changes in officials that
viii follow Mr.. Egan's withdrawal 1t
is understood that, with Supt. Kline.
he will leave this afternoon for a trip
of inspection over the Flovilla section
of the road.
The news of Mr.. Egan's retirement
caused the most intense surprise and
regret in Savannah, and will have the
same effect throughout the state, for
no railroad man was better or more
favorably know: in Georgia, both to
railroad men and the people.
Something of the esteem in which
he is held is shown by a statement
made in Savannah by former Chairman
Crenshaw of the Railroad Commission,
that he considered MIR. Egan not only
the best railroad man in the state, but
that he found him also to give the
least concern to the commission. eff
anything on the line of the Central
needs attention, I have only to call the
attention of MIR. Egan to it, and it is
attended to Immediately"
Meeting of Directors to BE Called.
Though the official announcement of
Mr.. Egan's withdrawal from the road
has not yet been made public it may
be expected at any time and will prob
ably take the form of a called meeting
of the directors to confirm the action
| New York. AS was announced by the
! Morning News the plan is to make
| Maj j. f. Hanson president of the
company and give the operation of the
| road either to General Superinte ndent
| T. D. Kline, who will be made a vice
| president, in charge of operation or to
| Mr.. w. A .Winburn, now vice presi-
| dent, in charge of traffic.
Before leaving the city Mr.. Egan
! wrote notes of farewell to a number OF
the directors of the road and to per-
sonal and business friends. Mr.
| Charles Groves, who has been Mr.
! Egan's secretary, has been given a
| place in Maj. Hanson's office, at Macon
and left yesterday. So far this is the
only change that has been made public
in the office force.
Where MIR. Egan May Land.
There is much speculation as to Mr..
Eghn's plans. He stands high in
railroad circles, numbering among his
close personal friends such men as
| Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway, ]. J. Hill of the
| Northern Securities Company, and
| others. One view expressed was that
it is possible that he may be offered
place with the Southern Railway
the more especially as there have beer
rumors that a change in an important
| Office is to be made.
Might Go to the 6. A. l..
Another possibility suggested was
now that Southern interests are dom
inant in the Seaboard Air Line, since
the entrance into the directorate OF
that property of the Thomas Ryan
Blair interests, the presidency of that
property might be rendered Mr.. Egan
| This is thought to be the more prob
able as it is believed there is little
sympathy between the present con-
| trolling interests of the Seaboard Ali
Line and President j. Shelton Will
| liams.
Whether either of these places be
given Mr.. Egan or not his friends have
no doubt that he will secure a place OF
| responsibility and remuneration equal
to that he leaves, as they feel his rec
ord with the Central and as a railroad
man, even before he became connect
ed with that property, has been such
as to entitle him to high place in the