The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-06
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
REIMBURSEMENT OF RATES
WILL BE PROPOSED BY THE RAIL
ROAD OFFICIALS.

Atlanta Will Be offered Rates from
the East PrOportiOnateIy Those Of
Augusta and from the West Pro-
pOrtiOnateIy Those of Birming-
ham and ChattanOOGa-COnfer
viii Be Held With the Atlanta
Committee To-day.
Atlanta, Dec. 5.-Trafffc officials of
the railroads entering Atlanta and this
city's committee of seven will resume
their conference on the freight rate
situation at the Piedmont Hotel here
tomorrow.
1t is understood that the railroads
will come into the conference with a
proposal to re-adiust the present rates
from certain basic points on the Poto-
mac and Ohio rivers with a view
to giving Atlanta proportionately the
same rates from the East as Augusta
now enjoys. and the same proportion
ate rates from the West as are now
given to Chattanooga and Birmingham.
No schedule of rates has been made
out and only the general plan will be
discussed. If it is satisfactory to the
Atlanta committee ii will take some
months to work out the details, as
this would mean practically a read
Justment of rates throughout the whole
Southern territory.
1t is not expected that any answer
will be given to the Railroad Commits
sion at this time regarding rates with
In the state, but the commission ex-
poets to hear something definite by
Dec. Is, when its next meeting will
be held.
Oscar Brown a Major.
News was received at the office of
the Adjutant General to-day that Capt.
Oscar ]. Brown, one of Georgia's well
known members of the United States
army, has just received his commits
sion as major. Capt. Brown took his
examination for promotion about a
year ago, but promotion comes slowly
in the cavalry branch. He will remain
with the First Cavalry, now stationed
at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Maj. Brown
was at one time stationed in Georgia
as assistant to the Adjutant General,
and was colonel of the Second Georgia
Regiment during the war with Spain.
Ray BIed TO Death.
While out hunting Saturday after
noon near Oakdale, in Cobb county,
some twenty miles from Atlanta, Lee
Ray, IL years old. son of a widowed
and destitute mother. was fatally shot
by the accidental discharge of a gun
In the hands of w. b. Gates, also a
member of the hunting party Gates
slipped on log, the gun went off and
the load entered Rays leg just above
the knee. Ray bled to death from the
wound within fifteen or twenty min
utes.
Carnegie Offer Goes over.
The City Council this afternoon post
poned action on the proposition of An
drew Carnegie to give SIC, 900 for a ne
gro library, provided the city would
appropriate $1,000 year for it's main
tenance. The matter went over to the
next Council, as the present Council
expires with this month.
The plan was unanimously recon-
mended by the Finance Committee.
Couldn't Refund Money.
The Council refused to refund to the
Iech Athletic Association a part of
the money paid for the rental of Pied
mont Park for football purposes. Under
the agreement the association pavs
the city 25 per cent. of the gate re-
ceipts. These proved to be larger for
the few games played than the total
amount paid by Abner Powell for the
use of the grounds during the whole
DaHcDah SEASON. but Wnen the city
attorney declared that such a refund
would be illegal, there was nothing for
Council to do but refuse
$4,000 Year from Railroad.
Council approved a contract with tha
street railroad company, under which
the company agrees TO pay the city
$4,000 a year, for the next twenty
years for the purpose of repaving the
citys streets.