The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-01-16
THIS THE RUMOR
ON ALL SIDES
-
Believed Such an Agree
ment Has Been Reach
ed BY Roads
RAILROAD MAGNATES HERE
h. M Atkinson, President Arkwriaht,
Atlanta Rapid Transit Company
and Other Capitalists in Con-
ference With Officials.

IL TunOTS are true the brunswick q
Birmingham railroad and the Atlantic
& Birmingham railroad will be under
the same management on or about
February first.
This is the latest report to creep
out, and it is said that a deal was
reached at meeting held in this city
on Wednesday last, at which was pres
ent representatives of both lines.
Which of the roads has done the
purchasing, if the deal has been made,
is the puzzling question, but it is gen.
orally believed that the B. & B. will
go to the A. & B. at the above stated
time.
1t was announced in these columns
Thursday morning that the meeting
held here was more than an ordinary
one, and that some agreement had
been rea ached between the two lines
but it was Impossible 10 OBTAIN any
thing at all from anf II tie f1ct&!s
WHO were pIGS6uJ.
Rumors of all kinds have flooded
zti,a cir since the mc~"Lg. aid yests--
dagsit was announced on all sides that
the "A. & 3. had purchased the B. &
81, 81 3sst tfs 9 Ufsiuis4s OF the latter road
in this city could not, or would not,
confirm the report.
1t has also leaked out that H. NJ. At
kinson, the we'll known Atlanta mil
lionaire, who has been interested in
the A. & B. dells for some time, to-
gether with =. w. Abbott, president
CT the Old Colony Trust Company, of
Boston, and Preston s. Arkwright,
president of the Atlantic Rapid Trans
it Company, we're ~ the city Wednes-
day and Tlurau- !, and held conference
es with tnL -. G B. officials. They
were in the party with President
and General Manager Wadley OF the
A. g. B.
1t is a well known fact that deal
has been on between these two south
Georgia roads for some time and al
though every effort has been made
by the press to get on "the inside"
nothing could be learned. The B. G
3. officials in Brunswick state that
they know nothing, the New York
owners OF the road will saw nothing
and the "A. & B. people act likewise.
keep such matters a secret for any
length o. time, AID 1t IS Inougnt tndi
an announcement wall be maze with
in the next lew days, and the BELIEF
prevails Il DrunsWICk that it will be
to the effect that the A. & B. had ac-
guAeu CCALtoI Ull tAe u. o. b.
Ihe Atlantic and Birmingham rail
road, which Low runs from Waycross
TO Moatezuma, Is after port; it is
known lhat Ine oIncIals have mad al
eye on brunswick and have been EN-
oeavorlns 10 set mere. Inc b. & b.
will give Lnem a clear line from Uner
mda, wnere the two roads meet, into
this port.
1t will be remembered that only a
short time ago the A & B., through
Mr.. Atkinson and the Old Colony
Trust Company, acquired control Of the
Tifton, Tnomasville and Gulf and the
Triton and Northeastern, and both
these roaas are now unoer the manage
menC OF the A. & B.
Tie visit OF all Of these officials to
Brunswick this week, the long execu-
tive meetings which have been held,
snd the fact that nothing at all has
been given out ii significant, and The
News De4eves tnar deal of some kind
has been made.
If the A & B. and the B. & B
are 10 Ue consoIdateu the people Of
BruAsW4ck WI4 no doubt be well sat
isned. Ine TWO ROADS now traverse
one of the richest sections OF Georgia
and is rapidly forging to the iron and
coal felus OF Alabama. The treigh'
handled by the A. & B. is now car
ried to cther ports, when, if they hat
direct line to brunswick every piece
OF freight would be diverted to this
port. But it seems that the people
will just have To- wait until an ON
ctal announcement Is made before
they can know definitely what hal
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