The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-25
MORE RUMORS OF
SALE OF A.,B. & A.
WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS
ONE or THE BIG SYSTEMS
IS AFTER IT.

The following article appeared in
yesterdays Atlanta Georgian.
Aroused by r. H. Harrimsns III
vas,on OF the south by the pu.el9s.
Of the Central Of Georgia for the Iii
noia Central. others opposed TO ia
rinlan in The railroad world are sce6
iHg 20 keep him from next AGA firing
the Atlanta, birmingham and Atlaa'fe
railroad, according to story print
ed Tuesday in the Wall Street Jour
nal an authoritative publication.
The story is to tbs effect that piaD5
have been completed Tor selling the
road 10 a well-known trunk line ~ Tie
south to keep Hartman from 81
il. II this is true, the receivers Of the
road, Harry M Atkinson and y f..
Parrot. know nothing about IT .Bcib
receivers were questioned regarding
the story and they both declared this
was the first they had heard of any
such plan and knew nothing aboa it,.
The following IS the story
1T is declared BY good authority
that negotiations are now about com
pleted for the purchase by one Of the
great trunk lines Of the south, Of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad. which recently went into the
hands Of receivers. This is to be
done. it is said. to prevent E. II.
Hartman from buying il in the in
terests OF the Illinois Central, to OBJ
tain direct route to Brunswick, Ga.
Such purchase of the Atlanta, Biz
mingham and Atlantic would result in
very interesting situation IN the
Southern railway development, partic-
ularly since the turning over Of the
Georgia Central to the Illinois Cen
tral as part OF the Hartman plan
OF obtaining entrance to the princi-
pal southern ports.
AT its present rate of growth,
Brunswick Is bound TO become one Of
the most important ports on tlat
section Of the Atlantic coast and VIII
be an eastern gateway for transcen-
tfnental freight 1t has an excellent
harbor and shipping facilities, The Ar
lanta Birmingham and Atlantic alone
having spent S3,000,000 in buildng
terminals for foreign and domestic
trade. il is also The southern dis
irbuting point for several large in
dustrial companies, including the AM
erican Sugar Refining company and
the National Salt company The
Brunswick steamship company car
ries freight to New York and other
ports.
"fFhe importance OF route % this
port for the Hartman lines can he
easily seen, but as there is an en-.
tente cordiale between the southern
railway and The Atlantic Coast Line,
and the Seaboard Air Line does not
90 near there. they are blocked on
all sides except for the Georgia Coast
and Piedmont. The latter road,
SO miles in length which at present
runs to par,en, needs only the build-
ing OF two bridges which are now in
contemplation, to connect it with
Brunswick. and ais 1t meets the deor
gia Central at Collins, If Is a mat
ural supposition that it will in the
near future be bought by the Harri-
man Interests.
THE Atlanta, birmingham and At
lantfo is in excellent physical condi-
ton ana was built ait great expense.
The principal reason thar II went In
to the han6s Of receivers was he
cause II had Just completed its lines
at the time Of the recent money panic
and fail in railroad earnings,