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ADDRESS 'l communications U
WALSH A WRIGHT.
Ohhoniole and Constitutionalist,
Augusta, Ga.
editorial notes.
Senatok David Davis pays $38,000 a year
in taxes.
Cot. Tom Scott worked too hard and too
long. Hence ho dies early in life. But he
did groat things in his little span.
We regret to learn that Mrs. (iAi.riEi.D is
t ireatenod with malaria! fever of the Wash
ington type. Wo sincerely condole with
her.
Fabmebs who make plenty of corn this
yeat can eel I it to their foolish brethren who
are cotton-mad, and thus, in effect, get
all the profit. _
Ex-Sknatob McDonald sympathizes with
Conkliko. Ho thinks if the Democrats side
with Gahtield they will give -the Adminis
tration a stick to break their heads in Vir
ginia.
PnAtmcAt. men sometimes laugh at en
thusiasts; hut the greatest of the world’s
children were of this kind. Without en
thusiasm, the earth would bo no belter than
a pig-sty. , ,
Tub other day wo stated our disbelief in
Col. Thomas A. Scott’s cure by n faith) doc
tor. Oar surmise was correct. He has had
a third stroke of paralysis and may die at
any moment.
The Republicans used to taunt the Demo
cratic Senators with being controlled by a
caucus, and Conkling used sneeringly to
speak of Mr. Thubman as King of the Can
ons. The boot is on the other leg.
Following the Mahon*; coalition, a Wash
ington branch of the Grand Army of the
Reouhdo proposes to go to Mount Vernon
on Decoration Day and place flowers upon
the tomb ot a slaveholder and a rebel.
+ .. .
A vigoboos prosecution at law for dam
ages inflicted by cows, would tend to settle
the question. If citizens cannot be pro
tected in their property by the municipal
law, they have a right to protect themselves
against burglary.
We do not believe that Speeb will try the
Mahone programme in Georgia. He,is too
smart for that, aud then our Uncle Joseph
would have something to say about it. No,
iKmoby will run a schedule of his own, but
it will ruin Democracy.
The Columbia Register is of the opinion
that, in South Carolina, not less than fifty
thousand dollars of taxes per annum are
borne by the more scrupulousand conscien
tious tax payers which belong to the shoul
ders of those who have shirked them.
An Eastern paper says; "Brush, the in
ventor of the electric' light, could not
row $5 at one period of this life. Ho now
hasan income of SI,OOO per day.” To this
it is cleverly answered that thousands who
could not borrow five dollars, years ago, are
in precisely the same fix now.
A Washington correspondent thinks the
seems to narrow down to the question
of wh ether or not Arthur, Platt and Conk
lino, who represent the Republicans of
New You', shall permit Blaine, who has
lost his following at home, to build himselt
up in New Yolk by means of Federal pat
ronage.
The Freed men’s Bank Commissioners
•iiawc over SIOO,OOO of unclaimed dividends
on baud. When the hank building is sold,
Huother dividend of 15 per cent, will be de
clared. After the concern shall hare been
wound up, the colored people will be out of
pocket $1,200,000. Southern CongreesS
men will aiteufyt to have that vast sum re
funded by the Government.
From all accounts the most utterly
dched creature extant is the Czar of
Baa'd*. Nobody out of jail, or in it for
that matter, need envy him. The sins of
his fat.bers are visited upon him. Very soon
Oxardon' will come to an end. The print
ing press', the telegraph and the civiliza
non of thv 1 century are too potent for Ori
ental despots sms in Europe.
Senator Hawi-Vt seta-an example in man
liness to all his Republican colleagues by,
declaring that he will not vote for Gkobok
0. Gorham for Secretary of the Senate. —.V.
T. Tribune. Very well, then let Senator
Hawlex continue his uiaohcesa and hon
„esty up to the point of resigning the Chair,
of the committee he holds by the
t <rv "® °f Gorham, per Mahone.
*is an item from “The Man About
Town" in the New York Star: “I meet very
few brokers about town nowadays ; they
are too busy ', selling stocks all day and at
the Windsor U night. My present Buss
•t is that the present market is designed to
supply the broket* with funds for their
i Summer trips. Lanitv is never so sweet as
May, and we shall hat ® a ‘slaughter of
ionocents' before long.'"
FostmastxrGknxeal Jakes flays- the
Pennsylvania Railway is the beat raid in
Ann'nea. The New York Jim, commenting
on thi's statement, asys: "The Pennsylvania
EaiiroaG Company is guilty of many silts.
It has ex excised a corrupting influence in
legislation and politics; but the railroad
which it owns' and runs is the most satisfad
tory and admirable of all cwr public enter
icl*6''-'' T 1
A * ‘Confederate' Brigadier” holds the
Republican Senate by the tail and controls
ita patronage and power. The “Confed
erate Brigadiers," on the Democratic side,
ar* relied upon to save Gaeitxld and IfLAims
from annihilation. The Senatorial Confed
erate Brigadier is a big thing just now. It
makes an old-time Radical turn pale to see
I Qnr , w(1 and Garfield bunched between
I Brigadiers. t
Emolish consols are higher than they have
Ken since the debt was on its present foot-
Br phe Boston Herald shows that the
quotation ever made for consols came
the year of the rebellion in Ire.
lid, when the ralue dropped to 47#.
t Tims by what would eeem to be a paradox-
I ical coincidence, both the minimum aqd
I the maximum figures for the British 3 per.
.neats, oome in years of sore trouble in the
discontented Island. v
OCHON K, BILLY MAHONE:
When Senator Hill, in his phenomenal
speech, uncovered General Mahone, he be
gan a drama that has been glorious for the
Democracy everywhere. The party back
bone was stiffened and its soul electrified.
It was inspired to make a history for itself
that no one believed it capable of. From
that first reconnoissance in force to the sur
render of Dawes and the war between
Conkling and Garfield, Democrats every
where have been proud of their party alle
giance and its Senators, and are specially
grateful to the noble and brilliant genius
who tore aside the mask from Mahone and
gave the signal for the charge along the i
whole line that has demoralized and ronted
the Republican array. With Mahone made
a necessary and component part of the Rad- !
ical machine, the wedge to split, not the
South, bat the Republican party, was
driven in by Benjamin H. Hill, and the
blows that followed were of such sturdiness
as to divide the tough old log as it had !
never been severed before. The Mahone *
alliance, thus boldly and magnificently
fastened upon the Republican Senators, has I
been poison to the very veins of those 1
who hoped to be made healthily solid by it. ;
Under the wreck lies little Billt Mahone. I
Who will dig him out? Conkling? That;
depends upon what side Mr. Mahone es-1
pouses. Garfield? That depends upon a ;
similar contingency. Was ever a poor crea- ;
ture so bedeviled by fate and his own
treachery ? He bet the Old Boy his head,
and the Old Boy has won it. YVhen last
heard from, Mahone and Riddlebebger were
being considered by the committee of safety
much as a dry-nurse coddles a sickly infant: j
for the committee is also placed in the nn- ;
comfortable position of selecting Conkling !
or Garfield for its executioner.
The Republican party’s experience with
General Mahone is about similar to that of
the ow-ners of the railroads once bankrupted
by the Readj aster. With this differ
ence, however: Mahone ‘ beggared the
roads, but enriched himself. * He has
now smirched and corrupted and split
the Republican party, but retires or remains
with no reward to speak of or in sight. In
uncovering Mahone, Senator Hill kuilded
more wisely and grandly than he suspected.
What the little General will now do is a ;
matter of some curiosity. YVhat the Re
publicans will do with him is another in- 1
teresting problem. They fear to keep him
in or kick him out. They have been Ma- '
honed and do not know how to cure the dis- -
temper without killing themselves. In
compelling Mahonf. to cleave to his flesh- I
pots, Mr. Hill has made the Republican
party the most odious and distracted organi- i
zation beneath the planet.
THE CITY OP AUGUSTA.
It was just a little strange that the grow
ing importance of the city of Augusta was
first appreciated abroad. During the past
year the flow of Northern money into the
enterprises and into the investments of this
city have convinced our own people that we
have a great destiny before us. Three
months ago a movement was instituted in
the local stock market by New York capital
ists which terminated in the control by
Northern men of our most important rail
road, with a strong probability that a sec
ond will soon be bound up in the same power
ful syndicate. Within six weeks we have seen
the extension stock of one of our largest man
ufacturing institutions engaged in New York
and Baltimore, while Cincinnati and New
York have united to increase the capacities
of a mammoth new cotton mill to double
what it was first intended. Not ten miles
of anew railroad had been put down before
a wealthy corporation was suing for a con- J
nectiou, and even bidding par value for its !
capital stock. Such signs are full of mean
ing. Augusta has not appreciated the im
portance of her own possessions or the possi
bilities of her own position. In tenyearsshe
will be one of the largest as ktae is already
one of the wealthiest oities south of Balti
more. In five years she will add ten thou
sand inhabitants to her population of twen
ty-five thousand. Two new factories, we
may say, and a gigantic cotton mill which
needs but effort to make its projection an
enterprise of definite shape and growing
proportions, will attract to thriving Augusta
easily ten thousand souls, while the com
pletion of anew and important railroad
line will swell the number above that.
In an interview with Judge Henderson
the State Agricultural Commissioner, last
week, he mentioned that the tide of immi
gration was setting in strongly this way.
Hundreds of thousands of people from Eu
rope and from the Northwestern States will
probably make Georgia their permanent
home during the next ten years. There can
be no doubt but that our growing industries
and increasing' wealth will render Augusta
and vicinage the most attractive places for
thjs influx of people. In the next ten years
then Augusta’s population will run up from
25,000 to 40,000 or 50,000, and we would
not be surprised to find that the next cen
sus accords us the first place in size and
wealth of all the cities in Georgia.
The growing value .of real estate is the
best evidence- of substantial prosperity. It
is well known that 4 urin g the last two
months much capital-in Augusta .has aban
doned high priced and uncertain securities
for Jots in and arbund the city. On Broad
street—our onl^business thoroughfare, out
side of.Option Row—there is not a vacant
store from -market to market, and constant
improvements are making in business
stands. Citizens may well look for exten
sion of the business part of the city, until
thriving stores and sho'pp will occupy the
entire upper portiorf of Augusta. The en
hancement in real estate values—the* en
largement of business stands and the im
provement and increase* of private resi
dences, show that Atfgusts's prosperity is
healthy and assured. . ,
THE REPUBLICAN HUDDLE;
The bitter aud unrelenting war now be
ing waged inside the - Republican lines
proves, if proof were needed, tl)at the two
factions, represented by Garfield, and
Conkliko, are not a happy family. The ten
dency of the party is to disintegrate. '■ Hith
erto this dissolving process has been hin
dered more by Democratic blanffering than
anything -else. MTj'at that" did not accom
plish, a sense of oommo'n danger supple
mented, and a temporary truce, backed by
money, bartly saved the powers that be
from utter overthrow. Now, that the Pres-
idency is no longer in dispute, the factions
are knifing each other, and one ot the other,
this timSi must go to the wall. This time,
too, we can jsafMy predict that, there will he
no mistakes committed by tlje Democrats.
They have a splendid point 6f advantage
and a leadership of unsurpassable vigor and ’
sense. Nevfr before has the South had such
a grand representation in the Senate, and
never, perhaps, has the North praseefed, as
a general proposition, so much weak sad ir
resolute .timber. Conkliko is the great
est-Senator on that side,, ar an adroit
and eloquent statesman. 'Em* Hill is
his rnatet in debate and of.en more
that. ‘ Edmunds -ip their memt law
leama| pan. But Bbßwn is no whit his in
ferior as a of -parliamentary prece
dents and immeasnrahfj surpasses him as a
medy combatant upon all questions Gab-
I iwri Morgan, Lamar, Butler, Vest, Coc£-
■ Vance, . Pooh, Batard, Sajdl*rbßs,
Joses and Coer present an array of talent
-that cannot fee rivalled by their opponents.
fci'tHe' Republican rank* all fi feud aqd
jealousy ahd contention. f*' the fceia#-
cratic'phaianr SUM harmony sad enthusi
asm. • Never, within fiwojfoction, has
the party been so admirably .Vtojed,
led and so thoroughly equipped • ha -future
victory. But, just at this moment, danger
is imminent, and'it is of the last importance
yb<a what bafbeeh So splendidly acquired
shall'net be eodsnggred or lost. The eboica
is presented, in the fight feet ween the Presi
dent and the senior New York Senator, of
helping one or the other. .Which shall it be,-,
if either, is the momentous question. It
is not easy to • decide. .Mr. Conklin?
is not as powerful to injure the South and.
riie Democracy as Mr. Garfulh is. It is
not from CoHKuxQ that Makoke can hope
for victory in Virginia and elsewhere—by
demoralizing Uie-Democracy—but from the
President, This is, we pjresome, the main
fact that causes some Southern Senators to
pause. At first blush, it would seem to be
unquestionably the better .policy to sup
port the President, and we hope that our
Senators will see- their way. clear to do so.
They are not expected to heal the breach
in the Republican ranks, but rather to so
act as to let it widen more and more,
and become more and more -impossible to
pontooß. As the case stands, Mr. Conk
ling, who principally helped make Mr:
: Garfield President, has been slapped in
the face by Mr. Blaine, his ancient enemy,
! over Mr. Garfield's shoulder. If he sub
mit lo such a challenge and such an in
sult, his prestige will be gone in New
York and the Union. If he return the
blow, as is most in keeping with his char
acter, with compound interest, the Demo
crats must see to it that, in helping the.
Executive and Mr. Blaine out of their
trouble, they shall be put under bond to !
keep the peace in this section. We are I
satisfied that, in the emergency, the Demo- ;
cratie Senators will be directed with wisdom i
and jndgmeri/; and what they elect to do in ;
the matter will be for the good of their party j
and therefore for the welfare of the whole i
amntry. So, up with the curtain and let i
the last act go on !
FARMING CAN PAY.
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Mr. Reams, of Middle Georgia, has made
money since the war by farming. He thinks
it a simple matter, and that a few plain
rules, strictly followed, will be sure of suc
cess. He plants plenty of wheat and com;
makes his own meat as well a his own food
and forage. Food is the first thing attend
ed to. Cotton is planted as a surplus crop.
Since the war he has had an abundance of
- corn, meat and money. If you talk to
other farmers this way and of such men as
Mr. Reams, they invariably agree that the
principle enunciated is the only correct one.
But they do not follow it, and the ma
jority of them are in a condition of chronic
poverty and debt. What can remove such
pure cussedness or insanity we know not.
It will take, presumably, another race and
generation to correct the evil; We fear it
is the man that is to blame more than
anything else. A merchant of Augusta
loaned a young farmer $2,500 at six per
| cent, to purchase a small plantation. Two
years passed. No interest was paid and
the farm was surrendered to satisfy the ob
ligation. The merchant hired the farmer
to oversee the place. The first year he
cleared $l,lOO and the second year $1,600.
There was money in it for one man and
none 'lor the other. The' moral we draw
is this : Too many men want to be bosses
when they need to be subalterns-that is,
too many men try to manage plantations
when they ought to be at the plough
handles. It is the tnan that makes the
farm.
THE ENTERING WEDGES.
What the politicians have failed to do, in
the way of dividing Southern solidarity, the
needs of commerce may bring about. Our
brother of the New Orleans Democrat takes
the practical view and shows that the party
line of the future will be made by railways,
river transportation and their various com
binations. He says : “We have been made
“ to, feel, it has been impressed upon us in
“ a manner not to be misunderstood, that
“ the line which shall mark the boundary
“ of our trade re ations, and, consequently,
"of our political alliances,. must not be
“ drawn from East or West, but from North
"to South. There is not an intelligent
“ man in Louisiana but peroeives that with
“ every year the ties between the Southwest
“ and the Northwest will become stronger
“ aodcloior; that the interests of the States
“ drained by the Mississippi and its tribu
taries are identical; that the people of
" these State3 are animated by a common
“ motive, are striving toward a common
“ goal, and that they must find their great
“ ness and prosperity in one and the same
“ consummation.”
The intention is expressed by this and
other outgivings of a commercial sep
aration of the States of Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Texas and Arkansas from the
interests and purposes of Georgia, Vir
ginia and the Carolines. This is largely
true. The Southwest and Northwest are
natural allies, and are being brought to
gether more and more magnetically year by
year. That the same natural forces are com
pelling the South Atlantic States to a com
mercial alliance with the East, more par
ticularly, we have always believed. Our
Western connections will be kept up and
made valuable, but until we know how to
utilize our own ports, Boston, New York
and Baltimore will be our chief objective
points. It is true that the Mississippi River
has-been tapped by Eastern railways and
much of its usefulness'impaired. But this
is being remedied, and the barge system,
the Jas Gould railways, the opening of
Mexico to oommeree, and the building of
one or more water-ways across the Isthmus
will more and more divorce the South
western from the South Atlantic common
wealths.
The reasoning of our New Orleans con
temporary is ingenious and forcible. The
tremendous industrial combinations now
forming, and to be formed, will have as
astonishing an influence upon commerce as
upon politics. Business interests are break
ing down sectional lines, and the States of
the Union before many years will be grouped
politically, according as ’their geographical
situation necessarily compels them.
RAILROAD. COMBINATION.
With but slight dissent, and what
amounts to practical unanimity, the stock
holders of the Georgia Railroad Company
have endorsed the action of their President
and .Board of Directors in. leasing their,
property to a powerful syndicate that. will,
not only control it, we are assured, for the
common benefit, but likewise for the spe
cial welfare of- those most interested and
who have retained their interesfin spite of
what may be with truth - called a terri
ble temptation to part with. it. The
road never was fo as; good condi
tion everyway a4*at present, and very
soon it will compare not unfavorably with
the best routes in the country.. It is fo the
hands of enterprising, wealthy and pro
gressive men, who are abreast. with the
wonderful age they liye in.’ The reasons
given by President Phinizy for the con
summation of the grand; scheme of con
solidation and alliance with Mr. Wadley
and his associates ate weighty, sensihle,
conclusive. He has also, by simply pointing
-to -the facts and figures of the past
year, demonstrated that he had more
than justified the. high hopes formed
of his administration and that what
seemed a- daritig scheme of improvement
i /pas, sffer all, the result of a profound
knowledge of affairs apd a dextrous use of
j the available means at hand to accomplish
a wonderful transformation. The advance
of the stock has been almost unprecedented,
and ft has enriched hundreds,who held*it,
as well s hundreds who sold at high fig
ares to those who-had morfl faith than
themselves. The work dope by the Presi
dent speaks for itself. It' needs -no eulogy.
It stands ont in relief so '.that all can
see and understand without an inter
j preter. A stock that can earn and pay
' IT per sent, dividends is indeed most val
uable, and that it will be rated among the
i cfecvQsat securities anywhere is beyond per
j adventure. The risk of this achievement
was taken by Mr. PvdU)?- The glory of
- success is his. It will be cheerfully accord
jpa. . He has earned the-right of being rank
ed with the distinguished railway officers of
: the age, mid has a bright future before him.
] We cannot foybear making, jn this con
i neefeon, most paerited. jaention of Hon.
| John Datisos, whose sagacity* firmnees
and 7?*acity of purpaso, to say noth
ing of the rinews of way, bare
been the mighty auxliile of President
Phjxet. One never thinks of the CMorgia
Railroad without identifying with it the'
name of John Davison, and we are'.specially
pleased, as the public will be, to luiow that
he still remains its good genius, its tower
of strength, its most vjgilabt sentry, feu
its darkest hour he clung to and never last
confidence in it. In the hour of its most
splendid triumph he can congratulate him
self as one who has fought the' good *fight
and kept the faith.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING,' MAY If, 1881.
"MI XU) UP." *
LORD ROSCOE AND ■ HE ADHINISTRA
. TION.
*
j Republican Senator* Again Caural—
Senator Conkling Tells the Reason
Why Robertson’s Nomination It Dis-
I tasteful .to Him “ Bad Faith and
Treated Host Injuriously.” •
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) *
W ashington, 4tfay 9. The Republican
\ Senators held another caucus, this after
noon, to decide what course should now be
pursued with regard to that class of execu
tive business which was left temporarily
; unprovided for in the programme adopted
last week. Although the caucug was in
session until 6 o’clock, it finally adjourned
without reaching a point of action •on the
subject under consideration. -At an early
stage of the proceedings a joint resolution
was submitted, proposing to declare, as-’the
sense of the caucus, that it is inexpedient
for the Senate to take action at this session
upon any contested nomination to fill an
office not now vacant. This gave rise to a
long debate as to the respective rights of
the President and the Senate, and courtesies
due from one to the other.
About four o’clock Mr. Conkling took the
floor and proceeded to make a speech,
, which occupied the remainder .of the cau
cus session. It was devoted,to a history of
the Domination of Judge Robertson for the
New York Collectorship, and to a. compre
hensive statement of the reasons why this
nomination was particularly objectionable
and offensive to him. In the course of his
remarks he entered extensively into the
subject of New York politics, and Judge
Robertson’s connection with them, particu
larly at the Ohioago Convention. He also
gave a detailed recital of his conferences
and understandings with the President in
regard to the New York nominations, &c., at
various times antecedent to the nomination
of Robertson, from all of which circum
stances he argued that he and the party
whom he and his colleague repre
sented in New York had been dealt
with in bad faith and treated most
injuriously. In relating what occurred at
Chicago, Mr. Conkling informed the caucus
that Judge Robertson, among other exhibi
tions of personal hostility then made by
him, went so far as to declare he would not
support General Arthur if nominated for
Vice-President. At the close of Senator
Conkling’s speech the caucus adjourned
until to-morrow. None of the Senators
whose position is doubtful on the main
subject of controversy participated, in the
debate to-day, and as no vote was taken on
any proposition, no indications were af
forded as to what may be the result of the
deliberations to-morrow.
Views or Senator Voorhees on the Subject.’
The Star to-night has an interview with
Senator Voorhees on the subject of Robert
son’s nomination, in which that Senator
says: "We hear much about ‘Senatorial
courtesy’ in connection with appointments
and confirmations. That is all well enough
in proper bounds. I try to be as courteous
as any other Senator, and, as far as
my duty will permit, I gladly oblige my as
sociates; but, like many other good quali
ties, courtesy may be invoked out of place.
The New York Custom House is as
National in its proper functions as- one
of the Departments of the Gov
ernment, and the Collector of Cus
toms at Nesv York is as much a Na
tional official as a member of the
Cabinet. A great commercial port collecting
revenue from seven-tenths, perhaps, of all
the commerce of the American people, can
not be regarded as a mere appendage to the
local polities of a single State. The ap
pointment of a collector of such port can
not be claimed as a local perquisite fora
Senator or member of Congress, like the
appointment of postmaster. The people of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and., other great
Western States, are as much interested in
the administration of the legitimate busi
ness of the New York Custom House as the
people of New York themselves. While I
regret that the appointment of Judge
Robertson is not acceptable to the Senators
from New York, yet, believing him a capable
and an honest man, and recognizing the
right of the President to make the selec
tion, I feel it niv duty to vote for his con
firmation."
The Views of Senatorial Leaders.
The Star says: “These views from a. De
mocratic Senator of the prominence and.in
fluence of Mr. Voorhees have special weight
at this time, especially as anothm leading
Senator of the same party (Mr. Bayard) has
expressed himself recently to the same ef
fect.” The Star to-night says: "It is ex
pected in political ciroles that the present
week will be one of excitemont. It is hot
thought that action on the Robertson nomi
nation can be delayed longer than Thurs
day, and to-day a caucus is being held by
Republican Senators to reconsider the ac
tion of the previous caucus. So long as the
decision of the last caucus remains in force,
Senator Conkling has a great advantage in
so far he can delay the report in the
Robertson case, and just now delay is ad
vantageous to him. Democrats are not
united as to what course they will phrsue,
nor are the Republicans. With some Demo
crats the question arises whether the Presi
dent's move is to be accepted ns a personal
warfare on Senator Conkling.-or whether, by
his act, he is threatening the Senate and
arrogating to himself the right to coerce
that body or influence’it through the use of
patronage. Some of the Senators,, aside
from political associations,' hold that’the _
question at issue is not whether the Presi-’
dent or Senator Conkling shall triumph, bnt
whether, by the implied threat the Presi
dent has "made, he is to assume that
the Executive power shall dominate’the
distinct legislative pdwfer of the Govern
ment. The matter, hence, is settling itself
down to a question of the rights of the. Se
nate in contradistinction to the rights of the
President under the Constitution. The
President’s friends say, exnltingly : ‘GeD.
Garfield has made up his mind to be Presi
dent.’ This is all right, undoubtedly, say
these Senators,, but in asserting sneFF claim
he must not forget'thattheSenilte has rights
delegated to it by the Constitution. One*
of these rights is that of consenting to-the
President’s appointments ; that is, if it sees
fit, and it clearly has the right to refuse to
consent, and for the President to say: ‘ You
must confirm this' or that man under,
pain, if you da not, of Executive displeas
'ure,’is ai.threat,which, if yielded to, .will
destroy the co-ordinate branches of the
Government. On this subject Senator
Conkling said, yesterday,"to a Southwestern.
Senator: ‘I anticipate, within three years,
there will be an uprising of the people to
resist the encroachment of the Executive
po&er. 1, for one, intend now to resist all
such encroachments, no matter who is
President.’ • Then -there are Democrats
who* reason ‘in this’ way. They say:,
•Tlfo • President is in a * dilemma.. He
ean*ot get Judge Robertson confirmed
■unless he has Democratic votes.. Now, it
is our duty to take advantage of the com
plex situation and help ourselves,’ This
they can do. ‘lt so happens,’ spM a le’ad
ing Democrat, ’that jnst npw the Demo
cratic miDd is considerably torn up with re
spect to Mahone and the position the Presi
dent bears toward him. The President, it
is reported, has semi-officially declared, out
side Of the Gorham-Riddleberger contest,
he is .With Mahone in his efforts to break
dowp what is called the Bourbon Democracy
in Virginia. In "shOrt, this means-he fa
vors an alliance with Mahone if he can
destroy the Democratic pariy in Virginia.
With patronage, Mahdne may Re, able to
make inroads.On the Democratic strength,*
but without it he would be powerless.’
‘Now, ’ says another of the Democratic lead
ers, ‘if the President proposer to knife os
by giving Mahone Federal with
which to disrupt our'party, it is none-of
our affair to aid him in.his present dilemma.
Rather it is our duty to go to him and find.
out definitely what he intends to do, and ir
he will not give' us satisfaction, to stand
aloof from him in the present quarrel and,
let the Republicans fightit outamongthem
selves.’ Others say if we turn in and aid the
President.'what assurance have we -that -af
ter having triumphed by our votes! pver
Conkling, he will not dismiss us and with
out thanks.’ Said a prominent Democrat
last nieht: ‘I know that Senators Hampton
and Butler and one or two others are ac
tively af work to induce Democrats* to vote
for Robertson!s confirmation. This' they
do because of a personal dislike to Conk
ling, and "because of thefo dislike they are
so impatient to humiliate that they fall to
gee the advantage the*situation presents to
the democrats."* .
FRUIT AND FARM.
Eainbridge 'Democrat. 1
Our fruit trees don’t seem to have suffered
much damage from the late cold snap.. They
are loaded with fine young fruit.
[Montgomery Advertiser .]
Alabama and the South, with her varied
and splendid capacities for diversified agri
cultural production, ought to furnish sup
plies to. the world, instead of depending on
other sections, even for the common article
of hay.
[KruxrviUe Tribune .] .
The East Tennessee chicken crop is every
year assuming larger proportions. -At this
tirneschisketos are beingoepf to the South by
the car load. Qne ja.noiT6.le firm yesterday
shipped two car loads of chidkens to USw
jOrieeus They had sept two car loads "the
day before.
[ Knojuilie Dispatch.]
All evidences concur that East Tcnutssee
•never had a more encouraging prospect for
fruit of all descriptions than at present.
The prolonged cold spell kept back the
springing buds, and thus saved them from
the Jew killing frosts that va fend, Our
orchards will be loaded next Summer.
——
Albany, May 11. —In the Assembly to
’d&y, a bill to allow women to vote was de
feated
; , * THE SPADE TO EARTH
Is Now lo Tell the Story—
Issues Orders for 'Work on the Georgia
Western ty Begin gt Once—An End to
Talk and an Appeal to the Eloquent
Shovel—A New Mpvr, bjr Which the
Brunswick Extension Will be Poshed
Through. ,
[.Special to Atlanta Constitution.]
-New Yoke, May 8, 12:40, a. m.—l hear
to-night, on what I consider excellent au
thority, that Mr. Wolff representing Er
langer & Cos., of Frankfort, bankers, who
own tfee Alabama Great Southern Road, has
concluded the purchase of the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, and will extend it at
I once to Eufaula, and thence eventuallv to
Meridian. A conference is being held to
night' between the parties at interest, and
the next dav or two will probably define a
new railroad system.
,The Georgia Western.
, General Gordon has closed a contract with
Post k Wilkins for the building of the Chat
tahoochee Railroad bridge. He telegraphed
orders'to Major Green yesterday to put a
force on the Georgia Western at. onc& and
•prepare the road for him as far as Douglaa-
The work will be pushed forward
rapidly, the force befog increased as rapid
ly as they can be made efficient. His plan
has developed preoiselv as he laid it but at
first* the delay that.has been caused being
inevitably incident in the organization of a
great enterprise. H. W, G.
The following dispatch, addressed to
Major W. S. Green, Chief Engineer was
received last evening: , *
"New Yoke, May 7,— Organize immedi
ately an effective force hnder a good man,,
to repair and make ready for iron the graded
portions of the Georgia Western, beginning
at Atlanta. J. B. Gobdon.” *
. Major Greene was absent from the city
yesterday, and the Constitution was, there
fore, unable to ascertain how soon a force
will be ready to go to work; bnt it is safe to
say that before the expiration of the present
week work will actually be begun. Major
’ Green now has the instructions that he has
been waiting for, aDd the completion of the
line to Douglasville is a certainty before the
maturity of another crop.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Called Meeting of Directors Yesterday—
The Lease Under Consideration—With
drawal of the South Carolina Interest
—Mr. Wadley the Sole Lessee.
It was intimated several days ago that
there was a hitch' somewhere in the Geor
gia Railroad lease, the long conference of
Mr. Wadley, Mr. Fisher, Mr. T*hini?y and a
committee fof Directors of the road giving
color to the report. Yesterday a called
meeting of the Directors of the Georgia
Railroad was held. There was a full Board,
with the exception L. M. Hill. The
meeting lasted several hours. . At its'eon
cluSion the following facts were ascertain
ed: It will be remembered that when the
agreement for the rental of the road was
made, a prime condition was that th%Jes
seei should deposit one million
United States bonds as security for
ments of the annual rental of six hundred
thousand dollars. The lessees named
were Wm. M. Wadley, Samuel Sloan, Moses
Taylor and J. H. Fisher. The agreement,
by its terms, was to be succeeded by a
Regular contract, drawn up by lawyors, and
made to stand for the ninety-nine years
stated in the contract. When the agree
ment was made, the Georgia Railroad Di
rectors understood that Messrs. Taylor,
Sloan and Fisher were contracting in their
individual capacity and not for the South
Carolina Railroad. Subsequent events show
ed that such was not the understanding of
those gentlemen, but that they were all the
time acting for the South'Carolina Railroad.
Some weeks since it was announced that the
million dollars Uited States bonds had
been duly .deposited in New York, nut this
. report proved to be incorrect. Mr. Wadley
’ deposited his half of the amount with the
Planters Loan and Trust Company of New
York, but the other half was not put np by
Taylor and Sloan. Bonds belonging to the
South Carolina Railroad, in the hands of
the Planters Loan and Trust Company, that
company declined to give up, and as Taylor
and Sloan depended upon these and did not
desire to become lessees as individuals, they
telegraphed their position to Mr. Wadley
and to President Phinizy, at the same time,
signifying their earnest desire to effect the
lease with the South Carolina EoMfoad, as
one of the lessees, and offering to give their
promise that, it would be made all right as.
soon as the affairs of that road were settled,
which would not be far off- as the road is
to be sold in a few weeks. This proposition,
however, the authorities of the Georgia
Railroad would not entertain, as the South
Carolina Railroad is in a transition state, and
it cannot with certainty be told into what
hands it Will fall. It was to efinsidyr these
matters that the lengthy conference was
held between Messrs. Wadley, Phinizy,
Fisher, Lawton and a committeo of Georgia
Railroad Directors, consisting *of Judge
Reese, Judge Hillyer- and Mr. H. D. Me-'
Dpniel. These gentlemen, with President'.
Pbinizy, were ' appointed a committee to
perfect.the lease and have the contract put,
ih legal form. A number of telegrams wefe
exchanged between the conference and
Messrs. Taylor and Sloan, resulting finally
in the withdrawal of the South Carolina
Railroad interest for the reasons given
above. The Central Railroad offered ’to
take the lease, giving one million dollars
of its own bonds —w<4rth in the market
nearly twelve’ hundred . thousand dol
lars—as security for the annual rental, but
this was declined, as th.e Georgia Railroad
authorities considered that there ) vfire legal
difficulties in tbaway of alease of the Geor
gia to the Central. - Mr. Wadley then de
clared that he would take the entire lease
himself, and the following stood security
for the deposit of the remaining half mil
.lion United Sfatej bonds within thirty days,
each for fifty thousand dollars: John Davi
son, Thos. P. Branch, Augusta; J. F. Gil
mer, A: R. Lawton, Wm. M. Wadley; Savan
nah; CfC. Baldwin, New York; Dr. J. S.
Hamilton, -Athens, Ga, P. Branch,
Richmond, Va.; Gen. E. P. Alexander, Lou
isville,’'Kentucky; Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. As the committee of * Direc
tors had only been empowered to make
the contract with the . original lessees, it
became necessirv to call a meeting of flie
Board .to give them, the authority to con
tract with Mr. Wadley alone; hence the
meeting yesterday. The vote upon the.
question was unanimous, thus differing
from that of the Board at the time'the leaser
was first decided upon, when there was one
dissenting voidfe. Mr. Hill, the Director
'absent yesterday, them voted in the affirma
rive; The contract: or lease was formally
jS-awn in proper legalahape, signed in dupli
aFate and the lease to Mr. Wadley completed.
■lt is not known whether he will remain
the solfe lessee. The fact that General
Alexander, Mr. Baldwin anst the Lou
isville" and Nashville Railroad are among
thoeQ who guaranteed the deposit of
the other half million of bonds, would
seem to.indicate that that road might be
come interested in the lease. The Btock of
the Georgia Railroad, which was a little off
Monday, became stronger yesterday and is
quoted at 165* bid, 166 asked. It is un
derstood that the present Directors of the
road are in favor of fixing the annual
dividend at ten pfer cent., payable .quarter
ly.-... So me of them are said to incline to
eleven per cent. The new Board. Will fix.
this? .It is very prohable, however’, that
the old' JJoard will be re-elected. There
has been some talk of making the number
less, but it is not known' whether tMs will
be done or not?
" -The Directors-will meet at the Georgia
Railroad'Bank at fijp’clock-this morning.
The stockholders convention will asaembFe
at Jlasonic Hall at 10 o’clock.’ , .
.•HE DIED AS I LIVE TO-DAY-;* 1
uFytllog. That the Confederacy Onght to
Have Sncceeded,-Beeanse It Was 'Foun
ded on Truth and Justice”—Jefferson
Davis ou Stonewall Jackson.
(By Telegraph to the Chrohicle.)
New Obleaks. May 11. — At the conclusion
Of the ceremonies attending the dedication
of the tomb of the Association of the Army
of Northern Virginia and the unveiling of
the statue of Stonewall Jackson, yesterday
evening, fit Mataric Cemetery, Jefferson
Davis, after complimenting Gen. Lee’s ad
dress and congratulating the Associqtion-on
the completion of their tomb and monu
ment, referring to Gep. Jackson, said:
“From the academic shades of a military
institute he went forth to baftle for" the
; cause of State'rightfi, self-government and
I constitutional liberty. * Nobody ever ex-
I pected that this quiet professor wouhLhaTe
an opportunity to show the great qualities
he possdMed, add become the great hero* of
our. war. To-d&y he stands, in the opinion
of Europeans, so far as I know it," the
mightiest chieftain of the Confederate cause.
This silent professor constantly rose lfoe.a
meteor over the battle field of the Oonfed
eraey-the only like meteonr i its brightness—
for his light was as steady as the orb of day.
It shone to the very close, increasing in
brilliancy and in the trust which the-people
' reposed npoD it. . Such was laqlsoq ! He
lued* for his country, never doubting the
•justice of his course, believing it Wasjight
eous and trusting in it. He disfl 1 live
to-day, reeling chat foe CoiSeffeimow ought
to have feuccee<fed‘, because it wasifopnded
on truth and justice. He gave his- HTe for
the whole country, and the country
Its beast to.jakiKMi. sou, the men- dpon
ytooj'tfp leaned in tbfe hour Of danger; in
honoring him also honor yourselves."
• . -T-'Going
'Going to Saratoga*
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
Loimoif, May I.l,—Edward Trickett, the
oarsman, of Syney, N. 8. W., writes to the
| sportsman, saying he will leave fqr the
I United States in a few. days, and wul take
| np his quartet* at Saratoga
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS.
The Condition of the Property—The Re*
eelpts and Expenditures—The Lease.
The following is the annual report of
President Phinizy to the stockholders of the
Georgia Railroad:
President’s Report.
Office Geoboia R. B. and Banking Cos., *)
Augusta, Ga., April Ist, 1881. )
2b the Stockholders:
The following report of the operations of
the Road an.d Bank for the year ending
March 31st, 1881, and a comparison of the
same for the naevious year is herewith re
spectfully submitted:
Income From All Sources.
lBB6. 1881. Increase. Decrease.
Net Earnings Road. *403,07521 *414,521 91 *11,44670 "
‘‘ Bank 21,437 56 41,927 39 **20,489 83
Dividends A. k W. Pt. R. R„ 32,00000 *82,000 00 *
„ Rome R. B 14,893 75 8,936 25 5,957.50
West’n B. B rent Bol’g St’ls. 18,000 00 18,000 00 . "-**.•
... “ “ Coupon Account 110,000 00 143,000 00 33,000 00
Miscellaneous sources .8,513 31 8,482 54 ’ • * 3Q77
Total!’. * *607,919 83 *666,86809
Fjid Dividends 252,000 00 294,000 00
Interest Bonds this Qo. 93,530-00 10SJ[2@5 00 15,735 00
“ T • “M.AA.R.R. 39,220 12 21,140 00 - 18,080 12
“ “ “West. R.R. 83,260 00 85,080 00 1,820"00
. “ Taxes, Legal and inci
dental expenses 17,64511 17,528 26 118 8&
Balance surplus 122,264 60 139,854 83 17,590 23 ’
Total. .. . j *607,91983 *666,86809 *77,145*23 JIB, 196 97
•It will be seen from the above statement
.that the feceipts from the Western Railroad
(coupon aecodnt and rolling stock) ard
$75,920 in excess -of the interest on its
bonds. The amount charged to Coupon
account has been reduced from $97,540 to
$39,620. ’ The "bonded deb\ of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking" Company has in
creased $746,000, but $600,000 of the pro
ceeds resulting from -this indebtedness is
still in the hands of -the Gashier, to be . ap
propriated to the redemption of bonds mi
tering July 1,188 R and to pay for ’steel
rail. In this connection special reference is
made to Cashier's statement, No. 3. This
statement shows that since April lht, 1877,'
$1,709,586 79 of bdnds have been retired;
that $600,000 from sale of bonds is, as
mentioned above, on* hand, and that $2,-
000,000 of 6 pbr cent, bonds have been is
sued; or, in other words, during the past
four years the debt of the company has been
diminished $309,586 79.
Earning* and" Expenses Transportation
Department.
Year ending ‘
March 31. 1880. 1881. •
Up freight .$ 211,531 38 $ 238,262 71
Down freight.... 412,666 00 526,554 89
Way freight. 161,211 32 181,969 37
Express freight.. 8,886 66 9,961 17m
Miscellaneous.. . 87,743 06 76,002 4r
Total
Through passen- “
gers *.... 28,'386 16 31,557 89
Local passengers 227,057 75 273,464 14
Mai 1.....: 32,041 81 12,191 64
T0ta1.../... 287,485 72 337,213 67
Total earnings ,' . 1,169,524 14 1,369,964 42
Total expenait’rs 766,448 93 955,442 51’
Net earnings. *403,075 21 444,521 91
Gross receipts per *
mile 3,809 50 - 4,462 43
Expenses per mile 2,496 50 3,112 19
Net receipts per
mile..'. 1,313 00 1,350 23
Perr ent. expens’s
to eamipgsT.-.. 65.50 69.74
Increase. Dsrease.
Up freight $ 26,731 53
Down freight • 113,888 89
Way freight.2o,7sß 05
Express freight 1,07.4 51
Miscellaneous , 11,740 65
Total 150,712 33
Through passengers.. ' *3,171 73 - !
Local passengers 46,406 39
Mail.. 149 83 .
Total... 49,727 95
Total earnings 200.440*28 < |
Total expenditures ... 188,993 58
Net earnings. . ~ 11,446 70
Gross receipts per m’e 652 93
Ihcpenses per mile.. . 615*69
Net receipts per mile *37 23
Per *cent. expenses to •
earnings...- -...* -,4.24
A comparison with the business of the
previous year shows an increase in gross
earnings of-$200,440 28, and in expendi
tures of $188,983 58. The increase in ex
penditures is lafgeiy due to the improve
ment in equipment;. During the, yCarwe
hove built in our shops . 170 freight cars,
purchased G conductor’s oars, 2 .sleeping
cars, paid 'for.4 passenger coaches', and
purchased 3 new freight ■ locomptivts of
large capacity. There lias been xpen#id
in the extension of the elevator building,
machine shop and car shdp, $23(583 52;
The large increase in the volume of tonnag’e
has also necessitated the movement of a
larger number of trains, thereby adding
materially to our expenses. -• At "’the same
time the revenue has not increased in
proportion tp the freight, "The mile ton
nage for the y*>ar* wfft 49,961,644 tons ps
against 37,085,356 tons for the ’
year, an increase of 12,87,6,288 ton% 34
72-100 per-cent., while the revenue, from
this source sßows an increase “of only 16
"50-100 pdr cent. .The .averhge rate "/or
carrying, freight was 2 13PI00 cents "per
ton per mile, and for the "previous year
ye&f 2 46-100 cents. This is due principally
to a reduction in rat£s by the Commission,
and partly to the loiy rates'at "Which com
petition forced us to haul- through freight.
The Direction has submitted’ - to'-tnq Com
mission, neither fdt the ' reason that the
"'Commission has not injured us, • nof.be.
cause the company had np alternativaiipt
to submit, but because it was believed ihaf
reflection, observation and exp*erience
.would soon convince the Legislature aftd
the people that it was a mistake to attempt
to authorize such great interference With
railroad property, and that important modi
, fleatious of the law, might be hoped for at
ah early day. The • Direction beliefve that
certain irrepealable provisions of our char
ter in reference to freight and passenger
tariff can be invoked for - our .protection
whenever the mandates of the Commission
become intolerable.- Notwithstanding’ the
reduction in rates, the’ prospects of the
company are encouraging. The business
is constantly increasing, ajid with the com
.pletion of the improvements now in pro-,
gress, expenses Will" be materially lessened.
Condftfoa of the" Uqa.il.
• * The unusual seventy of the past Winter
and the continuous rains affected seriously
the physical condition of the road, and
made it almost impossible at times to keep
it in order. From this 'cause there was a
number of train accidents, which, though
no one of a serious character, occasioned, in
the aggregate, considerable damage to the
property of the company: The flood in the
early part of February washed away the
bridge over the Ocmulgee river at Macon,
and about one thousand feet of embank
men. To re-buifa this bridge in permanent
shape and- re-place the " embankment will
cost about S4O,(XX). At present our trains
are going into Macon over the bridge of the"
CeDtral Bailroad, and it may be best to
make this arrangement. permanent. A
steady Improvement is Being made in the
roadwaJßbd by next Fall it will be ■ in bet
ter condition than at any period sinoe'the
war. "We have on the way from England
six thousand tons of steel rail, which will
complete the laying of steel on the main
line. There has also been purchased and"
will Soon be in operation at the company’s
quarry, a crusher to crush rock for ballast,
the severe Winter havingjdemonstratod that
ballasting upon pertain portionsttie road is
absolutely necessary. . .> ■ •
We have received the usual dividend of
8 percent, from the Atlanta and West Point
Bailroad Company, $10,500 from our in
vestment in the Port Royal and Augusta
Railway Company, and $8,936 25 from the
Rome Bailroad. The latter was serioiisly
damaged by the flood in the Etowah river,
fifteen miles of the track bring under water!
and the bridges and trestles being mpre or
less injured. This wil) account for the fall
ing off in the dividends received from that
company.
' In July, 1879, this company contracted
to furnish the “Walton Railroad Company”
with iron to lay the track from Social Circle
to Monroe, and also a locomotive and suffi
cient cars for its business. The Walton
Bailroad Company Was to grade tie road
and provide the crow ties, spikes and
switches, but practically everything, but
the grading, was furnished by the com
pany. As.soon as the road is completed,.'
which will be ip a few days, we gfe to re/
eeiue, in payment for ws?k done tod m2-'
terial farnished, ponds-secured by A
and only lien on the road ap’d franchise
There is at present tp this accjjfcat,
Reference is made to re
ports of subordinate officers for fqlijffid de
tailed statements of the affairs of tfce com
pany. , P* 8- PSWUZT, Prepack
Superintendent - Repopjf
Gxobqia Baxleoap asp B**kc<a Cos., 1
Augusta, Ga., April Ist, 1881; j
ing repdrt of the operation* of the* roedfor
.the. fiscal year closing on the 31st ultimo.
The earnings Jjave been as follows, viz:
From passengers
and mail * 337,213 67
From freight and
express 1,032,750.75
Total $1,969,964 42
The expenses of conduotingthe
business have been: .
For conducting
transportation.. $246,155 46
For motive power. 320,978 18
For maintenance
of way 172,010 98 •
For maintenance
of cars 216,297 89
Total.. ...,..,.,*985,443 51
Net earnings *414,521 SI
The expenses fire 69 74-100 percent* of
gross e’arnings. • ■ ,
From the foregoing you will peroeive that
the gross earnings of the road for the.fiscal-,
year were $1,369,964 42. 'After
all expenses the net earnings were $414,:.
521 91.
Yorf will observe that the gross earnings
have been in excess of previous years; the
increase being both in passengers and
freight.
The favorable prediction made in my Ufet
annual report has been justified by results.
The business of tho whole “country had an
awakening of substantial importuned! and
the road shared in the common welfare. It
is the opinion of wise judges that the pros
perity of the past is as nothing compared to
that the future holds-out for the South j>nd
the Union. Granting this, the caree? off 1
the Road, with the tremendous
impetus given, and with the obstructions
removed from its path, cannot be other- 1
wise than onward and upward. *
Gratifying as our earnings are shown to be,
they would have boon much larger had not
the Fall and Winter been of unprecedented
severity. The wet months ot the cotton
picking seasons materially reduced the crop,
great as it was, and to that extent curtailed
our earnings.’large as they were, in spite of
all these unlooked for drawbacks.
By reJerence to the tables it will be ob
sffi-ved that the movement of cotton, fertil
izers, bacon, grain, meal,-flour, grits, beer,
livestock, hay, &c,, during the fiscal year
just cl&sed, has been- largely in excess of
any v previous year in the history of the
company. The movement of cotton and
fertilizers is unprecented, and, as compared
4uth the previous year, exhibits the follow-,
fog results; ..
'Bales cotton. Tons Fertilizers
1880 #229,366 t 41,408
1881. jt. 295,849 58,277
Increase...'. 66,483 Bales, 16;
Had we received the same rate per mile
on thofte articles that we did the previous
year, our revenues would have been largely
augmented.
The company's grain elevator continues
■to.afferd our millers and merohants facili
ties for extending th6ir business into, the
adjacent territory. During the year there
was elevated.
Bush. Corn Bush.. Wheat Buah. Oats Total.
93,787 114,805, 1ff365 226,957
The passenger business, both local and
through, continues to improve, as the fol
lowing comparison will show :
Local. Through. Total.
1880 227,057 75 - 28,386 16 255,443 91
1881 273,464.14 31,557 89 305,022 03
1ncrea5e.546,406 , 39'4*3,171 73 *49,678 12
It is not to Jq eKpected, however, that
the next year .will *bw so gratifying an
exhibit,<ns it must be bonus- in-mind that
on February Is* last, the local' fare.was
the State Commissioners .reduced to tjjree
(3) cents per mile.
The freight business also shows a liberal
increase, and from all sources is as follows:
1880....: -.....$ 914,080 23
1881 1,064,942 39
Increase ,* 150,862 16
. Car Department.
•During the year wo have built 70 new
box, 50 coal, and 50 platform cars. We
haveYebuilt 26 box, 3 stock, 13 coal and
15 platform cars,, besides making all neces
sary repairs. . We have purchased this year
2 Lucas sleeping cars, 4 passenger and 6
caboose cars. Below we give the number
of cars on hand:
Passenger oars 31
Sleeping cars 4
Baggage cars. ... 8
Mail cars 3
Box oars. v 420
Green Line cars 107
Caboose cars ■ 20
, Flat tors..: .181
Stock cars . 31
Goal cars... ,s.. ~108
Shanty cars. I’9 .
* “Pay cars.l
Wood crates. . 2
Provision ears.'!.3 ■
Totaf.t 938
• • Motive Department. *
By examining the Master Machinist’s re
port, the number, of engines belonging "to
the'company, their condition and mileage
will be'exhibited.
Road Master’s Department.
Referring to the report of the road master
it will be seen that there have been received
>2,768 tons iif steel rail, equal to nearly 31%
milsq. This gives us a steel track from
Augusta to the.4B mile post, also, from the,
70th mile.post to .UriioA IJpipt, -also, from
Yellow river, 135 mile post, to 138 mile
post. We now haye 90 miles of steel rail
laid on the ropd.-. We have on hand X\%
milerf of steer rpil which will be put down
as faßt as possible. Only 81 miles of the
main lino reimjjn to be laid in" steel raH, and
.the steel rail fortho balance has been pur
chased. When this shall have b6en ac
complished, nnd the proper ballasting fin
ished, the road will in first class condi
tion. We have also purchased a rock crusher
4or ballasting' of the track. The iron for
Alcavy bridgo is 'complete, and the con
tractors will erect the new bridge at once.
The officers and employes of the company
have worked zealously .and 'harmoniously'
for the common welfare of the vast property ■
entrusted to [their care., To.thqm, one and
ail, the thanks of the company are due, and
will be, ho doubt,-accorded.
* Respectfully submitted,
8. E. Johnson, Superintendent.
, Supplemental Report.
To the Stockholders of the Georgia'Railroad
and, Banking Company :
• It is not many years since the maxims
"of commerce, applied to. railroads, kept
them disconnected with each other. When
ever two roads entered a town or city, the
, commercial interest of the town or city, as
it was then conceived, required a break in ■
the line of transportation.
The first step in the development of
railroad business was to close such gaps, by
making actual physical connection of differ
ent, roads, while their respective man
agements still remained distinct, and might
be unfriendly. The next step was agree
ments between roads, physically connected
but legally distinct, for through transporta
tion and ratable division of freight. The
latest phase of development is the union,
under one bead of both rails and manage
ment of several or many different roads,
taking up the commerce of extensive areas
of Without, perhaps* the con- ;
scious recognition of tho fact by the tyork,
era themselves, this stag* of development
has wrought out in commerce the analogy:
of a great river in nature, gathering up. in
its main-channel, and throqgb therbranches
which flow into it on its right and left, all
the waters of some vast basin and itg .sur
rounding hills and mountains, and dis.
charging them at its mouth into the ex
pectant ocean. • * j
This phase of development "is going on
now with tremendous energy. Ali cokdi-’
tions of railroad situation-are mide to yield
to it. It is the inevitable resultf fhe>Hrog
gle of t.he enormous volume of> freight paw,?
ing between the remote parts of a vast coun
try. In order to hand la aJF swgbessfully,
such arrangements must bq made’as" to ren>
der its flow free and unobstructed, rapid
and smooth. This effort to form unbroken
lines of great“length and reach, while* it
seems to be in the naritial and**proper di
.rection of railroad development, appears
also to be irresistible. Aug: single road.ne
oessaryfor the accomplishment* of sueh a
-eheme is’ sure to to acquired for "it. Any
single road whiefc might thwart or Obstruct
the general schei&e is sure to be strangled.
Two methods for acqniring particular
roads for such general schemes are practic
ed. Either, oh the one'hAndr to purohase
or lease the read; dr, on the other hand,
to up a controlling interest ih ite capi
tal stock. the purchase, or lease
method is adcipted, . the road tribe affectal
has a voicefih the transact; it is bought
or leased tazmS and with such
?oad of iti jitodk*,
the eotewurs, the Corporation, to ignored,
and these is no protection provided for ton
stockbwderfe ’ I& phie way stockhoiders;
other fflafithosd in the combigatiaß, might
find jfceir road operated jadhe interest nf a
pomhinaiioajrijea to their ih teres ts.
proper to feagsrh
that it would not.hq qqpewfflS In any given
instance to' btif mAjjQHty of the stock
IturtßdVt iteehtporate affairs. The ooq,
centxatioa of two-fifths of the atooh iff any
(me hand would doubtle eenwSl the action
of pny meeting rif stockholilhw which it
might b# pxacti(ble to holff. ;
The Georgia Raifroad J|a hfle i* great
peril, of this alter totodgr om#- tise.
ibost importaifl and/>alaile uni in. the
movement 'Of freigtffhdtween the Norfhweet
and the control has heeenr
much oovetedj/Gould it hays pecured it*
indeneudenqedor all time.or for an jqdefin
iperiod; ft might have Wsen well Kr it to
iaaintaia-fts independent pqrition; bat hi
[uf, 1 h—1 *t oottim* Sf
would have baarrat’ ths mercy of tha Other
$2 A TEAR —POSTAGE PAID.
half or two-fifths, concentrated and con
trolled in a’foreign interest.
The consciousness of this peril to the
stockholders, as well as the opportunity of
making a foost advantageous arrangement
for the present and fnturo generations of
stockholders, has induced the Directors, in
whom reoide the powers of the corporation
for that purpose, to lease, for the period of
ninety-nine years from Aprifl, 1881, the
corporation’s privile’ges and means of trans
portation, and to transfer to the ltose'es the
control and enjoyment of the corporation’s
other property fox* the same period. .
The instrumeift of lease is toovolupunoUs
to be inserted in this report, but it will be.
duly sjwead upon the proper pnblicrecords,
and subject to examination by all interested*
in it. In the meanwhile, it is well.to
state in general terms its main provisions.
The term for which the lease is made is 99
years from April 1, 1881.
The annual rental stipulated is $600,060
payable in two semi-annual installments.
. The privilege of usfog the Georgia Raif
.road and its branches and our interest in the
Western Railroad of Alabama and all our
rolling stock is granted by the lease.
■ "The right to collect the incoilie of our
stock in the Atlanta and-West Point Rfol
.wny, and to vote those stocks is granted to
the.lessees. The title to all .the property
.remains in the Georgia RpilroAd and Bank
ing Compauv. Besides the rental,, the
lessees pay all taxes exoept the charter tax
on net income, r.ud pay also the interest on
Western Railroad of Alabama bonds.,
The lessees are to keep find return the
property,in first-class cqnd^cn.
The 'leSsfee's* .inddfiitiny ( the
against all claims for damages on account
of the use of Company’s Railroad. .The
lessees deposit *I,QOO,COO of Jpnds in
value as security for the performance of
their undertaking, which deposit is no.t to'
be diminished in amount, or impaired in
value. ’
Besides other remedies and redress, the
company reserves the right to retake pos
session of its property on the'breaeh of any
of the stipulations of the lease.
The company is to pay the principal and
interest of all its bonds, except the interest
of the bonds of the Western Railroad of
Alabama.
The company retains forlts own ,use its
banking building, privileges and business.
While the Board of Directors conceive that
'their first duty is to the stockholders, and
that they would have reason to be satisfied,
if tho arrangement which they have made
redounds; as,they believe it does, greatly t°
the interest of the stockholders, still they
have the additional gratification of feeling
that the'arraiTgelnent is most fortunate for
oities,towns, villages and rural districts affect
ed by the Geoegia Railroad. It lias, in the
opinion of the Directors, both remoytul tho
danger of having the traffic of the West and
Northwest with th’e out'er world diverted
from this region to Atlantic ports north of
Georgia and Carolina, and has also insured
a greater volume of that traffic in this di
rection, for the parties "to Whou# the lease
has been made are deeply -interested in
conducting that, traffic • through the port of
Charleston.
Only the future can determine •whether
this latter view of the advantages of thq Ar
rangement to this part of the oonptry' ba.
correct, but the present, the very"present,
demonstrates the advantages of the arrange
ment for the stockholders themselves. To
day,’ under the impulse of the leifse, the
Sfook is higher than it has been in the.his
tory of the company or in the anticipation
of the stockholders. t
The Directors are so well assured of the
soundness and advantages of the situation,
and that the annual rental, together with
the profits of the banking department, will
enable the company to meet the interest of
*the company’s bonds and prcfvicle a sinking
fund for the extinguishment of the princi
pal, and leave a sum sufficiont to pay from
.the present moment annual dividends of
ten per centum per annum, to be increased
fo the future as the.bonded debt irpaid off,
that they declare it to be in tbeir opinion
the true - pqAcy frem this time forward.to
pay its stocK&olders quarterly dividends of
2)4 per cent.
Appended herewith is a statement of o
incoiiKhand liabilities under tho lease :
Rental.-' ..$600,000 •
Interest Bond Port Royal . v
Cojnpreas Company...:.. . 2,000
Estimated net .profit of>
Bank, after' p'aying ex- .
penses and . taxes 25,000—827,000
The bonded debt, deduct
, ings2l,ooo maturing July
1,1881, propose
to pay, wilt 598,000, r
upon which the annual in- '
terestwillbe
Dividends to stockholders <
10 per ceqt. per annum... 420,000^-685,860
Balanoe for sinking fund.. *46, l^d
Respectfully submitted for the Board. .
C. H. PhinizY, President. ■
■ May 5, 1881. ’ .
In addition to the above, there is from
two hundred to.two hundred and fifty tb|w
sand dollars in oash. The amount
cannot be giveD, as u portion of it is in pro
cess of settlement.
ENTERPRISING AUGUSTA.
' The Summerville Hotel.
f Correspondence Chronicle and Con3tituiiondli.it]
Augusta, Ga., May 9.—1 have been ia .
business in Augutfta for many years, amj'
well remember how for a long time onr city
seemed to be at a Btand still, and hojrtheft
vantile and other pursuits languished IS r
'the want of enterprise in our capitalists.
But of late years, since the Hon. Cbas.
Estes, and others, deteruftUnt'to
great water power, and bring it intefsub
serviency to the business interests f this
community, . the deadlock ” has been
broken, hope and prosperity have revived,
and the capitalists of Augusta, by.the judi
cious employment of their means, are .rap
idly pushing* the city to the as the
leading businessTind manufacturing centre
of the State . All this is welV and, $3 an
old citizen, I rejoice at it; bu^there is an
other enterprise of great iofportence as a
practical factor in aiding <mi general pro
gress, the valfie - I had almost said the ne--
cessity—of which everybody •concedes, and
yet it seems 'to hang fife. I allude to a'
hotel on the Hill.
The importance of thpproposed hotel was
strikingly stated by President -Phinizv, of
the Georgia Railroad /Company, the other
day. He said : “Such a hotel, Would not
only bribg a large amount of money annu
ally to this community 'rihd thus directly
benefit our merchants, mechanics' And other
industries*but operjris’e bring incalculable
benefit to the • fߣy of Augusta by causing
capitalists to spjoum among us, for a time
in eaoh year, And bring them- acquainted
with our our enterprises, and
thus inducertbemi.to invest liberally their
means jvitWbs; ’
This# is/'Obviously so correct tr. view of
the subject ' that, it needs' only to be"
stated to be endorsed by the judge
ment of’CVery man in our midst.. But shall
we hay® the hotel f When it was whisper
ed around * that-such men a*' President
Phinizy, Col., John Davison, Major Branchr
001. i Whale*s, r Hon. Mr; Walsh, Mr.
Stetson, .and others that could be named,
Man interest in this matter; we
east this ‘ desirable enterprise,
ced on foot and the hotel built
f months. What is the matter,
ora Js therp another dead-
Geo. W. Crane.
Hl*jrtweU Aotes.
■ (Correspondence (Jironiple cmdQoniMMknuiliM. ]
yHAßTwaii, Ga., May 1881.—Mrs.
Benson, wife of •Han. J. B. Benson, is very
sicjjt and ia dangerous and critical con
dition. She whs first taken about two
months ago with an aftack of’bronchitis,
brought on by th<? severe Winter, which has
confined her to her bed ever since. Her
life has heart that of a model Christian and.
she is beloved by all who knew her.
Orfr town has put on hdr Spring suit of
green, #nd with her wide streets lined with
trees, high situation and bracingatmosphero,
is one of the loveliest- places in"--Northeast
Georgia.
Cotton planting is neaflw 'over and our
farmers are now at work in earnest preparing"
for the advent of “King Green.’’
The first.. annual meeting of the stock
holdersof the Hartwell "Bailroad was held
last week. No business of Importance was
transacted outside of the election of anew
Preaid entT; and Directors as IdHows'
Hon. W- flowers, President, Hon John.
B. Bepsoh, A. G. R. Stephen
aq, 0. A- Webb and Cj. AdafdA, Directors.
; ■ ’ Railroufi Meet;. a*ta>.
-J' „ ... „.*r~
Xhc KnotyiHe TJryes says?, “In aeooord
an.Ce with art advertisement which appeared
in onr columns, a public sale was made yes
terday, i% front of the People’s Bank,
by Mr.’kfcmes G. Mitchell, Secretary and
Trehanrer. df; stock in Qie tT., V. *G.
Railroad Company. The salp'was made by
Mr:E:- A* Akers, auctioneer, and attracted
quite AciowjL .Tfer*wt Bale w*M*-of
shar**, it.benjg the ftaASadetof thacapi
taJ'MbdK to which the Stoekhqjjers were-en
trflfKl, Fifts eharee were first-put up, and
sold to Oohmel Charles M. -for
•u? m other
fiat; ceipß^oa£^so*£^^m;
sale was myX®/ 1 932 shares of the stockY;
UcrSasethe T caJiW(f 'bjfauthofitykjf
the Board of Dnrestei*. Thu "sales Were as
follows: Opledelr McGhee., ■ &K>, shares *t
f122; Umsawij. at $123 , J.he
shares at -the same, 132 khareß at
theamouuJreSwed,5G
jbelng an average of sl2l 42 per shire df
*IOG 3The entire amount excepffifty
UwA was purchased. by. Opt. McGhee.
Btock sold wee‘ lip sew,,os watered
farentsshouldremeqrtmrMmt M.~
% Company piaek Tipupln* children's,
shoes protects the shoe from wear a%* well
M the metal tip, and is not objectionable in
Jf r
THE FIREMEN.
eighty-sixth Annual, parade of
THE department.
A Very Urge Turnout, and a Fine Die.
P>i*y—A Bright Day and What Came or
It—The Beet of Order Maintained—The
Winner*.
r “Time whereof the memory of man run
neth not to the oontrary” has never record
ed a finer parade or a more brilliant display
•iu Augusta.than that made by the Fire De
plrtment yesterday. Nature itself was pro
“pitious. “The skies were hltte, the sun was
bright, and the late blooming flowers gave
the lady friends of the companies ample
opportunity tu deok the hose carriages and
engines with blossoms. Not only the fire
men but the whole town turned out. The
streets, wide as they are, were so crowded
thaUiocomotion Was performed under diffi
culties. The companies seemed to vie with
each other in having out as many men as
possible, and the result was the largest pro
cession that has ever been seen in this city.
Is wa3 noticeable, too, that the organiza
tions came promptly into line, and that all
seemed desirous of making th.s occasion as
great a success as pos-ible. Soma new
and atractive uniforms, were noted, and
the dressing fwfe*erffTf the reels was very
elaborate. Mr. H. M. Young, the Oheif
Engineer of" the Department, performed
the resj'onsible <1 4uties t of’his position-with
coolness and judgment, and his manage
ment was most favorably commented Minn
on all sides.
, A little after o’clock the nrooession
moved off in the following order:’
' Augusta Brass Band.
Chief Engineer and other Department of
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company,
Foreman White, 35 men. The truck was
handsomely decorated and was dawn
by four beautiful horses - two black nnd
two whito—gaily comparisoned and driven
bj Mr. E. A. Heggie.
Georgia Independent Steam Firo Com pa
ny, Capt. Adam, 40 men. Georgia’s glit
tering steamer was drawn* by four tine
horses—two white and two biook—driven
by Mr, Jack Ellis. With Georgia marched
a delegation of 12 from the Aiken Fire
company “Daughter of Georgia,” headed
by President Hahn and Capt. Courtney.
Mechanic Independent, 40 men. Captain
Tischer. Thfs com;.any paraded with their
fine reel and the splendid banner presented
to them by a lady of Baltimore.
Washington, -No. 1, 38 men, Captain
Sancken. No. 1 made a good display.
Clinchp&team Fire Compffpy, No’ 2, 33
men, Captain Slack. The steamer of this
compony was drawn by four spirited sorrels,
driven by Mr. Newt. Heggie.
Gardner’s Brass Band.
■ Vfcjjlaift, No. 3, Captoig McAnflrew. The
teeTbOre the legend “We have come to let
hC roll aghin,” eyid the steamer’ W£s drawn
ijy.twtf hays and two blacks. ’ ,
-. Gazelle, No. 4, 38 men, Canfafu* Hahn.
T!he fine ’steamer df this Company was
drawn by two large mules, which. marohed /
along, as composedly as if nothing unusual/
was happening. * f
•Augusta, No. 5, 32 men, Captain M. f
Murphy. No. sis one Of the oldest coji- 1
panies in the Department, and ft dosene* •
good service at fifes as-it makes adfapliuJ in
the parades. , J
Stephens, No. 6,40 meb, CappliiP Hearns.
The membe'rswere the observadof auSaerr.
ers in theif nobby uniformsj'whiHprrqJKoate:
trimmed with red, black pan4s*atjsl. White.
Prussian - fielusets,. with brass shied Zip Ironf.,*
As thop marched with their sprnfey, -buoy- "
ant step more than one bet was/ifigffe that"
they would Win tho first 'priz* f\ s 1 „ .
Drum corps, led by a talAdrom major,
bear ski n oap. •. ' ,
Richmond IJp. 7, 30 9iuoJv@pt> Urown.
‘dressed, and the Companjr presented a fine
appearance; * * •- *7 ;
, Ditizeip No. 8, 60 nfeu, .Capt. Boulett.
These were the favorite* in the reel contest,
and as the spectators looked at then sin
ewy afrd‘Well made figures it was Hot won
dered that such wa£, the okse. Their team
ran in the .contest with .white shirts,, blue,
knee pants and while slockings." '
Alert, No. 9, 45 into, Capt. Rofigere.
This company turhed out, on will be seen,,
. with a large men?airship and did oredit to
the First Ward.; "' - , >
Dixie, No. llfc 35-mpn,.opt. La wren oe,
."Ehid was the first appeaiunoe of, (his com
pany in phblio and their reel bore the,
-legend, “Oq* First Trial.” • s
Following’ Ihif Department came four
juvenile, companies, - as follows: Pioneer Ju
niors, 35ibuys, Capt. L. Burch;
No. 11, !• boys, Capt. M. J. Mulberin;
Bainbom No. 12, 19' boys, Capt. 'Cooney
Citizen,*uniors, 23 .very small biws,• under *
oomißftd of "Capt. B. H". May. jk . . , . V
*Thf<proceßßion in paßsiog~the” (2iiy Hall
by the Mayor, members of
Odpnoil ahd the Judges. These afterWari,
Ethe line, in carriages. In one ear
were Messrs. Frank Smyth,. Cl.-.A.
and ,W. fl. Trezevant, ex ohidfef
ohn S. Davidson, City Attomhv, wan
among those in the carriages. 1 ■ ■ ‘ r
The procession marched down Green*
street to Third,: through Third to Efroad.
up north side of Broad to Twelfth, and
down Boult side of Bread to ‘Monument
-square, where the oontest took plaoA
- Rei Contest. • ’
One .man allowed to every 75 ponadj;
carry 400 of ho|e, to be conneoteffia
when ready for fire duty; run 200
unreel not less than 93 feet of hosedHEmh
the same to plug (the j>lug to be okMd at
time of oompany starting on a*
when not in use); attach the pipom)*pee;
use any sizp nozzle, and throw p ’fn th*
.shortest tiine. The pipe to beopnozite to
or beyond the.ping, or the ootnpaiy rfuist
be ruled out. T
- Time * J'/’ff’oial
to plug, r time.
Clinoh.; 29 - QO
Dixie . 31* * 43W
Stephens 26 M ' *. 36*5
Washington 29% % 42
Richmond 310 Hr
Augusta 31j2*: 41Jjf
Mechanic )-. 29 £ J
Vigilant.:.-. 30)| > "IS
Alert.... - .;..),..... 3© ’ 4096
Citizen .26% 37jJ.
Both the prize for tobpl run and that for
run to the plug wermwon by Stephwia
Hose Company, No. 64wrhose time Was tb
best made in Augusta. The bkst oon
neotioq was made by Mechanio - the time
bging eoonds from the plug to water.
J3itizen, No. 8 "won the second prize; Me
'ohanic, th'e third; Alert, the fourth, and
Augusta, No. 5, got the -tin rqel for th*
slowest time. ’
Individual Contest.
The individual contest took* pluee imme
diately aftei* the reel contest. y One man
beiqg selected.from each company by tba
captain of the same; said’ mad to run 200
yards, unscrew cap of-plug; turn on water;
throy water over peg aet in front of ping,
and close plug. There were six entries ut
•this contest and the result was as follogs:
Time to Plug Total Time.
D. Looney, No. 10
N. L. Scales, No. 6 23 43
Bernard, No. I .26 00
T. Riordan, No. 5...-.00
Jas. Moyers,.No. 0 24 % 46U
J. Sykes, No, 8 23% *O%
Mr. Moyers, of Alert No. 9, thus became
winner of "the prize in this contest.
Ste*mer Contest. , ,
The steameMfiiad two tests—one through
1,000 feefaef hose and one through 50 feet.
Th e result was as follp jte :
1,000 feet. 50 feet.
Vigilant........ 167 ft. 5 in. 195 ft. 7 in.
Gazelle .......228 ft. 4 in. 266 ft. 2 in.
Clinch... 169 ft. 2 in. . 234 ft. 7 in.
Georgia 216 ft 9 in. 242. ft. 8 in.
Gazelle thus .became the winner of both
prizes. :■. ■ 0 ;
' Pioneer's contest did dot take place. Th*-
prize was presented A the oompany.
Presentation of Prlaee.
At the conclusion of the contests the
rzes weiro preeented tp the winners by O.
McCord, Esq., in appropriate and elo
quent? language. The Department oonld .
not hafe selected a better repteaentatira.
• Remarks. ■* -■ ■“
: •' ybfimrtable,order was maintslned through
out th§ day.- .With thonaands of people
on the Streets there was not the slightest
disturbance and the .beat of feeling pre
vailed. Augusta, has good feason to be
proud, both of her. fire department and her
police ,foroe. Late ifr, the afternoon a
youth, .named, IdondAy, from Port Boyal,.
Was knocked down and fun over by Gn
zeOe e horn reel; but’ fortnnatelv was only
slightly bruised. '
Pioneer had a set lnnch at their hafl
during the afternoon, to which the Mayor '
hod Members of Council,, the Htenheoar
JBese Company and others were '
i Bose Company, Gazells btcaai
Fire Company anj other comnspicsjbad
Hinches audit good tiupe generally at fffeir
engine bouses last bvk ing. z" * \
■ The Judges, nndeV" the- cboinsanship of
Cofe.Bj, J. Wilson, gave general satisfaction.
l, ’ ‘ p Iff—i ‘ uj *
; c ! f r Bat—
* '[ffroyi the. Chicago Timet,]
■' There was no “Ijargain” between Mahons
and the Bepublijatt leaden, it-is to be
understood—nothljsg of the kina-but if
tW latter don’4 stick t their agreement the
?great, grand," patriotic, statesuianllKe, pr<V
gressive friend'of civilization, equal lijbti,
universaL education and plenty of officer
for. bis mends, wilf summarily “kfibek the
Btuffiinig’* out of their ‘ ’constitutional ma
jority” and all their hopes of anew mitten
nftun .for down ’in Dixie.
That's the sortrif a piogressive patriot Mr.
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