Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-10


Gen. g. NJ D dye says that at least 3 oof
miles of new railroad track win he laiS n
the United States and Mexico within the
next twelve months.
1t is reported that Gov. Foster NJ oh,o
has been offered salary of $25 600 mar an
mum to accept the Presidency If the NJ an,
York, Chicago and st. Louis road no, a,V =, !"
course OF construction.
In Austria Hungary there were az ni,as
OF new railroad opened For trafso ~
1880, in FIVE different lines, aoainst e. -
1879, which does not make much of show
when compared with the 7,15O miles wbicb
were built in the United States last wear.
Baron Won Weber contributes To n Garmon
newspaper an account of the change ~
gauge Of the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio Railroad last July, as a striking eram-
pie OF the efficiency OF American railroad
employees In matters which require indiyi-
dual intelligence and initiative. in snita ~
some evident defects In training and 5tsc;-
pline.
On the Burlington and Missouri, R,v.-
Road, near Lincoln, Nebraska. on Febrnerv
ID, an engine pushing q snow plow ran off
the track and turned over, and the epgineer
William KinZie, in reversing the enoine
had the thumb of his hand caueht netbo1
levers. The engine was careeninp. and AZ
caught, scalding, and perhaps death. stared
him in the face, and there was nothing for
the unfortunate engineer to do but tn
jump, leaving his thumb torn off IN the
levers, which he did.
The London HonnaOnger says: "a wear
ago the total output capacity of steel rails
in London was rather more, and in Anoarjoo
rather less, than 750, 900 tons DER annnno
while now, with the works already in onera'
ton or ready to commence at short notice
the total in each country is about 900 000
tons. The great increase In the mannfao.
turing capacity both of Europe and Ameri-
ca has alone prevented that return To hiob
prices which the present demand would
have caused, and as, on both sides of the
Atlantic, factories are being still further ex-
tended, the same cOunteraeting cause will
have effect for some time to come"
Detroit is formiog company to build the
Fontaine locomotive, which some railroad
men think will reVolutionize the constrnc-
ton of locomotives. The Fontaipe engine
differs from the standard engine in HAVING
the power applied by single rod on each
side, running from cylinder to a large drive
wheel, Immediately above the front driver
on the ordinary locomotive. The upper
drive wheel is of the same diameter
as the lower, but 1t bears upon a
hange several inches smaller than the lower
A1AfOA1 dA0 1hAo INV pay bu6 PRINCE
pies of large and small pulleys in the
driving of ordinary machinery. The Fon-
tame locomotive has also no dead centres,
for the lower driver acts as huge balance
wheel, carrying the upper wheel past the
point where power is lost.
A Nevada Sheriff had a Judgment for
twenty-four thousand dollars against the
Central Pacific Railroad for taxes due his
county. He made the judgment good by
selling two trains belonging to the railroad
company, and loaded with passengers and
freight. The lawyers of the road kept up
fusilade of kilograms from San Francisco
protesting against the seizure, and informing
him that the rolling stock of the company was
mortgaged, and they referred him to sections
OF the laws Of the State, but he replied that,
mortgage or no mortgage, he was going to
seize everything belonging to the company
that came along, and that he would put up
notice of sale of the attached property
the following day. This brought the com
pany to terms, and they at once paid the
whole amount of the Judgment