Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-03
Florida Railroad Notes.

The Chief Engineer of the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Railroad thinks that the
road will pass near Palatka and Green Cove
spring.
Engineers are engaged in making prelimi-
nary survey for the proposed canal between
he head OF Old Tampa Bay and Anclote river,
via Lake Butler.
Work is progressing on both ends of the Jack
sonviIle. st. Augustine and Halifax Railroad.
The first railroad train ever in Santa r -sa
was sent to Milton by water, and is now run
ming east twenty miles, busy constructing the
great developer Of the wilds of West Florida.
The first railroad train for Washington coun-
y left Pensacola on Wednesday. ingeniously
loaded on lighters. ard will be discharged at
Halt Noon Bluff, to lay track towards Eas;
Florida.
A large cargo Of steel rails is expected at Fer
nandina for the Leesburg and Indian River
branch Of the Tropical Railroad.
More passengers are carried now over the st.
Johns Railway than ever before. TSo trains
a day and each way coaches filed with people.
The good people Of Leesburg are going to
give a grand blow ont on the arrival OF the
Tropical Railroad. the grading of which is fin
shed to It's station in the rear Of the engine
house.
Clav county woods are just full of railroad
engineers. and you can scarcely ride about
he country without jumping" one, either fat
OF lean as the case may be. May their stay be
iOnz ia the land
An euterprising citizen of Sumterville offers
70 build and equip a tram railroad from the
iapot TO the court house square, il the right of
Vay is given him, and he be paid five cents per
hundred pounds for transporting freight.
The work on the Live Oak and ROwland's
8luff Railroad goes bravely on. Colonel II. NJ.
Drane the efficient manager, is assisted by an
lole corps and consequently no trouble arises
very man knows his daty and does it well.
The steel track of the Tropical Railroad. from
Ocala 70 Wildwood, is said TO be one of the best
new roads ever built in the State. The road
bed IS broad. well ditched, and its grades only
hirt. feet to the mile. Much heavy work was
-uc1untered during its construction.
Flo1id Mirror: Six. box cars, the tender
ana engiue No. :, of the transit Railroad, were
bsdly demolished on Monday evening. The
sec dent was csused by the carelesSneSs OF the
a fter in backing the engine too violently into
SIDING and collidng her with a train OF empty
cars near Lawtey's cotton seed factory.
The railroad forces on the G. @. S. and NJ
R.ilrOad are actively at work under General
-ClIis and grading is being done near Peters
Creek six miles from fere. Some delay has
occurred in the purchase OF the iron. as the
1ri,a is falling, but supply VIII soon be
-eadv 10 equip the first section, or six miles Of
the road
csosen Core SDrf1g: "Mr Couper, Chief
Engineer OF the Palatks and Indian r yer Rail
-oad has been in Green Cove for several days
sfth a staff OF assistants, for the purpose OF
establishing the line OF the Palatka ana JACK
soDville Road ss il passes through Green Cove.
The only point now TO be determined IN the
question Uf constructing TINS roa1 Is as 70
Shether il shall be built during the present
summer. or whether the company VIII post
pone the commencement Of operations until
next year"
The construction train to operate in Jackson
county IN the construction Of the Pensacol4
and Atlantic Railroad came over the Jackson
VILE, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad to Samp-
son Landing, where barge had been prepared
for its reception. track was laid to the
barge and after the train was put upon the
aarge il was tOTed across the river. Another
rrscx was built, over which the train was
carried up the grade and put upon the track OF
the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad. This is
he first train that was ever In jackson, and is
he dawn for a new era for all that country.
This road will develop one OF the best farming
sections in Florida and penetrates iHto an
almost unbOunded timber country beyond
The work OF track laying will be rapidly
pushed forward.
With regard 70 the pies for the construction
OF the hri iges over Yellow river and SnOai
river. on the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad,
the Pensacola AdUdnce Gazette says: putnam
& Tobias contractors for building the creosoted
piing for iron bridges at Yellow river, nave
safely carried their pile-driver, together Win
the creosored piles. up the river, and they are
now busy driving the piles. They also carried
40 the material for ShOal river piers, and are
now hauling il across the country 70 that
stream. so that there will be no delay in wait
log for bridges when the track reaches the
rivers As the iron work Is all ready, it Will
only require a week at each bridge TO raise Il
aftsr the train arrives and delivers the iron. To
show their determination to avoid all delays,
it is only necessary TO add that Putnam & To
bias pile-drivers were seven weeks going up
Yellow river 70 the site OF the bridge. They
warped up. On Wednesday, Putnam & To
bias started their lille driver and material
40 Choctawhatchee river. The Mobile will
tow them no about twenty miles above the
mouth OF the river, from which point they will
warp up. and have Choctawhatchee crossing
nearly ready by the time the track gets there
--and everything is booming along the line"