Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05

Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and far.

Cochran wants the Dublin Railroad 70
proiect from that town instead OF from
Alice Station. as the projectors cohleh-
plate.
II is reported that, commencing next
sunday. through trains will run from P0rt
ROYAL to Greenw God, :. G., via the L X.
and A. Railway and the A. ana n nan
road.
r,aatiny Of the Central Railroad
Directory was held yesterday ana tne
lease of the Augusta and hnoxVlIle kali
road bv the Port Royal Railway was con-
irmed.
The St. Marks Railroad will be sold by
Tinted states Marshal Durkee at ITALIA
bassee next Tuesday, to satisfy the liens
of the Trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund Of the State OF Florida.
The directors Of the Augusta, Elberton
and Chicago Railroad held quarterly
meeting Wednesday. Captain +. A. Eve,
Of Columbia. resigned, and Col0nel A. =
Buford. Of Richmond, Virginia; was
elected in his place, as already an
nounced. \ meeting of the stockholders
of the road will be held in Augusta on the
18th instant.
ON Wednesday the Central Railroad
sent twenty-five freight cars up the
Augusta and Knoxville Road after 800
bales OF cotton. to be shipped from points
between Greenwood and GreenVllle 10
Savannah direct. Cotton from those
points was heretofore sent TO ChaIlestoh;
Every effort will be made by the central
10 get a large business from that section.
Notice has been sent to the Superln-
tendent of the Central Railroad that John
Mccain. of Augusta. has rendered his
resignation as Master Mechanic OF the
Central Railroad. Port Royal and Angus
IA Railway and Augusta and Knoxville
Railroad. MIR. Mccain has been In the
service of the Central Railroad since 1916,
and has been in their employ as Master
Mechanic for the past thirty years. HIS
resignation takes place on the 10Th INST.
The bids made for the construction of
the jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad,
eleven in number. having been carefully
examined and tabulated by the engineer
and submitted to the Board of Directors,
thew ordered the engineer to close The
contract for the clearing. grubblng and
earthwork with Messrs. GenoVar ana
Wicker. of 1t. Augustine. and Tor the
trestling and other water ways with
Capt. Joseph Marzyck The contract for
cross-ties is not yet awarded.
:. {. Tucker. Sheriff of Alachua county,
has levied upon the following property of
the Transit Railroad Company: engine,
II freight cars, / cabOOse, | fiat car, all
the depOts. warehouses, and all that por-
ton OF the rOadbed both OF the Transit ana
Peninsula Roads, being and situate IN
Aachua county. The levy was made to
recover taxes due from said railway lines
to the State. and by virtue of instructions
from the Comptroller. The taxes amount
to SIS, 237 Il. No interruption to travel
was OccasiOned by the levy.
suit has been brought in the United
States Court at Memphis, Tenn, by IL.
Amy, Of New York, against the Memphis
and Charleston Railway for $4,000. The
plaintiff is the holder Of bonds issued by
the old City OF Memphis in aid OF building
the Charleston Railway to the amount OF
the suit. and claims, among other things,
that the lease made by the stockholders OF
the Charleston Railroad to the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Road was
done to detraud the creditors Of the road.
The East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
Company is made cO-defendant to tue suit
Yesterdays Augusta Chronicle has the
following: ''The Chronicle yesterday
asked IA Port Royal official if it were true
that discrimination against Augusta had
commenced on the Augusta and Knox
vile in favor OfPOrt Royal and savannah?
He answered that the rates on cotton per
bale from Greenwood to Augusta was u
cents and to Port Royal and savannah
about A. cents. All Augusta needed to
compete with other places for cotton IN
that section was to advertise and drum
for the business as Savannah and Charles
ton are doing. The rates to Augusta, he
continued, are perfectly fair and will con-
tinue sO.'