Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-08

Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar.


Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar.
The new lumber cars for the way traffic
along the Central Railroad will soon be
put ON the road.
The brick wall around the Central Rail-
road cotton yard is to be whitewashed
before the busy season sets IN.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway will have one of the most sub
stantial freight depots in the Southern
States when the Improvements now in
progress are completed.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway have under contemplation the
enlargement of their passenger depot
yard in this city before the travel to
Florida begins for the coming winter.
OFF THE TRACK.
The train on the Jacksonville and st.
Augustine Railroad, dine at St. Augustine
Monday evening at 8 O'Clock, was derail-
ed five miles out of St. Augustine. The
baggage coach and a fiat car were ditch
ed, but no one was hurt.
RUTHERFORD RAILROAD.
The Charlotte Observer says: 1.-The peo-
pie of Rutherford county are determined
to have railroad. and knowing that it re-
quires money to build road they called
an election last week and voted TO appro-
DfldIH NDD.UUO 10 iilG idillO AAoNs
An additional tax of $50,OO0 has been
voted. making the whole amount sub
scribed by that county to be SlOO,OO But
little opposition was manifested by the
people to the appropriation, and 1t was
carried through by big majority. they
are not particular about how the rallroad
is TO come. but the 100000 offered is open
to bids from the Carolina Central Union
and Gaffney City line, or any other that
will accept the contract. With $lOO,OO0
awaiting it in RutherfordtOn, 1t is not
going to take the Carolina Central long
to reach that place"
THE GEoRGIA's BUSINESS.
The Georgia Railroad is doing much
larger business than at the same time
last year. Heavy freight trains are run
ming both ways. 1t is expected that traffic
during the coming fall and winter will be
very large.
GOULD's FINGER IN THE PIE.
The Chattanooga Times believes that
Jay Gould is ''dark horse in the recent
Richmond and Danville Railway scoop.
GRADING COMPLETED.
Grading on the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railroad, between Jack
sOnville and Palatka, has been completed,
and iron is now being laid. The track
layers have reached the bridge over Nc
COy's creek, which they will probably
soon cross. Another cargo of steel rails
is daily expected.
JACKSONVILLE AND ATLANTIC.
At a meeting of the Directors of the
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany, held in Jacksonville Monday, it
was decided to make a call of 10 per cent
upon the capital stock of the company,
the amount to be paid into the treasury
ON or before the Goth inst. The engineer of
the company was instructed to complete
immediately the final survey of the road,
and to advertise for bids for its con-
StructiOn. George Burbridge was elected
Assistant Secretary of the board. 1t
is the determination of the board to
push the road through TO a speedy COM |
pletion, and the work of grading will be
commenced just as soon as the survey |
and the necessary arrangements and con- |
tracts can be made. Negotiations for en-
gines, cars, ETC., as well as for the |
necessary iron, will be commenced at !
once by the directors.
An adjourned meeting of the stOckhOl- |
ders will be held to-day. The stOckhol- |
ders of the Arlington and Atlantic Rail- |
road will also meet at the same time and |
place.
TWO ROADS TO CONNECT.
The South Carolina Pacific Railway
Company has contracted with the Cape /
Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Com |
pany to meet the road of the latter COM |
pany at the State line within the next |
twelve months. The preliminaries have |
all been arranged, and If the right of way /
can be secured the road will be built in |
the next year. 1t will run from Benefits |
vile. :. g., to some point on the North /
Carolina line, and thence to Fayetteville. /
Westward the road will be extended to |
Camden, connecting there with the South /
Carolina Railway, and at Society Hill |
xtrffb tho 4 thar1 and Salisbury Railroad Z
thus furnishing two outlets to Charleston. |
Ultimately the Cape Fear and Yadkin |
Valley Company will extend its lines to /
Abingdon. Va, where through cOnnec- |
tions with Cincinnati will be reached.
THE TRANSIT ROAD.
Mr.. G. n. Saussy, of Fernandina,
Florida, Auditor of the Transit /
Railroad, was in the city yesterday. |
He reports the business of that railroad |
as more flOurishing than it has ever been |
before owing to the rapid opening up of /
Florida.
PAYAIAsTER BENNETT.
Mr.. w. II. Bennett, who recently re- /
signed the position of paymaster of the |
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, |
owing to i'll health, and whose condi- |
ton was a source of anxiety to his /
friends, is getting better. He is staying |
in Macon, with his brOther-in-law, Major .
w. L. Snelllndl, frame Agent Vi the Oen- /
trail Railroad.
THE KANSAS CITY, SPRINGFIELD AND
MEMPHIS.
A St. Louis dispatch to the New York /
Times says: ''That part of the Kansas
City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad |
between Springfield and HOxie to the
point where it intersects with and crosses
the Iron Mountain and Southern Road is
completed, and passenger trains will CON-
mence running tomorrow. The entire
line is completed with the exception of
fourteen miles, which will be finished in a
few days, and the road will he opened for
business from Kansas City to Memphis.
The new project to build a narrow guage
road from st. Joseph through Eastern
Kansas, Southwestern Missouri, and Ar
kansas to some point on the Gulf of MeXi-
co in Louisiana has been settled upon,
and the Board of Directors and the follow
ing officers have been elected President,
Abram Nave, of St. Joseph; Vice-Presi-
dent, C. Leland, Jr., of Troy, Kansas;
Secretary. j. w. Porch, st. Joseph; SUI
perintendent, Joseph Harrison. 1t is the
intention of the Board to issue $4,000, 900
bonds, so per cent. of which will be taken
by an English syndicate, the remainder
to be disposed of in this country, The
survey of the line will be commenced at
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