Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-02
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar.

ana Atar.
The East and West Railroad is fast an
preaching CedartOwn, through which
town it has now been finally settled to
rum
The Quincy Herald hears talk of
changing the present schedule soon. so
that parties going through Florida will
have good chance to see the State from
jacksonville to Pensacola by daylight.
The Athens B1nner- Vatch,,,an saws
George ID. Thomas, Esq, is on his wav
from New York, where, we learn. he has
adjusted the troubles of the Northeastern
Road. There is good deal of talk among
merchants about the garnishee, and n few
are ordering their goods shipped over
some other line. a gentleman in Athens
is Offering Northeastern Railroad stock at
) cents on the dollar"
Charles Peirce, G. Crocker, w. Hon
kins and Governor Stanford, of California
are said to be sanguine of success in their
recently published scheme to consolidate
the Texas and New Orleans, Galveston.
Harrisburg and san Antonio, Houston
and Texas Central, and other railroads
and steamship lines, into single corpora
ton, with an aggregate capital of SOC. 900.
900, besides owning 6,000,000 acres in
Texas.
An exchange says: "COl. John ;. Scott.
President and General Manager of the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific Railroad Company, has agreed to
erect immense railroad shops at Chatta-
nooga that will employ thousand hands.
provided the city Will donate the neces-
sarH ground, which will be done, of
course. The shops will be complete for
building locomotives and cars, and re-
pairing the same for the entire SYSTEM
Tho EvancviIIo To,,,.,,o,t -, A.
ing: "There are now fOrty-three express
companies doing business in this country.
fourteen of which are designated as rail
road express companies, as the railroad
companies operate them independent of
all other express companies. 1t is still a
question whether it is more profitable for
railroad companies to do the express
work on their lines or to allow an outside
organization to do it. The growth of the
express business at all important COM
mercial centres has been remarkable.
Twenty years ago messengers were
run on twenty-eight trains over
indianapolis roads; now they are run
on elghty-twO trains. Three wagons
then did all the delivery and collection of
freight at indianapolis; now twelve to
fourteen are in service. At other COM
mercial centres the growth has been fully
as striking. Twenty-Five years ago three
DlCklU0
up and delivering all matter handled bV
the Adams Express Company, one of the
pioneer companies doing business in Bos-
ton, and only three trains were used. At
the present time, owing to the greatly in
creased railroad service, and the growing
practice of dealers buying their various
goods in Boston daily, either in
person or by sending their orders
through the express messengers,
the company employs force
of over $50 men, forty wagons.
and eighty horses to perform the service,
and over fifty trains are used daily. The
four leading express companies of this
country have more than $100,O00,OO0 can.
ital, employ vast army of men, and prob
ably more horses than all the cavalry reg
iments in the world combined. Its agenfs
and messengers penetrate every norton
of the civilized world, and convey. at
times under circumstances of great neriI
precious treasures, with a fidelity and
courage worthy Of the bravest soldier.
The enterprise started from very small
beginnings, and for long time its sue
cess was problematicaI."