Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-21
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar

ana AIar.
The Macon and Florida Air Line will
cross the Brunswick and Western at Tiff
ton.
The Brunswick and Western Railroad
Directors will meet at Brunswick Janu-
airy s.
On and after the 1st of the year the
Georgia Pacific will run through trains to
New Orleans.
-Four thousand dollars in cash is needed
TO put the Gainesville Georgia Railroad
in operation.
1t will be decided at to-day's meeting of
the Directors from what point the
Wrlghtsyille Railroad will start.
The business of the East Tennessee.
virginia and Georgia Railroad at Brups-
Wick aggregates $4,000 per month.
the general offices of the Georgia Pa
clfic Railroad will be moved from Atlanta
to Birmingham, Ala, on January 1.
The track is now laid on sthe Jackson
| vile, Tampa and Key West Railroad two
and half miles east of Plant City"
Athens expects great benefits to follow
Hon. Pope BarrOw's appointment as
President of the Northeastern Railroad.
1t is possible that the Georgia Pacific
and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad will build a union depot
at Atlanta.
Maj. c. B. Wallace denies the rumor
that he is to assume the Superintendent
of the Georgia Pacific, and says he will
remain in the service of the Alabama and
Great Southern.
Maj. III. NJ. Drane, who is Chief of Con-
structiOn of the Plant Investment Com
pany, is one of the oldest railroad men in
Florida. When he was a young man he
was large contractor, and assisted in
building the Transit Railroad from Fer
nandina to Cedar Key.
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
directors have decided to issue 81 .OOO, 900
6 per cent. second mortgage bonds, and
5000, 900 per cent. car trusts, authorized
by the stockholders at the meeting in No
vember. Private parties have made offers
for both issues. which will probably be
accepted.
The City and Suburban Railway shops
are very busy. The locomotive Claghorn
is being rebuilt, and two new baggage
and secOnd-clasS cars combined are in
course of construction. A new street car
has recently been turned out of the shops.
and another is nearly ready for the
painters.
The Gainesville Fla Bee says; ssThe
Savannah, Florida and Western will
come down on the roadbed vacated by the
Savannah, Florida and Western will be
at the Varnum building IN the city, and
by February, if not earlier, trains will be
rolling up to their Office"
The Brunswick Herald saws: ga
circular from II. S. Morse, General Mana
ger of the Brunswick and Western Rail-
road, announces the following appoint
ments: o. S. Benson, General Freight
and Passenger Agent, and f. A. Nc
Dufhe, train master, in place of ID. III.
Fitch, resigned. E. d. Wolfe, agent at
Albany"
At Augusta Tuesday the Railroad Com
mittee of the City Council heard argu-
ment from the counsel of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad as to the right Of the
latter to run track through the city and
connect with the Port Royal Railroad.
The street railroad claims the exclusive
right to control the railroad tracks con-
Meeting the various roads. The COM
mittee will report at the next meeting of
the Council.
Thursdays Augusta Chronicle saws:
''The Board of Directors of the Augusta.
Elberton and Chicago Railroad met yester
day, and it was UNANIMOUSLY resolved to
carry on the work, On motion of
Maj. q. L. jackson, the resolution
heretofore passed locating the line by
the way of Danburg was rescInded. on
the ground that the terms on which that
route was approved have not been COM
piled with. This then settled the ques-
tion of route in favor of what is known as
the 'Chenault Line.' The board unani-
mously agreed to establish a depot at
Griff Lampkin's store, in Columbia coun-
ty. This secures to the company a sub
scription of S5.000.o