Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-18

Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Neal
and Afar.


The East Tennessee. Virginia and GeOr-
gia Railroad made $4,000 out OF the melon
crop the past season.
A. Ratliff has secured side track from
the Savannah. Florida and Western
Railway for East Albany, and 1t VIII soon
be ready for business.
road from Washington to Elberton since
the Central Railroad has got control of the
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad.
Two hundred and fifty laborers left
Jacksonville on Monday last TO work on
the extension of the Florida Southern
Railway. This makes the number now
at the front over seven hundred.
Captain William E. Livingston, long a
conductor on the Fernandina and Jack
sonville Railroad, has left that road and
will accept a similar position with Major
COnant on the Florida Southern.
Some of the citizens of Hawkinsville are
satisfied that a railroad from Hawkins
Vile to Perry will be built during the
pany. they giving an official OF the COM
pany as authority for the assertion.
T. d. Kline, Superintendent OF the At
lanta and Macon division of the East Ten
nessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
will resign the 1st Of September, to accept
a similar position on the southwestern
Railroad. to which he was recently elect
ed. His successor has not yet been
named.
The Bdnner- Waterman says: The
father of Captain Henry Wells, Of Athens,
cut the big bore at Tunnel Hill, on the
Western and Atlantic Road. Captain
Wells says that it used to cost 500 per
foot to cut a tunnel, but since the intro
duction of steam drills and other i'm
proved machinery the cost has been re-
duced to $40. Except at Rabun Gap there
is no place you can cross the Blue Ridge
without boring tunnel"
CIRCULAR No. 40.
The following is the last circular issued
by the Railway Commissioners OfGeoTgia:
JOINT RATES on COTTON.
LIST. In accordance with circular No.
"a, section 10, JOINT rates on cotton be-
tween all stations Of the various roads
owned, leased or operated by the Central
Railroad, will be no more than twenty
(20) per cent. on standard tariff" CON-
vance in rates now existing on cotton
from competitive points or stations inju-
riOusly affected thereby is intended to be
allowed by this circular.
I'd. The maximum rates of the Savan-
nah. Florida and Western Railroad on
cotton shall be no more than thirty 30
per cent. on standard tariff"
EMPTY BARRELS.
3D.. Rates authorized to be charged in
Circular No. 20. section I'd, on barrels,
half barrels, and kegs, empty, L. &. l.,
except ale and beer barrels, are changed
as follows: For 10 miles and under : cents
per 100 lbs: for 20 miles and over 10
miles, cents; 30 miles and over 20 miles,
10 cents: 40 and over 30 miles, 10 cents;
% and over 40 miles, II cents: 80 and over
30 miles, IL cents: 20 and over go miles, -
cents. For all other distances Class r.
remains unchanged.
NARROW GAUGE STANDARD CARLOAD
WEIGHT.
4th Narrow gauge railroads, in fixing
rates on articles enumerated in classes
MO-, -" and ''P. ;" and on other freights
where a rate per carload is given in class
ifcatiOn, will count fifteen thousand
pounds for carload and estimate their
charge pro rata with rate allowed on
standard gauge.
CHARGE FOR EXCESS FREIGHT.
9TH. All permission heretofore given by
circular or classification, allowing rail
roads to charge extra on excess freight,
where more than the carload allowance
is put on the car, is hereby repealed, and
pro rata charge of the carload rate only
Will be allowed hereafter for the excess.
This rule applies to the standard weights
respectively allowed broad and narrow
gauge railroads.
POsTPONEMENT OF CIRCULARS Nos. u
AND 2S.
9th. All of circulars Nos. y and IS, eX-
cept section 3 of Circular No. ., are, for
the present, indefinitely postponed.
eth. This circular to take effect Mon
day, September Il, 1888, and all CIRCULARS
or parts of circulars in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Horsford,s Rread prenaration