Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-23
RAILROAD RuMRLINes.
Bright Flashes Of Intelligence from Nea



The first rails on the ;. f. K. r. were
{ laid this week.
The work Of grading on the Information
F al Railroad is being pushed with rapidly,
and is being done IN thorough manner.
Regular track laying on the 5. F. K. X.
viii be commenced on the Tampa and the
! KIssimmee end Ofthe line simultaneously
on the 1st of September.
The Board OF Directors Of the Sanders
vile and Tennille Railroad have declared
4 : per cent. dividend on the stock, payable
sn and after the LIST Of september,
One hundred and twenty-five laborers
have left jacksonville for Sanford on the
( steamers Plant and Anita TO work on the
/ extension Of the South Florida Railroad.
The Louisville. New Albany and Chi
cago Railroad has closed trade with
Judge John D. Cunningham. attorney ior
the Austell Refrigerator Car Company,
for five cars TO be used on their llne-
The new Superintendent Of the Atlanta
division Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad to take Captain
KIine's place, will be Mr.. J. W. Fry, Of
the Columbia and Greenville Railroad
1t is confidently expected that about
the 1st Of September the small force now
al work on the ThOmasvllle, Tallahassee
I and Gulf Railroad about Tallahassee viii
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be pressed forward vigorously.
While the Pensacola and Atlantic Rail-
road is arranging for a series OF mer-
chants excursions from Jackson county
10 Pensacola. the Florida central and
Western. through its agent at ChattahOO-
chez. tenders the same merchants an eX-
cursion TO Savannah via Fernandlna.
The schooner Scotia, of New York.
George Sherer Master, from Portland,
Ne. has arrived AT Tampa with the fol-
lowing cargo: Twenty-seYen platform
cars and complete fittings; two passen-
GER cars. and complete fittings; one mail
car and fittings: two locomotives and one
tender. and complete fittings; eight pair
car wheels: three hand cars and two push
ears. and all fittings.
L. @. Gold. teesuperintendent of con-
struction Of the projected International
Railroad. 90 Monday. 18th instant, with
drew with his entire force OF three hun
dred and fifty men from the line of that
road. between jacksonville and Palatka.
and is now employed on the Florida South
ern. between Lake Weir and Leesburg.
The latter road now runs within four
miles Of Newnansville.
The Charlotte Observer has the follow
ing: .'RumOTs in regard to changes in the
management of the Richmond and Dan
vile are rife. and the latest is that at the
meeting VI tue oNDthAlnlttEA5 UAl tut 4-tA4 VI
September. there will be made a general
change in the management. Whatever
the details of the plan may be, the object
Of them will be a closer connection be-
tween the lines Of the Richmond and Dan
vile. and those of the East Tennessee and
Georgia system which the syndicate IS
concerned in. 4 glance al the map shows
that the men who control these two sys-
TENS the present syndicate is an ANAL
gamatOn of the Clyde, Seney and First
National Bank Of New York syndicates)
as good as control the railway interest in
the South. Through the Richmond and
Danyille the leading parts of the South
ern coast are 10 be reached from the
points touched by the East Tennessee and
Georgia in the interior"
The Atlanta Constitution says: YES
terday tue first train passed over the
Ceosa river bridge on the Georgia Pacific.
The bridge is Of the most improved pat
ent of iron structure and was built by
the Buffalo Bridge Works. 1t has been
put up under the supervision of Major \
Temple. the Chief Engineer Of the road
The river is very wide at the point crossed
and the bridge has three very long spans.
Col. FOreacre and Major Temple We're
present at the passage Of the train. The
completion of the bridge leaves cOmpara-
lively little to be done toward the COM
plete connection Of Atlanta and Birming-
ham, The tunnel is twelve miles further
and there the work is going ahead finely
4 20-hOrse power engine is driving the
steam drill and a way Is rapidly being
bored through the stone that stands IN the
way From the tunnel 10 IrOndale is
nineteen miles and there the Georgia
Pacific reaches the Alabama Great South
ern. Much Of the track is laid and the
work complete from the river to Birming-
ham. and il seems that nothing can stand
in the way Of the connection of Atlanta
and Birmingham by the coming Noyem-
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