Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-18
SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WEST
ERN RAILWAY.

SAVANNAH. FLORIDA AND WEST
ERN RAILWAY.
A Flying Visit to the Depot and What
was Seen-What Has Been Done. and
What i in Contemplation
The new building for the administrative
offices of the savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway has lust received, as II were,
lis finishing touches, neat iron railing
having been erected along the front Of it
on a line with Liberty street. and a sub
stantial pavement Of Eastern brick put
down On the sidewalk. \ representa-
tive q the MORNING News visited
the railroad headquarters yes
terday with the intention Of writing
a short local about these improvements,
especially the brick pavement, which
short as il is. i an oasis in the desert
sands Of the lower part Of Liberty street:
but he saw so many other things worth
writing about that IL viii take much
longer local than was al first Intended.
These matters, however, are indicative Of
the growth Of our city. and Of course inter-
estinE 10 our readers.
THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING.
This building Is Of the QueenAnne style
OH AEEAlAEtLALE AANN-A We va mum
doubt if that good ancestor OF Victoria
ever lived in a. comfortable house j.
The length Of the building Is 100 feet.
width including piazza and wings, 3
feet The entrance Is through
the centre. with stairwavs going
ND from the piazza. The fundamental
piau OF the building is 10 have those OFF,
GERS of the company whose business re-
quire that the public should have ready
access - them.On the first floor. and those
who are more purely administrative OIL
GERS Of the road. not quite so convenient to
the public. With this idea the building Is
divided as follows:
First Flo0r-Capt. r. q. Fleming. Su-
perintendent: ". p. Harliee, Esq. Treas
urer: ". W. Dowel. ESQ. Cashier: W. H.
Bennett, Esq. Paymaster. ON this floor
are rooms for the telephone and the JAM
tor. and also the toilet room. which Is
fitted up after the most improved sanitary
system.
second FIoor-Col. H. :. Haines, Gen
eral Manager: Felix :. PrendeTgast, Esq.
Chief Engineer: W. b. Mckee. ESQ.
Comptroller: II. II. Mckee, Esq, Auditor
Of Expenses; G. 7. MQrel, Esq, Auditor Of
Earnings.
All the rooms are neatly finished and
well lighted. and provided with all mod
-ru improvements. The Engineers De-
partment is furnished with apparatus for
blue printing. that i, method for du-
plicating any number Of drawings. 1t
would be emitting a very pleasant item
did We fail 10 mention a small but hand
some flower garden which has been made
in the space between the two wings of the
building.
TWO MORE ADDITIONS.
Leaving these very comfortable
quarters. we visited a building in the
rear OF the round house, which Is about
being completed. This is a store house
two stories high, 100 feet long by - feet
wide. Three-quarters Of the lower and
oue-half Of the upper stories will be used
for storage of bar iron, bolts. nails, tools,
and the thousand and one articles re-
quired every day by railroad. There
VIII be an inclined railway on which 10
haul up goods To the second story, and
track will connect the store house with the
main line. Here will be the headquarters
Of Mr.. \. \. Aveilhe. the purchasing
agent. and also rooms for the store
keeper.
An addition to the boiler house, 2Ox30,
is also being built. and two boilers Of 100
horse power are lying near by ready TO be
put istO position. This improvement Is
necessary So as TO give more steam TO run
the engine. which now has so many ma
chimes 10 drive in the machinery and car
building departments that the present
steam power l. lldutq udlts
NEW CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
since the lst Of February 100 platform
cars have been built in the cOmpany's
shops, and this months work will show
flfty new fruit cars as its result.
Two new engines. what are known as
.sMOguls.' fparenthetically it will not be
out Of place 10 say that il Is misnOmer to
call such handsome specimens Ofmachin-
cry by such a name have been placed on
the track this week. They are known as
Nos. 80 and a. and were built at the
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
some idea of the work that Is going on
in the way of building and rebuilding
roads NAV be formed from the statement
that ten cars. with two hundred tons of
steel rails. are sent out day after day, and
that there are now 1872 miles of steel track
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway.
In the paint shop the magnificent coach
es Of the Through Line are undergoing re-
painting so as 10 have them ready for the
fastidiOus winter tourists Of 'S3-'S4. One
Of these handsome equIpages costs as
much as steamboat. 1t would
naturally occur 10 the ecOnOmiZer of the
good things of earth why fellow with
pair Of a dollar and half pants Oh should
require a seat on which 10 rest
his body. and sometimes his boots. the
a
ever. this Is one of the things, as Dun
drearv saws. NO fellah can lind out"
Just outside Of the paint shop was an old
time passenger coach, which was
not considered good enough to re-letter,
a. il still bore the legend
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad" 1t was
not worth repairing. and had been put on
a side track 20 be torn to pieces for the
old iron that Is in il. Ii could tell tales
about bair-brpadth escapes. how ii
had safely carried the happy
and the sOrrOwfUl, rushing along
% ne@ iOys or ever recurring grief. This
was undoubtedly a handsome coach in its
dav. but now. alongside Of its gay sisters
of the fast line" il tells the old story Of
old age-old and forgotten.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
Leaving the old car we walked back
10 the depot shed. and were informed that
plans are now drawn 10 remodel
H. The store rooms are 10 be
moved, and the whole structure changed,
So as 10 give more room for the accOmmO-
dation Of travellers. The improvements
consist Of a suite Of waiting rooms, a bag
gaze room. a ticket Office and a restau-
rant.
Plans are also being prepared for re-
modelling and enlarging the freight ware
house. the upper story of which is now
I occupied by officers Of the freight and
passenger department, OF which Mr.. Jas.
l.. Taylor Is the chief executive.
When all these various improvements are
completed. which will be at an early day,
there VIII be much rejoicing among
those whose lives are devoted to the care
ofthe interests of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway.
The Guards Gala Dag,
Tho anniversary Dicuic of the saVan-