Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-15
RAILROAD RUMBLTNGs.
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The annual meeting of the Lawrence
vile Road is to be held at Lawrenceville
to-day.
-Four years ago the railway mileage in
the - Southern States was 1000. 1t is
now $4,000.
1t is believed that work on the Sylvania
and Rocky Ford Railroad will be COM
menced this month.
The Pullman Car Company has S51
sleeping coaches in service, exclusive of
the Southern Pullman Car Company.
An adjourned meeting of the Augusta
and ElbertOn Railroad Will be held at Au-
gusta to-day. Officers Will be elected.
The committee reports that the right of
way for the EatOnton and Athens Rail
road, between EatOntOn and Madison,
can probably be easily obtained without
cost.
1t is expected that communication be-
tween Green Cove Springs, Fla, and
Jacksonville over the Jacksonville, Talla-
hassee and Key West Railroad will begin
in about a month.
At o'clock on the morning of the 18th,
the watches and clocks on the Central
Railroad will be turned back 20 minutes.
The clocks will be turned back on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad at o'clock in the afternoon.
r. II. Wright, the new ticket agent of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and GeOr-
gia at Macon, took charge yesterday. He
is a son of the late Gen. \. r. Wright,
of Augusta, and brother of the late IL.
Gregg Wright, of the Augusta Chronicle.
The incorporators of the railroad from
I LOYelfs landing to Clay Springs, Fla,
have received a proposition to unite with
LOngwOod and build road from that
point to ApOpka CITY. They propose to
build from LOngwOod to Lake Brantley,
eight miles, if ApOpka Will build the re-
naming four miles.
No successor to the directorship Of the
Georgia Railroad, made vacant by the
death of Col. l.. NJ. Hill, was elected at
the meeting in Augusta on Tuesday. The
only important business transacted was
the declaring Of quarterly dividend of
81 30 per share, payable on the 10Th of
January. April, July and October of each
year.
The Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
Will reach Monroe by January l, and then
the gauge of the Walton County Rail
road, from Social Circle to Monroe, will
at once be changed from a broad to a
4 narrow gauge, and trains will run through
| from Gainesville to Social Circle, giving
us direct connection with the Georgia
/ Road. This Will give Gainesville cOmpeti-
/ tive rates of freight.
Wrightsville's ga. new railroad will
| run to sun Hill, Ga, instead of to Ten
mile, Ga, as was at first intended. The
l capital stock is to be 100000, of which
/ $4,000 has already been subscribed.
| Shares will be of the face value of $25
each. The following Board of Directors
/ is to serve the first year: :. VI. Perkins,
! Perkins Junction, Ga; G.. b. Harrison,
I Tennille. Ga; A. f. Daley, Wrightsville,
/ Ga: T. W. Kent, Wrightsville, Ga; NJ.
{ H. Mason, Wrightsville, Ga. The officers
elected are ;. NJ. Perkins, President; w.
b. Thomas. Vice President; \. +. Daley,
Treasurer, and NJ. Ii. Mason. Secretary.
At a special meeting of the Augusta
CITY Council held Tuesday, President w.
G.. RaOul petitiOned for permission to eX-
/ tend the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
| track across Mckinne street, down the
/ second level of the canal. connecting it
/ with the Georgia, Central and Port Royal
and Augusta Railroad tracks. These
/ lines are now all owned, leased or ope-
rated by one corporation, and the object
I is to consolidate the depOts and connect
I the roads for the more expeditions hand
| ling of freight and the discharge of rail-
I road business. The matter was referred
! To the Railroad Committee, with the
Mayor and City Attorney to report back
I to Council.
Z AuC bhAn ANAt ttHAttft SLY Alc
newly proposed railroad from Americus
I to Lumpkin and Florence meets with
much favor in the eyes of our citizens.
I 4 narrow gauge road can be built at a
( cost not exceeding $4,000 a mile, while
some engineers place the figures as low as
/ $4,100 per mile. Er, Glessner, of the
Americus Recorder. has talked with the
I engineer who is now building the jug
I Tavern Railroad in North Georgia, who
puts the figures down in the neighbOThOOd
/ of $4,000 per mile. Americus Will con-
/ tribute more for a railroad to Lumpkin
| than it proposed to invest in the Buena
I Vista Road, which amount, we believe,
/ was over So, 900. If the people of Stewart
4 county will 90 into the matter earnestly
/ it will be an easy matter to get the road.
\ BY extending the road from Americus to
| Vienna, in DOOly county, we could tap
/ Col. A. j. Lanes narrow gauge road from
Macon to Live Oak, Florida, which would
give us direct communication with Macon
and open up market for the heavy cotton
crop OF stewart county. which is now de-
pendent upon an almost unnaYigabIe river
for transportation"