Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-01

A New Move by the Plant System-A
General Inspection of the Roads
Rewards for the Best Conducted Sec
tions.
The officers OF the roadway department
OF the Savannah, Florida and Western and
Charleston and Savannah Railways left
Yesterday afternoon in a special car for
Charleston, whence they viii start to-day
on an inspection trip over the Plant sys-
TEN Of roads, embracing the following
lines: Charleston to Savannah los miles,
Savannah TO ChattahoOchee 25S, Waycross
to Jacksonville 76, Dupont 10 Gainesville
lis, brownsville to Albany S. cambridge
Junction TO cambridge 2, total Of 627
miles.
The inspection is made under an order
OF General Manager Haines providing for
annual and quarterly inspection Of these
roadside inspection Of each line indie
pendent of the other. The annual inspec-
ton will be conducted by the Superin-
tendeDt, assisted by the officers of the
roadway department, the chief and as
sistant engineers, and such other persons
as he NAV invite. The quarterly lnspec-
ton will be conducted by the master Of
roadway, assisted by the officers OF the
roadway department. These inspections
are something new in the history OF rail-
reading in the South and are intended TO
determine the condition of each section
and division as follows: Line, surface,
level, frogs, switches and guard rails,
drainage and policing or cleanliness Of
tracks and grounds.
In order to encourage the most active
efforts on the part Of the employees Of the
company, a system of rewards and CLASH
Ii eatiOus will be adopted for the annual
inspections. The division on the SaVan-
nah, Florida and Western Railway show
ing the highest general average Of points
in the annual inspection viii be rewarded
by a premium of 500 to the supervisor;
the second highest average will be re-
warded by premium of $50 to the super
visor.
The division on the Charleston and
| Savannah Railway showing the highest
general average shall be rewarded by a
premium Of $50 to the supervisor.
The section on each division showing
the highest average will be rewarded by
a premium of $40 to the section foreman,
and the second best by $40.
The foreman of the section on each divi-
sion showing the most improvement in
the quarterly inspection will be rewarded
with premium OF $40, provided the fore
man has been on the same section for
| three consecutive months previous to date
of inspection.
The section foreman on each division
who will have operated his section with
| the least amount of labor per mile of track
will be given premium of $50.
The section foreman on each division
who will have made the most progress in
bringing the cross section of the rOad-bed
up to standard will be rewarded with a
premium of $40.
The foreman of the gang on each divi-
Il,
| the least expense for tools per man will
| be given a premium of $40.
The following are the inspectors who
| will make the inspection of the two roads
| this year: Capt. X. O.. Fleming, Savan-
| nah, Florida and Western Railway; Maj.
| c. S. Gadsden, Charleston and Savannah
Railway; g. W. Haines, Assistant Super
| intendent. Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway; w. B. w. Howe, Jr., Chief
| Engineer, Savannah, Florida and West
/ ern and Charleston and Savannah Rail-
| way: III. w. Reed, Master Roadway, Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western Railway;
| J. w. Craig, Master Road and TranspOr-
tatiOn, Charleston and Savannah Rail-
way: j. c. Reynolds, Engineer, Plant In
vestment Company; NJ. G. Kollock, Resi-
| dent Engineer, Plant Investment Com
| pany; p. +. Jenkins, Resident Engineer,
| Plant Investment Company; A. A. AYeil-
| he. Purchasing AGENT. Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway; j. r. New, AS
sistant Engineer, Charleston and Savan-
nah Railway; c. W. Bache, Inspector
Bridges, Savannah. Florida and Western
| Railway.
| The inspectors will leave Charleston
to-day, reaching Savannah tomorrow and
starting over the Savannah, Florida and
| Western on Monday. The trip will Oc-
| cupy about a week. and will be made on
a platform car with seats built so that
the best possible view can be had of the
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