Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-08
RAILROAD RUMBLINGs.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar.

Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Affair.
General Manager J. W. Green, of the
Georgia Railroad, was in the city for
few hours yesterday.
The track of the Gainesville, Jefferson
ard Southern Railroad has been lald
through Gainesville.
Gov. Bloxham and party, of Florida,
are making tour of the Southern part OF
the State as guests Of the South Florida
Railroad Company.
Aiken has decided by a majority Of IL
ballots not to subscribe 100000 to aid in
the completion of the Carolina, Cumber-
land Gap and Chicago Railroad.
General Passenger Agent Whitehead
and Travelling Passenger Agent Shaw, OF
the Central Railroad, left for Florida
Yesterday in the interests of the road.
The representatives of the East Tennes-
see. Virginia and Georgia Railroad who
are to decide the possibility of building
road through Eastman and to WaycrOss
to secure a shorter route to Jacksonville,
are expected to look over the ground very
/ shortly.
The South Florida Railroad has now a
main line of 115 miles, nearly all OF steel.
The company has telegraph wires to
! Tampa and also to Wildwood, in Sumter
| county. The company has recently built,
| or is now building, depots at Orlando,
SHOWS Station. Fort Calling, and Long
! wood Six thousand feet of side tracks
have recently been laid.
! The committee of the whole of the City
| Council Of Augusta has refused to grant
| the Port ROYAL and Augusta and Knox
Vile Railroads permission to connect by
| track through the city, but it is said that
they will proceed to lay the track, not
ord fn or 10 M
in the courts, as they claim a constitu-
| tional right to make such connection.
The surveying corps for the B. V. E. &
! A. Road has reached Buena Vista. The
! cost Of grading from Ellaville to Ander-
son was estimated at $4,000. The esti-
/ mate from EllavIlle there has not been
made. but the surveyor says it will be in
the same rates. They will run back over
| the line and locate the r0ad-bed. Amor
! fcus sent an informal proposition TO the
| directors. viz: That Americas would
| build the road to within two miles Of
| Ellaville, if Americas was made the ter
! minus. Americas was anxious to have
an interest in the road at first, but the
| terms could not be agreed upon.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
! nj the PaIatka and Indian River Railroad
/ Company was held at Jacksonville
| Wednesday. The election of Directors
! for the ensuing year resulteu as lOIlOMs'
/ Ex-senator Barnum, State Senator De-
Land, D. G. Amber, r. H. Coleman,
Mason. Young and A. B. Mason. The
action of the officers of the road,
in regard to the State land grant,
/ which was taken a few days ago at Talla-
| bassee. was ratified. The Times Union
saws: 1.-The company is now making an
experiment in regard to the class of labor
4 best adapted to this country. They have
| at work on one section OF their road
/ force Of 300 negroes. On Tuesday they
received from the North ninety-three
Italian immigrants, and are expecting 1O7
next Tuesday, making 200. They will
| place the Italians on another section, ana
| at a stated time ascertain which force ac-
complished the most work, and the differ
ence in the amount of work done. They
also saw that great difficulty was expert
enced in inducing the Italians to come to
Florida, as they had gained the erroneous
impression that this was the most I'M
healthy portion of America"