Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-24
THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Gossip Gathered Evorywhers in RaI
road Circles.

The total subscription to the Georgia
| Midland railroad has reached Sl2O,00O.
The committee has ceased canvasslng,
and The subscriptions received now are
voluntary.
The rails on the =. and |. extension Of
the j., T. and h, w. K. r. hsve5been laid
down about one mile out OF Palatka, and
the work will 20 right ahead now until
the tracklayers reach Buffalo Blum.
A Birmingham special says President
/ Johnston, Of the Georgia Pacific road, has
been called to New York, and it Is ru-
mored throughout the city that his visit
/ is to perfect arrangements for the imme-
date completion OK the Georglu Pacific to
/ Columbus, Miss.
Railway men declare that there is no
4 advantage IN using rail heavier than 90
/ pounds 20 the yard, as only so much can
be worn from the surface anyway, when
the rail will have To be- replaced. 1t is
/ even cOntended that heavier rails make
the track too rigid.
1t is reported, and that on the best au-
| thorily, that the owners of the Jackson
/ vile. Tampa and Key West railroad, and
/ ST. Johns railroad { the latter from Tocoi
I 10 81 AugustIne) J, proposes to bridge the
/ ~. Johns river AT or near West TOcoi, tn
form junction with the st. Johns road
ON the east bank of the river. A prelimi-
nary survey OF the river mas been made,
ana the engineer has expressed his will
/ lingness 10 take a contract to build the
trestle and bridge with two draws for
/ 100000. The entire cost Of the work will
/ not exceed Sl20,OO0. When completed,
/ Pullman cars are to be run through to
the Ancient City. The bridge viii be
several miles in length, and II IL hoped 10
! have tt completed for the coming seasons
| business.
ThepeOple of Athens are at presentmuch
| excited over railroad matters. The ques-
ton, "Shall the city of Athens release
! the Richmond and DanYille Railroad
Company from its obligation to extend
the Northeastern railroad to Clayton,
upon condition that this corporation
builds line to tap the Georgia railroad
at Social Circle or Madison, and probably
NJ some future day extend the line to Co
lumbusF' Is being asked. The Mayor and
City Council have already expressed a
! willingness TO make the trade, aud their
views meet with the hearty approval OF
| the business men of the city, as they feel
that such a scheme would be beneficial to
them IN the way of getting reduced freight
/ rates. As soon as ii WAS understood that
the Council favored the trade, the friends OF
the Central railroad system, which EN-
braces the Georgia railroad, commenced
q fight that promised to be quite bitter.
/ ut ibllbWlHA ltlGAIHIu IEICilGN AIuGub
on Tuesday:
LAwRENcEvILLE. GA, July 20, 1885.
/ To NeSSrN. YbufUeORd e RrlriH:
order granted on bill OF Camak and Others
! restraining Mayor aud Council Of Athena
! from SO modifying contract OF April y, 1881.
| with Richmond and West Point Terminal
/ Railway and Warehouse Company, as to re
| leare that company from obi gatious to extend
| Northeastern railroad to CLAYTON until
| further orders. n. l.. HUTCHIN5.
The news Of the granting of the tenn
! porary injunction by Judge Hutchins
caused something of a stir. Or. Camak,
! it is understood, is a large stockhOlder in
the Georgia railroad, which accounts for
/ the prominence that he took in the affair,
| as the extension to some point on the line
of The Georgia railroad, it is held, would
| seriously imperil the interests of the
Georgia railroad. This beliefs backed up
by rumOr to the effect that Mai. Green,
! general manager of the Georgia railroad,
had given his opinion on that line.
The fact that Judge Hutchins granted
| temporary injunction Is no guarantee that
| he VIII preside when the application for a
permanent injunction is heard. Judge
| Hutcnins, 1t is said, rs a'directOr Of the
Georgia railroad, and II such be the case
he is disqualified from hearing the case
No doubt he Will call upon either Judge
| Estes or Judge Lumpkin TO preside, when
| the permanent injunction is asked for.
The City Council met to-day to consider
the injunction against the trading of the
northeastern extension to Clayton, and
| instructed the city attorney to resist il to
the bitter end. There is IA strong preju-
dice in Athens against building to ri adj
son, which the Richmond and DanVille
have determined TO do. The trade will
not be perfected unless Social Circle is
substituted.
A railroad sensation has developed in
! Knoxville, Tenn. On Tuesday, says the
tribune, nearly n dozen clerks were dis
charged from the Office Of the Auditor
and other offices Of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad. The
oitense for which nearly all the clerks
were discharged was riding on free passes
without the permission Of the proper OIL
cials. One of the offenders, who was
considered the chief cOnspirator, was dis
honOrably discharged for forging passes
and tickets. Most Of the passes he issued
to himself aud bis fellow employees.
Many OF the tickets which he is-
sued he sold to parties not in
the employ Of the railroad. lie is
very skiliiul penman and was able to
counterfeit the signature OF any officer OF
the road. BY some means he gained DOS
session Of a ticket book. He filled out the
tickets and disposed Of them to parties who
could be trusted TO keep the matter quiet.
4 ne dlSo eolu tickets 10 some pafLleS VINO
supposed they were buying genuine tick
cts IN the regular way. To make the
scaeme almost perfect the young man went
50 far "a to make skillful kecktugraph
copy Of the blue ink dating stamp with
which all tickets are stamped. This was
the most ingenious part Of the scheme.
The fraudulent stamp could not be de-
tected upon the closest inspection.
Many OF the discharged employees at
tempt 10 excuse their conduct in using
the forged passes by claiming that they
have right TO free passes because they
are employees. They all unite in condemns
ing The chief conspirator for selling tick.
cts. They do not consider that his con-
duct in giving them passes was very rep
rcbensible.
|
Baggagetn Bond.
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Inconvenience in the matter Of baggage,
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