Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-25
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
GleaninGs from Along the Track an
CrosstieR.


The Georgia Pacific schedule will be
changed Sunday week. Double daily
through trains with kpudoir cars viii be
run to New Orleans instead Of one train q
day as now.
The people Of Mount Vernon have held
n meeting and expressed their willingness
to not only give the right of way through
their lands for the Dublin and Wrights-
vile Railroad, but if need be 20 contribute
money.
The schooner Hattie Dunn will leave
Port Richmond Monday with go tons
more OF steel rails for the Augusta, Glib
son and Sandersville Railroad Company,
so that the track will be put down unin-
terruptedly to Sandersyille.
There is TO be series Of meetings next
week in the Interest of the Augusta and
White Plains Railroad. The people along
the line are pushing the matter OF raising
subscriptions. Col. K. Nj. Mitchell, Of
Augusta, has been invited to meet the
people and address them. White Plains
has appointed as delegates to these meet
ings r. Tappau. NJ. j. Cofer, A. II. Smith,
p. Moss and J. b. Parker The following
are the appointments: Ogeechee Shoals
and Jewels, April IS; Mayfeld and
Powellton, April %.
President Bond, of the Q. and G. roads,
/ in conversation a few days ago with an
official while commenting on the condition
Of the Alabama Great Southern, in which
its deplorable condition in the matter Of
rails could not but be admitted, re-
marked that ''they would have to go down
in their pockets for about $l,00o,000, and
/ supply the road with steel rails" 1t is
stated that a contract has been made with
a leading rolling mill in the East to sup
/ ply the rails, and that the delivery Will
commence after May /, and continue at
the rate Of 400 tons a week until the re-
/ quired number is supplied.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad
| Company has taken another step forward
in the line of Improvements, and has in
trOduced the block signal system along
its entire line from Richmond to Char
lOtte. The system is similar to that in
use by the Pennsylvania Road, except
that it is not worked by electricity.
The block containing the light is placed
on top of the depOts, where it can be seen
for considerable distance by engineers
coming either way. The signal is worked
/ by the telegraph operator from his office,
who makes it display a white, red or
/ green light, as occasion requires, the
white light being the clear track signal.
This is the best and safest signal system
/ known to railroads, its chief merit being
that it is sure and certain.
Lamar Collier, master mechanic of the
/ Western and Atlantic Railroad, has sub
mtted to the authorities Of the road his
estimate of the cost in his department of
the change of gauge OF the State Road.
/ He thinks that the average
cost Of changing the engines to
suit the proposed gauge would be a thou
sand dollars each. Some would cost more
and some less, but that would be the
average cost. The road has 81 engines, IL
/ of which cannot be changed at all. AS
soon as the Louisville and Cincinnati
Southern change their gauge the State
Road and East Tennessee will both have
to change or erect hosting machinery,
which is expensive and unsatisfactory
1t is believed that sooner or later all the
roads will be forced to the standard
gauge. The expense of changing the
State Road gauge would probably be
about 100000. The figures prepared by
Mr.. Collier will be submitted to the next
meeting of the State Road directors.
Two cases for $4,000 damages each
have been filed in the Fulton Superior
Court against the Georgia Pacific Rail-
road. One Of them is the suit of Alton
| Danfnrth, who says that he received the
injuries complained of on the night of
July rs last. lie was a passenger from
Lincoln, Ala, to OXana, Ala. DanfOrth
claims that the tram stopped beyond his
station, and that he appealed to the con-
ductOr to move the train back. This, he
says. the conductor refused to do, and
told DantOrth to step off. DanfOrth says he
did so after some hesitation, and fell down
an embankment, injuring himself severe
ly. He asks for $4,000 to heal his hurts
and to satisfy his claim against the COM
pany. Seymour Pittman brings a suit for
a similar amount as the next friend of
Albert Pittman, minor. The boy was
hurt while playing on a turn table belong
ing to the road. His suit for damages is
brought on the ground that the turn table
was left open and exposed, that children
found it attractive and played freely with
it, pushing it around and riding on it. In
one OF these frolics the turn table ran over
Albert Plttman and crippled him.
The Boards of Directors of the Will
mingtOn and Weldon and the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com.
panies, Mr.. Il. X. Bridgers, President
were to have met in Baltimore yesterday
TO discuss matters suggested at the meet
ing of stockholders held last week. II
has been stated that the Wilmington and
Weldon proposes 10 build a road some
seventy miles long between Wilson and
Fayetteville, contracts for which are to bC
let ut once, and it is expected 10 be en-
tirely completed this year. Mr.. Bridgers
apprsed the Wilmington, Columbia anC
Augusta stockholders by circular letter
OF THIS proposed construction. when vii
sooner or later become a part Of The
through line TO the South, superseding The
10 miles of the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Road between Wilmington
and Florence for through business
lie shows that another interest had de
cided TO build a road northward from
Fayetteville 10 Wilson, or some other
junction with the Wilmington and Wei
don. The latter company have decided L
occupy the ground themselves and con
struct the road. The charter OF the VIII
mington and Weldon, ne says, perpetual J
eXempts 10 from taxation, and under II
has the right to build branches. He sug-
gcsted a meeting Of the stockholders 70
devise an agreement under which the I'm.
terests Of the TWO companies may CON
tinue Identical after the 'cut or has
made a egregation Of through traffic
necessary. AT the meeting 10 was under
stood that &e Wilmington and Weldon
would lease the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Road, guaranteeing interest
on the bonds aud dividends on the stock
either of 3 or per cent, the latter being
the figure asked by the stockholders. II
is stated that the lease Will be consum
mated.
COMMUNICATED.
To oX.Presideut Joseph l.. Fay, the