Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-06
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
PROGRESS or CONSTRUCTION
THE PAST SIX MONTHS.


| tinsted for ISs5-sOne of the Cues
lions 20 Come Before the southern
/ POOL Meeting on Wednesdsy
/ Tho meeting which the promoters of the
1 Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad eX-
neetad r. hold at Columbus Tuesday
nioht has been deferred. Having no re-
Dly from thu Atlanta committee, whom
fqev had addressed, and the STRONG IN
dercurrent OF opinion favorable towards
going to Athens oCcasloned the postpone
meut. DEVELOPMENTS favorable TO the
Athens connection are expected at an
early day.
The supreme C0uTt'Of the United States,
i'm the case OF Hart vs.. FennsrlFauia Rail
road, has decided that common carrier
NAV limit its liability tU an agreed Va.ua-
ti0n IN case OF loss o. goods, while being
TRANSPORTED, through its O"n negligence.
following the decisiong 0t nnsylranla,
Massachusetts,. New York, Illinois, Ala
bama and Missouri. Tie contrary view
is held by the courts OF Aisslssippi, ONO,
Wisconsin. Kansas and Minnesota
As regards mileage in comparison with
area. Belgium enjoys the premier position
among the nations OF the world. Per
] 900 square Kilometres (62i miles there
are s5 miles Of railway ia Belgium, 81 IN
Great Britain, SO ia Germany, 20 IN France
ana 10 in the United States. To work
these lines the state has l.jlOlC { omOuFes,
ID stationary engines, 3,0l6 lE's6ene9.
69l baggage, mail and express aud "U3
other vehicles tor passenger service
There are also 4l,3Nf goods vehicles. On
The c0mp9ny's lines there are So loco
tIvcs, SIS passenger carriages, AS otLef
vehicles and 13,9l5 vehicles FOR the goous
service.
According to correspondent OF the
Louisville CO}tFley-jOHrHGi, the advent o.
the first train over the Kentucky UuNn
Road into Powell county recently created
more excitement than a big circus. He
says: "Fne arrival Of the cars within
one mile Of Clay City created great sen
satioB. Quite q large crowd, many of
whom had never before seen steam car,
hat gathered, and while they stood around
the en zine admiring it's wonderful work
mansbip, the whistle blew. The bystand-
ers went pell neil over one another, some
of them never stopping until they reached
home. William NJ. Combs, of Staunton,
stood on his head He is about 70 years
old. An old man 50 years old danced
jig"
The eleventh annual convention of the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso-
citation will meet in the rooms OF the AS
ISOLATION in Atlanta on Wednesday. The
meeting will be largely attended by the
high officials of the roads, as there are
several important matters to come up be-
fore the ASSOCIATION. Among the matters
TO come up will be the election OF olnceTs
for the next year. One question is 10
come up in tue shape Of an effort TO Tegu-
late the freight rates between the East
and Nashville and Memphis AS matters
now stand Nashville and Memphis nave
rates that are disprOpOTtiOnatelY lower
than the rates to Atlanta. TIE rates 10
Memphis and Nashville are cut 30 lONY
that to come anywhere near meeting them
in the rate to Atlanta would not pay the
roads, 50 they claim. 1t ispresumed that
an effort will be made to adjust the trOu-
bles by giving Nashville and Memphis
somewhat higher rates. There are other
minor matters to come up before the asso-
citation.
An officer of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railroad writes: "WOrk
on our extensions south Of Palatka rs in
active progress, and we shall undoubtedly
he at Sanford Dee. /. Most Of the grading
is already completed over the whole dis
lance 69% miles from Palatka and the
drawbrIdge across the st. Johns river at
Buffalo Bluff. miles south of Palatka, is
entirely finished. The road is, as You
know, Of the standard Southern gauge 3
feet, and Is as we'll equipped i'll rolling
stock as any road of its length
in the country. We have just
received two new engines 1924,
which have been on exhibition at the New
Orleans Exposition; one is a Baldwin and
the other a Pittsburg. Both have at
| tracted great attention. We now have
| engines 6 Baldwins and I Pittsburg),
/ full passenger coaches. 3 combinations. 4
| baggage and mail, parlor cars, 30 boxes
aud 80 flats. Passenger equipment huilt
HN.s.s ..4.
/ pany. A new 7-stall engine house oi
( brick has just been completed here. The
/ distance between jacksonville and San
/ ford is 125 miles, and we shall run II In
| AZ hours as against Is by steamers, as
at present. c.