Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-20
AMONG THE RAILROADS,
GIeanings from Along the Track an,
OrOssties.


ElbertOn wants connection with the
Savannah Valley Railroad.
The Central Railroad has given the re-
billing privilege to Columbus.
The construction train on the 2. |.
road, in Florida, is steadily moving down
the line, and will reach Ellerslie in uay
or two.
The freight depot at the foot of Orange
street, st. Augustine, for the Jackson
vile, St. Augustine and Halifax River
Railway, has been completed.
Work on the Dublin and Wrightsville
Railroad is progressing as finely as can
be expected. Several of the hands are
kept cutting cross-ties while the others
have been put to grading.
A new railroad is talked of from Ath-
ems to Columbus. This road, it is said, is
to be built by the Richmond and Danyille
syndicate. 1t is said work will begin on
this road as soon as a charter can be Sc
cured.
1t is said there is now at Perth AmbOv,
n. j., seventeen schooner loads of steel
rails for the extension of the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West Railroad from
Palatka to Sanford, and in a short time
this material will begin to arrive at
Palatka and be laid on the new road as
fast as money and muscle can do it.
The Covington star says: The charter
for the COyingtOn and Macon Railroad
has been issued, and the company was
duly organized on last Thursday, with
Col. l.. K. Livingston IS President. As
the company has now assumed a tangible
shape we will soon see what they are go
ing to do. We learn they propose to push
ahead with the work as soon as they can
get everything in proper shape.
The Georgia Midland, a newly projected
railroad between Columbus and Atlanta
is general topic in railroad circles Just
now. The people seem very much inter-
esfed in the project, and, recognizing the
| Importance that such road would give the
city, are anxious to see it put upon "A
basis that will secure it's cOnstruc-
ton. Mr.. q. Gunby Jordan, who
! has been in New York in The interest of
the proposed road, says that prominent
men of Atlanta have assured him that the
Gate City viii duplicate whatever Column
bus does in the way of subscriptions TO
the enterprise. He believes that $2j0,0O
or $300, 600 can easily be raised in the two
cities and along the line, and whenever
| this is done the road is a certainty. The
object is TO build a standard broad gauge
/ road, and it will have the cooperation Of
two other lines at the terminal point i'm
Atlanta. The route has been surveyed
and the right of way obtained for the en-
| tire length of the road.
Wednesday the stockholders of the
/ Americas, Preston and LumplIiu Railroad
met at Americas. A board of thirteen di-
rectOrs was elected az follows: j. Il. Lat
| inner, j.. b. Scott, w. ;. ellis, w. IL.
/ Statham. j. b. Hudson, 4. 5. Chappell, j.
/ X. StapletOn. J. w. May, :. II. Haw-
| kins, G.. w. Glover, Thornton Wheatley,
I fl. II. johnson and G. A. Huntington.
At meeting Of the directors an or
| ganizatIOn was effected by the cleo
/ tiOn Of Col. s. II. Hawkins as
President, and Z. N. Hawkes. as Secretary
and Treasurer. The engineering work on
| the road being practically completed, II.
/ l.. Collier has resigned his position as
| engineer, and has removed 10 Atlanta.
/ What little grading remains t0 be done
/ on the west end OF the road win be under
/ the superintendent Of Mr.. Mabel, who
| has been acting as assistant engineer.
/ The track laying is progressing beyond
I Muckalee. From present indications
/ Preston ana Lumpkin will be bound
| together by bonds Of steel ere another
I crop Is harvested.
/ The Brunswick Herdh says that com
| plants are being made all along the line
I Of the Brunswick aud Western Railroad
20 the effect that the employees On that
| road have not been paid for months. The
| hands at tho eastern end Of the line have
\ N'hN ~ AANhAh hHAANA AEtAiN NAANs nuh hNlNl
/ they have not been paid regularly as
/ heretofore. Inquiry 40 Brunswick has
/ developed the fact that the complaint
| is not grOundless or unjust. On the
contrary, that 1t Ia well founded.
| II Is alleged that the present owners OF
/ the road are under obligations % the
l Frankfort Committee IN Germany % pay
/ the interest on the bonds held by them
semi-annually. This requires about S31.-
900 every six months. To get this sum.
every time Que or two thousand dollars rs
accumulated here Il Is called for, and has
10 Doe forwarded % the soligmans.
bankers IN New York. This Keeps the
road behind here with its employees,
and this In turn produces disaaection
and discomfort Not only that but such
is the actual condition Of the road that its
/ business has continuously fallen on, and
for some time past its receipts have not
| been equal to the expenses. Some effort
I has been Of late made Co reduce expenses.
but 10 has not been thorough enough TO ef-
I feet reversal In the volume OF It's income
] 10 expenditures.