Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-19
THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Gossip Gathered Everywhere in Rail
road Circles.


1t is said that trains will be running
through TO Spsrtanburg on the Green
wood, Laurens and Spartanburg road by
sept. l, or Sept. - at farthest.
A narrow guage railroad win be built
soon from Spartanburg TO Glenn Springs,
:. Z. The cost is estimated at $4,000.
Ihere Is some talk Of extending 1t to New
berry.
The grading force Of the Silver Spring,
Ocala Fla and Gulf railroad have
reached Cotton Plant, and pushing ahead
with their work. Steel rails will soon be
received at Ocala for this road.
1t has been arranged by the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad to
run an excursion from Griffin TO Macon
this week. This will be accomplished by
hack-line to Locust Grove and thence by
rail. 1t is proposed TO establish this as a
regular line for passenger and freight
business.
After to-day there will be regularly
operated new passenger line between
New Orleans and Atlanta by the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad to Calera, the
East Tennessee and Georgia railroad to
Admission. and Georgia Pacific to Atlanta.
rms line will make practically the same
time as is made via the West Point road.
The charter of the Madison, Monticello
Branch, the Augusta banker, and it is
supposed to be in the interest of the X. Il
ID. road. This is not guarantee, how
ever, that the A. d {. viii go to Madison,
as the X. n ID. could not afford to let that
charter fall into the hands of rival com
pany.
The Pullman buffet car "Norfolk," the
challenge car which took the red ribbon
at the New Orleans exhibition as the
Finest in the world,' was in Savannah
yesterday and lett by the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway and East Ten
nessee road for New York. The car is to
form one Of the regular line, this being
lts nrst trip in regular service.
Nebraska has just passed a law which
makes q passenger pay Doc. extra If he
boards a train without ticket. COnduc-
tors collect the excess of 25c. in every in
stance, and issue drawback checks as pro-
Vlded. The law makes the 25c. excess
paid on trains part of the regular fare,
and the rules must be enforced for refusal
to paw any portion Of the fare the same as
for the non payment of the entire fare.
F. b. HOesl, young man of Buffalo,
has just had patented a locomotive pilot,
which has many good points to commend
1t to railroad men. The idea sought is to
lessen the shocks OF collisions with OBJ
stTuctions and to remove them easily.
The invention marks new departure in
pilots, using instead of iron or wooden
bars strong steel springs, by which the
distractions will be thrown a sufficient
distance from the track through their
own weight.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
Rome railroad was held at Rome Wednes-
day for the purpose of electIng officers
and considering the extension of the Rome
railroad to Decatur, Ala. DR.. Eben Hill
yer was reelected President. commit
tee OF citizens OF Rome appeared before
the body with the resolutions drafted at
the recent citizens meeting in regard to
the extension of the Rome railroad to
Decatur. A committee was appointed to
confer with the directors of the Georgia
railroad, asking their aid in the matter
The meeting then adjourned to await the
action OF the committee.
A committee composed OF r. N. Askew,
j. B. Ware, P. II. Whitaker, and j. H.
Daniel, representative men of Heard
county. went 10 Atlanta Wednesday to
obtain the 500 900 required to insure the
building of the Franklin railroad They
report that they had no trouble in obtain
ing the money from the bank of the State
of Georgia. Mr.. Cocker, the President,
was glad to loan the money on the papers
proposed to be given by the gentlemen.
Heard is now being actively canvassed
for the $780, 900 subscription, and at their
meeting to be held in Franklin on july 25,
no doubt is entertained that the affairs
will be IN such condition as to warrant
the gentlemen in calling for the money
from MIR. Cocker