Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-03
THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Gossip Gathered Everywhere IN Rail
road Circles.

months.
A Mr. Moore, of Mobile, Ala, has con-
tracted to help flush the Coast canal. lie
will take his dredges from the Gulf neaG
Tampa.
The longest train ever run through
Ocala passed over the Florida Railway
and Navigation June %, with TWENTY-FIVE
loaded and five empty cars, making thirty
in all.
The new steamship line established be-
tween Tampa and New Orleans by Capt.
James Mckay, will be known as the Tam
pa, Key West aud New Orleans Steam
snip Company.
Mr.. j. e. Cope, Passenger Agent Of the
Atlanta Snort Line, via Jesup, East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
has established his office under the Pu-
laski House. The travelling public Will
find him there at all times. Summer re-
sort lists, guide books and other informa-
ton Will be freely furnished.
The next annual meeting Of the Asso-
citation Of Railroad Telegraph Superin-
tondents will be held at st. Paul, June Is,
! 1856. The Association OF American Train
Dspatchers adjourned to meet IN Chicago
in June, 1856. The Master Car Builders
| Association meets next June at Niagara
Fails, and the Master Mechanics Asso-
4 clation decided to meet one week later at
! Boston.
Ocala Item: The grading force on the
! Silver Spring, Ocal0 and Gulf Railroad
! have reached six miles from Ocala and
the cutting force Is in the neighborhood of
Joe Seckingers place, ten mile5 west.
! The surveying corps has passed Blue
! spring run, and is now surveying on south
| into fernando county. Work Is progress
ing finely, and additional labOrers are
| placed in the field daily.
Mr.. Richard j. Evans, late Chief engi-
neer of the Memphis, Selma and Bruins
| wick, and a civil engineer and superin-
! tendeDt Of wide experience in the South
has been appointed by the United States
Court inspector OF the work done on that
! road under the receiver, all the adverse
! interests approving his selectOn--a very
handsome compliment TO Mr.. Evans
ability and integrity.
ID less than two years a traveller will be
able to get call over YOlusia county by
railroad, as follows; Jacksonville, st. Au-
gustine and Halifax River Rallroad; Pa
latka ana indian River Railroad; Jack
! sonvllle, Tampa and Key West Railroad /;
| Enterprise and Atlantic Railroad; Blue
Spring, Orange City and New smyrna
| Road. All Of these are either building or
| arrangements are being made to complete
them in "a short time.
The Master Mechanics Association has
| declared that locomotive spark arTesters
are practically a failure; that although
many Of them work well when the en-
gines are run slowly they choke UP when
q speed Of forty miles or more an hour is
attained. The avoidance Of sparks and
cinders, il was thought, was to be attained
by the use Of petroleum for fuel-a result
which has long been attempted, but, as
yet, it is chained, has not been success
fully reached.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway
viii place on sale today Fourth Of July
round trip tickets at the following rates
Charleston and return, 81 80; New Brigb-
ton and return, So; PORT Royal and Beau
fort and return, So. Trains will leave
Savannah Mt 1870 O'clock this afternoon
for Charleston aud Port Royal, and at
S:45 tonight for Charleston only. Tickets
Will be on sale at Bren's ticket office. No.
% Bull street, and will be good to return
until Monday morning.
Work is said to be progressing very sat
isfactorily now on the extension of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Rail
road from Palatka south. The grading is
all completed as far as BeersfOrd, on Lake
Bearsford, and is being pushed as fast as
possible. There II small amount OF iron
here and the officers Of the road are eX-
pecting daily 20 receive invoices OF car
goes shipped from the foundry. They say
that unless detained by unusually heavy
rains, or some unexpected cause, they
will have the road in operation by Deem
Der /.
The General Superintendent of a
Georgia railroad was on a train the
other day when the conductor stopped it
TO put a man off because he had no money
TO pay his fare. When the train started
on again the superintendent uxiously in-
/, quired: care YOU sure he wasn't MEM
Der Of the LegislRtureW "MOrally sure !"
land that he didn't belong 20 the press ~
81 don't think he did" 'And thar he
wasn't wOrkingman's adyocatew IKE
didn't look like one" ''WelI. be very
careful. The only people we can afford to
offend in these ticki5h times are local
. passengers who have got to ride on this
road or take the highway"
At tine meeting Of the Columbus City
Council Wednesday the resolution Of Al
: derman Hatcher, providing tor the trans.
fer Of the city's stock in the Mobile and
Girard Railroad to the Georgia Midland
was taken Up for consideration, and Al
derman Voolfolk offered substitute.
The substitute provides in substance that
! the Mayer shall assign TO q. Gunby
Jordan, /. Joseph and TWO others, 10 he
named by bis Honor, The city stock I'M the
Mobile and Girard, TO be sold for cash
( bonds, stocks or other property
and if sold for cash the money
shall be at once turned over
I 10 the City Treasurer. II sold for stocks
? bonds or other property, said stocks
bonds or other property are TO be con.
! Verted into cash, and the same is TO be
] turned into the City Treasury. The sub
! stitute further provides thai preference
/, shall be given in the sale OF the stock Il
any road Offering competition 10 existing
5 roads running to that point. The com
. mittee is also given authority TO use al
legal measures necessary to carry OuI
the spirit OF the resolution. Tho substi.
tute was adopted without a DISSENTING
3 vote. This IL regarded as assuring "a,
building Of the Georgia Midland TO Az
lanta, aud the action Of Council is strongly
{ indorsed by nine-tenths OF the citizens o.
, Columbus.
The annual meeting Of the stakeholder.
OF the Mobile and Girard Railroad was
held Wednesday at Columbus. judge
W. II. BrannOn presided and J. NJ. Fra
: zior acted as Secretary. There were cot
shares represented. About three houu
3 were spent IN the diecussi0u Of the affairs
: Of the road. Capt. J. ". Voolfolk, one o
this city's representatives IN the meeting
prOp0uuded a series Of questions % the Of
. dcers ia reference 90 the condition OF al,
affairs OF the road aud its management
and AL of them were satisfactorily an
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