Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-05
RAILROAD TNrELLIGESoE.
GIeanings from Along the Track anC
Crnastiea.

CrOssties.
Receiver Tyler, Of the Shenandoah YAK
lev Railroad, has abolished tie following
Offices, the incumbents having resigned:
Joseph III. Sands, General Superiutend-
ent; w. w. Cole, Chief Engineer; NJ. Q.
Jameson, Assistant Treasurer j. W.
Coke, Auditor Of Receipts; f. E. Portlack,
Auditor of Disbursements; Charles Black
WELL Superintendent of motive power.
The following were appointed IN their
places: ID. w. Flicker. superintendent;
.. Il. Royt4, General Freight Agent; A.
Pope, General Passenger and Tlcket
Accent; K. T.. POrtlaCk. Auditor; A. Il.
Cravins, 5 3retary and Treasury.
A writ of error is pending before Judge
Jackson, Of the Supreme 4 urt of Geor-
gia, touching the East Tennessee Rail-
road case II be signs it the case VIII 90
to the Supreme Court Of the United
states without going baca to the Superior
Court for trial. AS the matter now
stands Mr.. Dorsey is receiver under the
Georgia law. He NJ, advertise notice
to all agents ad connecting roads not to
pay any money to Maj. Fink, in which
case matters would be very 3eriouslv
complicated Any money paid after
such a notice would be at the risk of the
person paving.
A ut in rates from Boston. Me- Yo-'-
and Philadelphia 20 Atl1rta,C scs' t. East
Tennessee, Virgo "a and Geo gia Air Line,
will 60 into effect today. The rates I'M
der the cut viii bn: First class, s., sec
ond class, n; third class 60; fourth class,
So; fifth class AZ, and s;Xtl class 40 cents.
Ans is a reduction e or the following
| rates at present in effect, viz: 81 IA,
, 50, S. 70, 60 and 40 cents. The la :,
named rates have been in effect smc1
April 10, 1884. Previous to that date the
fire. class rates from points name'''to At
lanta was | % per cent, and That without
the benefit of free delivery, which was
first iuauguratnd b. the East Tennessee,
! Virginia and q 7orgia Railroad, and after
/ wares ad tied by all thr1ug lines.
The conference held at Jesnp on Fri
/ day betwee,' the Sa anhah. Florida anu
! Western, and East Tennessee Virginia
and G. lrgi9 r. Dad officials, IN regard
to a clc 9r C1nnecuOn and alliance OF he
! two systems at that p~int, viii, 1t is
stated, result in the running of a soid
line Of Pol an cars from say 1Pah TO
Atlanta. making quick Connections there
| for the West and North. Although it is
understood that no arrangement to that
effect has yet been made, the plan was
! discussed on Friday, and it is stated that
there is little doubt hut with the begin.
ming of the summer travel the line will
be opened. AT present there is no direct
connection al Jesup. 1t he Arrangement
is consummated, and there is understood
/ to be very little doubt that it. will BE-,
! Savannah Will have two competing lines
t. Atlanta with immediate connections
| r Nur:hern and Western points. The
distance between Savannah and Atlanta
via Jasup ard the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia ard Georgia IS about seven miles
s1oFter than via Macon and the Central
| Railroad.
Mr.. John O'Laughlin, Travelling Pas
! Senger Agent of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, is in the city. Nothing so thoroughly
| eXpmplifies the perfection of railroad
! management as the manner in which the
immense amount of travel to the recent
| inauguration was handled by the roads
! composing the great Pennsylvania sys-
ten. Under its organization, the vast
travel was accommod 4ted without the
| semblance of an accident, or NOR
1 than trivial d lay. Thousands came
! from the North, East West aud
/ South, aggregating total of from 10000
/ g. 60,000 over the lines Of this one com
4 pany alone, and were accommodated
/ Va ithout any apparent effort on the part Of
/ the gre at corporation. which justly is &c
/ knewled9ed the leading railroad of tue
world. The achievement is not due alone
/ to the skin and experience Of its officers
! and employees, but to its splendid switch
! and block signal system, which
makes the handling Of many sd
! dtuonal trains as simple and easy az The
movement OF its regular service. Supg-
! riority Of management and perfection Of
/ modern appliances were never before so
/ APPLY shown, and the result accomplished
is but another illustration of the fact that
/ speed, comfort and perfect safety are
/ always guaranteed when jDurneying over
| tae lines Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
! and It's branches.