Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-20

GIeaninGs from Along the Track and
Crossties.


The passenger business on the Georgia
division of the East Tennessee system,
has trebled within the past three months.
The passenger earnings of the Louis
vile and Nashville for the first week of
this month were $103,630. Last year for
the same week they were 500, $50.
Capt. G. j. Birdsong, former conduc-
tor on on the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad, is now Master of Transporta-
ton Of the Louisville, New Orleans and
Texas Railroad.
President Bond, of the Queen and
Crescent system, denies the rumor from
New Orleans to the effect that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company is arranging
to purchase the Queen and Crescent.
Col. Belknap, the new superintendent
of the Vicksburg and Meridian Division
of the Queen and Crescent route, has
taken charge of the road. Mai. Raworth,
the former superintendent of the road,
will retire from railroad business al
together.
The employees of the Queen and Cres-
cent route have organized the Queen and
Crescent Building and Loan Association.
The headquarters are at Cincinnati, but
its shareholders are composed Of employees
in every department Of service along the
line of road.
The authorities OF the Southwestern
Railroad will, after April 1, discontinue
all travel on their freight trains. The
move is made on account of the number
of suits that the road is annually involved
in by passengers who sustain injuries in
the accidents and delays of the road.
A sweeping reduction in freight rates
from the East to Chattanooga has been
made by the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road. The rates were reduced 20 per
cent. two weeks ago by agreement. 1t is
thought some of the lines violated the
rules after the agreement, which caused
the Cincinnati Southern people to declare
war. The original rate on first class
freight from New York to Chattanooga
was 81 IA. 1t was reduced to 95 cents,
and now the Cincinnati Southern cut it
to 40 cents. The Western and Atlantic
Railroad met this cut. 1t is thought all
the Southern lines will become involved
in the fight.
The iucOrporators of the Eutawville
Railroad Company met on Wednesday
| and organized and selected their board of
directors as follows: r. G. Barley, w.
| j. Snyder, G. st. G. Sinkler, +. Conner,
| w. NJ. Knight, A. Ames Hewlett and S.
j. Pregnall. Mr.. r G. Barley was
elected President and Mr.. 81. w. Mitchell
| Secretary and Treasurer. The railroad is
to run from the 4l-mile station ON the
| South Carolina Railway TO Eutaw Springs,
/ through a fertile country that is fast de-
| veloping. A committee was formed with
| instructions to procure estimates for
| grading and laying the cross ties, and the
intention is to push the work vigorously
| to ready completion.
Inside of ten months the east coast of
| Florida south of st. Augustine will have
railroad connections with the outside
world. The road is to commence at Blue
| Springs, few miles north of Enterprise,
and is called the Blue Spring, Orange City
and Atlantic Railroad. The enterprise
was formerly under the management of
| w. w. Vest, but is now in the hands of
a new company with a capital stock of
$250,000. ID. Chappell, of Eau Claire,
Wis, is President, and j. c. Thwing, of
| st. Paul, Mimi, is Vice President and
Treasurer. The charter is one of the old
est in the State, and gives the company
100000 acres of land, a large portion Of
which is covered with millions of feet of
the finestpine and cypress timber. Three
miles of the road is already completed
| from Blue Spring to Orange City.