Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-13
RAILRoAD INrELLIeENCE.
GIoauings from Along the Track and
CroastiRa.

Ten days more of fair weather will DO
sufficient TO complete the grading of the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin Kali
road from Americas 10 Lumpkin. Addi-
tional subscriptions have been called Tor,
and are being rapidly given.
Work on the new road from Lake City
to Gainesville has commenced in earnest.
The tools and stock used in constructing
the Barlow branch road have been trans
ferred to the line of this hew branch OF
the Savannah, Florida and Western.
Work upon the Silver Springs, Ocala
and Gulf Railroad, it is stated, will be
commenced in few days. The officers
of the road are: L. Z. Hoge, OF New
York, President; Myron Z. Walker, of
Boston, Vice President; Oscar Tamaquo,
OF New York, Treasurer; l. Parish, OF
New York, Secretary; James l.. Hatha-
way, :. Agnew, of Marion county, and
w. T. Sylvester, of Jacksonville, d.
rectors.
1t is rumored that application will be
made for a charter to build railroad
from Augusta to Chattanooga, Tenn.
passing the gold and silver belt in Murray
county, Via Spring Place, and running
thence to Cohutta, where it will connect
with the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. Such a project, II
completed, will give Chattanooga and
North Georgia third line to the south
east and seaport towns.
The construction of the new Indian
River and Florida Railroad from Enter
prise to Titusville is considered settled.
The route has been surveyed, and the en-
gineers' reports are said to be most en-
cOuraging. The company, it is said, has
ample capital to put the road through
without delay whenever its construction
is ordered. When the Jacksonville, Tam
pa and Key West Railroad is completed
to Sanford, and the Indian River and
Florida Railroad to the Halifax section,
the trip between Jacksonville and the In
dian and Halifax rivers sections can be
made in Just one-half the time it requires
at present.
One of the most important cases just
decided by the State Supreme Court is
the case of the Port Royal Railroad
against the city OF Augusta. The Port
ROYAL and Augusta Railroad Company
! claimed the right to go through the streets
of Augusta in order to connect with the
Georgia Railroad and Central systems.
The municipal authorities refused to
allow the road to 90 through the streets, and
threatened to arrest the workmen If it
was attempted. The road filed bill Of
| injunction, and the court below sus-
| tanned it. holding that the road bad the
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed
the Judgment, holding that the railroad
| company has no right to run its tracks
| through the city without the consent of
the Council, and that the Council could
not be required to give consent If it
deemed ii best to withhold it.
A report has been current in Macon for
| the past ten days to the effect that
| there is a clash between the authorities
rft1f,
| Georgia Railroad and the organization
known as the Brotherhood of locomotive
| Engineers. Some time last summer an
agreement was entered into between the
| railroad authorities and the brotherhood
to the effect that engineers should receive
| i cents pSr mile for miles run. This ar
| raEgcment was made on the basis of
steady runs. The engineers claim that
while the 4 cents per mile is paid they are
allowed no compensation for long waits
| and delays not of their own making,
For instance they are often side
| tracked for from six to twelve hours
awaiting orders or obeying orders. They
| also claim that they are unjustly
| tres ted in other ways. Charges against
| the men that were acted upon before
the new administration came on, are
again taken up and the men either dis
| charged on suspended. This order of
! JnlnSS became 50 nOLlcedOIe ludI meet
| ing of the brotherhood was called and the
| Chairman of the committee on grievances
was sent for. On "wednesday efforts to
| reeanoila Tue opposing elements were
| made. The engineers are quoted as say
ing that they will take no rash action,
They fully recognize the fact that were
they to strike against the road there would
be injury to the commercial and other in
terests of the community, as it would in
terfere with transportation. They Go not
want to be forced to take any step that
would inconvenience the public, and yet
they consider that they are being unjustly
treated by the road. The engineers claim
that three of their number have been dis
charged ard several suspended. They say
further that the matter looks as though
the road is determined to get ria of the
brotherhood engineers and supply their
places with n-brOtherhood men.