Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-06
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Items Gathered Along the Track
and Crossties.

and Crossties.
New Orleans paper says that lO,0O0
men have been put to work between
Memphis, Tenn, and Birmingham, Ala,
on the Kansas City, Memphis and Biz
mingham road, which will be parallel
road to the Memphis, Birmingham and
Atlantic, now being constructed by Bos-
TON capitalists. Rails have been con-
tracted for by the latter road to be dellV-
cred during this year, while the nrst
named road has ordered rails to be dellV-
| cred during this year and in January ana
| February, 1887. These roads will make
things lively in that section, and will en-
! ter into active competition with the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, the
Louisville and Nashville, the Queen ana
Crescent, the Huntington system, and
the Illinois Central. When the Central
of Georgia extends its lines to Birming-
ham the Kansas City, Memphis and Biz
| mingham will give it another outlet TO the
West.
The Belt Railroad Company OF Chatta-
nOOga is preparing to extend It's line 10
Ridgedale and other suburban points.
The prospect of the road being built has
already started small boom in Smith
vile, and real estate has considerably en-
HANGED in value.
The railroad running from the south
beach 10 the lighthouse opposite st.
Augustine is to be rapidly pushed
through to Matanzas.
A new locomotive for the st. Johns and
Halifax railroad will arrive in day or
so. 1t is named BulOw, and comes from
the Baldwin works at Philadelphia.
The Georgia Pacifc's extension from
Coalburg toward Days Gap is being
graded as fast as men and money can do
the work, and track laying will be oom-
menced within few weeks.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway Company has just raised the
frame of another large building for their
shop at Palatka. The road has also COM
pleted thirty new freight cars, which are
now in service.
The extension OF the present Green
Cove Spring and Melrose road is to be
known as the western Railroad of
Florida" Mr.. Ozias Burlington is APP
pointed uperintendent, with Mr.. Blakesly
as Assistant Master MachinIst.
The st. Johns and Halifax railway is
expecting another schooner, the Wood
house, from New York, bringing 200 tons
of railroad iron. This iron is to be used
in continuing the road from Tomoka to
Daytona, distance of nine miles.
Some half dozen sleeping cars leave the
Waycross depot nightly, but none are now
oVercrowded with passengers. The cheap
rate of fare on the railroad and board has
made the Carolnas and Upper Georgia
the great summer resort of Floridians.
The Railroad Commission has decided
to meet on Aug. 10 to hear complaints of
the John Z. King Manufacturing Com
pany, of Augusta, VS.. the Port Royal and
Augusta and Georgia railroad companies
ON account OF OVercharge on switching.
The train dspatcher's office of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad has been moved
from Jackson, Miss, to Cairo. The relay
Will not be moved at Corinth until sun
day. Supt. Hamilton has assumed con-
troll of the road from st. Louis to Corlnth.
The road from Monticello to Athens is
called the Athens Branch of the Macon
| and COvington road from the fact that the
charter calls for the building OF a railroad
from Macon to CoVington, and the change
OF route is operating under another char
| ter. 1t will be the main line.
The completion of the Savannah Valley
railroad Will be celebrated next Thursday
at Anderson, s. c., by a basket picnic.
parade Of the fire department and a ban
| quet. The invitation committee is com
posed of Massrs. w. W. Humphreys, j.
| E. Breazeale and W. S. Lyon.
III JIG HeAb IOur months Cl6 81. raul
| road will build go miles of new road to
Kansas City, the Illinois Central about
$50 toward st. Paul, the Rock Island
about 400 toward Nebresba, the C. b. &
| Q. about 500. 1t will take $4,000, 900 of
capital, of which New York furnishes
about S2O,000000 and Boston about $780,
| 100000.
The Northwestern and Southeastern
! Railroad Company has a surveying party
now in the field, running line from
| Smithyille, N. c., to Conwayboro-65
mles-and thence to BennettsYille, S. G,
70 miles-where the road will strike the
G. +. IL Y. V. railroad: thence 1t is pro-
posed to build the road to Hamlet and
Salisbury, N. c., and to the coal and iron
fields OF Tennessee and Kentucky.a
The Georgia Midland has between l5.-
600 and 10000 cross-ties lying alongside
the Southwestern road ready to be trans
ported to Columbus when needed, and
5000 to 5000 will come up from the Mo-
bile and Girard road. Huge stacks of
| them are now at Scale awaiting orders
! for shipment. The surveying party is
actively engaged in ascertaining the best
and most practical route for the extern
| sion of the Columbus and Western road