The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
THE TRACKSAB0UTCLEAR
THE CENTRAL TO RESUME ITS
SCHEDULE TONIGHT.

Repalred-Three Miles of Track Be-
tween Outland and Ogeechee Still
Under Water, But No Washouts
Feared-The Movement of Freight
to Begin To Morrow.
The Central railroad will start out
through train for Atlanta tonight The
water is falling rapidly, and the track is
being repaired as fast as it can be got at.
The telegraph lines have been Strengthened
out and communication is had with all the
points along the line where the washouts &C.
Cured.
Train Master Norman received a dispatch
yesterday afternoon from Road Master
Marvin, at Millen, saying that the track
from Macon to Millen had been repaired,
and trains are running between those
points. There is only one break now. and
that is between Outland and Ogeechee.
TRACK YET UNDER WATER.
The water is twelve inches deep on the
! track for about three miles. There is a re-
! port that three bridges have been washed
away, but as no trains have been able to get
that far up, there is no certainty in the re-
! port.
Supt. Hege, who is vigorously pushing
| a,
graphed yesterday that he thought the
track would be clear to-day or tonight. No
trains were able to go beyond Halcyondale
yesterday. Passengers arriving by the
o'clock train yesterday afternoon
reported everything in more
hopeful condition. There was very little
rainfall yesterday at the washouts. There
Is no water on the track ut Ogeechee Sta
ton, and the little town Is again dry.
RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES.
The people are returning to their homes
and are repairing the damage by the freshet
| The saw mill men have been taking ad-
vantage of the high water by rafting logs
TO their mills from up the road. The cur
rent was swift enough to wash a raft of sew
eral logs at time.
Train Master Norman said last night that if
he is able to get a train through tonight
| SIX through freight trains of twenty-eight
cars each of accumulated freight will be
| started out tomorrow morning, and the
rest of the loaded freight will be taken out
| Tuesday morning.
The road will be open from Mllen to Au-
| gusta and ready to receive freight to-nor-
row morning. The Ogeechee and Altamaha
rivers continue to rise slowly at the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway bridges.
but the road does not fear any damage
| from high water. The break at the With
lacoochee bridge has been repaired, and
trains went throughout yesterday without
| transfer.
THE DAMAGE AT AUGUSTA.
| The Port Royal road is running no trains
| north of Martins. From Martins TO Port
| Royal passenger trains are running on
regular schedule time, no freight yet being
| taken. Six hundred feet of trestle of the
bridge over the Savannah river is gone
and six other small trestles between the
sri+x nd fi,.h rl II,
away. AT least mile of track is missing
and the Central system will sustain loss,
| including the damage TO the freight yard
and machine works as already stated in the
MORNING News, of $50, 600
The Augusta and Knoxville branch
beyond the nineteen mile post north of Au-
gusta is in good condition, the freshets
above there being nothing extraordinary
| Trains from that point are running regr-
| larry. The loss on this branch is about
$4,000, consisting Of two trestles that are
washed entirely away and several others
that are out of line. The pig iron bridge
over the Savannah river is not damaged at
all, only little of the trestling on the
South Carolina side being injured.
PROTECTING THE c. AND s. BRIDGE.
Roadmaster Craig of the Charleston and
| Savannah railway is making his head
| quarters at Hardeeville, in order to look
and the trestles during the food. Every
| precautlon has been taken to protect the
| bridge 1t will be weighed down with iron
rails and secured with guy ropes, and every
| precaution will be taken beforehand to
guard against disaster. The structure is
entirely of iron and is very strong,
but when the freshet arrives
tremendous, and it is feared that the tor
rent will be accompanied by Instructions
likely to endanger the bridge.
| The only part of tho Charleston and Sa-
vannah's track likely to be injured Is that
| between the eighty-six and one hundred
mile posts, including the culverts and
| trestleS through the swamps A large force
hand, however, and everything possible
will be done to guard against breaks and
| to repair them as soon as practicable, should
they occur.
GuYToN WANTS ITS MAILS.
1.-THE postal authorities seemed to have
overlooked Guyton, and the territory tribu-
tary,h said gentleman Of Guyton yester-
day, "for we haven't had mail since Mon
day last, Notwithstanding the 'shoohy' is
| making regular trips to Guyton twice a
| day. We would like to know if the breaks
in the Central, 100 miles above, which pre-
vents through trains, afford the postal au-
thorities any excuse for holding back local
mailsM
| TELEGRAPH OPERATORS HARD-woRKED
| The Savannah office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company has handled an aver
age OF 5000 messages day since the food
began. The entire force of operators and
! clerks has been working on double time.
Manager Merrihew has furnished the en-
ployes meals at the Office, and the operators
have stuck to their desks twenty hours out
of every twenty-four. The business of the
Augusta office was handled here after the
wires were broken up the river, and good
deal Of tee Associated Press reports was
relayed hero for Jacksonville and Charles
| ton.
FLOODED WITH MESSAGES.
The arrangement Of the wires in all direc-
tions has flooded the Savannah offices with
messages, and it has been all that twenty
eight operators could do to keep up with
the rush. All messages have been received
subject to delay" Yesterday there began
| to be let up, although the
office has all that it can do to handle the
business that is still pouring in. Manager
Merrihew has systematically arranged the
work so that it could DO carried on with as
little delay as possible.
DAY OF ACHIEVEMENT.