The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-17
ON RAIL AND CROssTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Rail way
Circles

Alex. Thweatt, travelling passenger agent
Of the Georgia Pacific railroad with head
quarters at Birmingham, was in the city
yesterday.
The number Of people who entered ard
left New York during last year was 40, 1873 =
900, which is not far from the total popula
ton Of the United States at the last census.
Robert w. Hunt, who has resigned the
agency of the Central railroad ticket office
here, to accept a position as travelling
pas enger agent of the Port ROYAL and
Augusta and Port Royal and Western
Carolina railroad, is said to have been one
of the best agents the Central ever had.
The contract is soon to be let for a new
bridge across the Mississippi river at st.
| Louis about two miles north Of the present
| bridge. TIE length of the bridge proper
will he 2,425 feet, each of the free spans
being 522 feet long and the approaches each
425 feet, and the cost is expected to reach
| S1,5O0,0O0.
J. c. McMuster, late travelling agent of
the Port Royal and Augusta railroad at
| Augusta, has been made master of train
service of the Port Royal and Western
Carolina railroad, vice f. c. Anderson,
Transferred to similar position on the
Southwestern railroad under w w. Starr,
| superintendent.
Speaking of the cost of railway construc-
ton in this country the RdHlUdu Age says
it might be noted that tine parliamentary
co is" alone of one English railway, the
Brighton, averaged about S24, 00) per mile;
those Of the Birmingham railway S25, 900
and those of the Blackwell railway about
SI2 900 per mile, these figures being entirely
Independent of the cost of building the road.
The New York and New England road
has inaugurated the unusual practice of a
railway comDa suing its patrons for neg
lecling to unload and return its cars TIE
company some time ago sent ont a circular
notifying merchants that all goods must be
unloaded within forty-eight hours, but as
little attention was paid to it the company
has commenced number of suits for de.
murrage in order to test the question.
The statement of J. w. Allen, chief clerk
in the com troler's office at Nashville
gives the amount OF railroad property as
seSsed in Tennessee for 1Ss7-SS. The total
mileage of railroad in the state is ,224.74
miles. The largest mileage in any county
is 1863 in Shelby. Others that rank below
that are Hamilton, with 100 miles; Knox,
IS. 50 miles; Davidson, 707 miles; d Glib
son with 20. rs miles. Twenty-Five counties
in the state have no railroads.
The New York sun, in an article on the
railway traffic in and out of that city says: A
statement of the traffic Of twenty-four hours
will seem incredible to most people, but it is
solemn truth that 1,672 regular passenger
trains enter and leave the depots of New
York and her 81 ter cities in the course of a
single day. This is exclusive of excursion
and race trains, which largely increase the
number. Less than 500 trains were run
daily ten years ago. 1t tak9s between 1000
and 5000 coaches and drawing room cars
daily to carry the travelling public out of
the metropolis.
The agitation of the existing misunder-
standing of the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus road with it's contractors has
been watched with interest by local rail-
road men. 1t is now asserted that G. Gunby
Jordan, general manager of the Georgia,
Midland and Gulf. has been appointed
Snecjal master in chancery to report to the
United States court, which will b. used as
a basis for a 'ettlement of the litigation
between the Chattahoochee Brick Company
aud the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
road. No further action will be taken by
the courts until the report is made.
The Chinese nation is coming slowly, but
| surely to believe that railways may not be
entirely dangerous and destructive institu-
tons after all and a little experimental
road three and thee-fourths miles long
which has recently been opened at Pekin
has already begun to demonstrate to them
the advantages of this modern means of
transportation. A magnificent train has
been built IN France for the use of the
young emperor of China, consisting of six
carriages, three for the emperor's own use,
two for his suite and one for luggage. The
three imperial cars contain n saloon and
smoking, dining sleeping and toilet rooms,
ali furnished in blue silk. Z ich of these
c Rs contains throne at one end, with a
small table for opium smoking in front,
thus combining dignity and comfort.