The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-29
ON RAIL AND CROssrIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
CirClas

The Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser says
that the possibility of the completion of the
Mobile and Girard road from Troy to
Mobile by the Terminal company as soon
as matters get settled TO rights, is one of
the burning questions now agitating the
country through which the road would
probably pass. Before the road could be
extended, however, the Northwest and
Florida will be penetrating that very SCI
ton.
The Richmond and Danville is adding an
improvement to its Airline division that
| will enable it to still further reduce the
| present schedule on New York and Wash
ington trains. The necessary measurements
| are now being made for the construction of
water tanks in the track, SO that the engine
| can draw up water without stopping. The
water tanks are to be similar to those OF the
| Pennsylvania road, and will be located at
| convenient distances between Washington,
| Charlotte and Atlanta.
| Charles H. Wells, editor of Dirie. has
! taken the management of the southern de-
partment of the RGiLtCdy Age of Chicago.
| The territory comprised in this department
covers the region south of the Ohio and Po-
| tomac rivers, and east of the Mississippi.
The Rditlcdy Age is one of the leading jour
mails of its class in the United States, and
| the fact that it will hereafter devote special
=
| ing Importance with which this section and
| its railway interests are comizg to be
regarded.
The management of the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Plant system is making its
| usual fall preparations for carrying north
ern tourists to Florida this winter The
New York and Florida special, which made
such Juror last winter, will go into opera
| tton on Jan. 4 next, the vestibule trains
N q mo- thran fp-iYN hat
York and Jacksonville. 1t Is the expecta-
ton that all trouble from yellow fever will
be over and forgotten after December and
that business will be booming by January.
Railroad men say that they have reason to
believe that Florida business will be good,
and it is said that the orange crop viii be
| phenomenally large this year, and arrange
ments are alto being made to resume the
| tri-weekly service on the Plant line between
Tampa and Havana. The steamer Olivette,
which has been running between New York
and New Haven all summer, started south
on Oct. Is, and as soon as she resumes her
| place on the line the Mascotte will be sent
into dry dock at Havana for repairs, pre-
paratory to starting the tri-weekly service.
| The Birmingham Age says: 1.-THE Cen
I trail railroad of Georgia is nothing if not
| enterprising. Like all great roads, it is al
1 ways awake to the Improvement of its
l transportation facilities. The latest scheme
which has been sprung by the Central peo-
pile is to put on line of drays to deliver
| freight from their depot to the consignees in
| different parts of Birmingham free of all
charges. This arrangement has been per-
| fected and goes into effect Nov. 1. This
applies only to shipments from northern
and eastern points. The reason for doing
| this is that the transfer companies have
been charging the merchants more for
delivering their freight from the
| Columbus and Western depot than from
other railroad depots on count of the long
distance. For this reason there has been
complaint from the merchants on account
of the overcharge drayage. Tie Central
| will amend matters simply by delivering
the freight free of charge. This move is
certainly new one here, ard will no doubt
cause some of the other railroads to follow
suit. As yet no others have announced
| their intention to do likewise. The Central
will purchase number of drays and lot
of horses at once, and be prepared to de-
| liver freight on Nov. l."