The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-06
THE POOL STANDS SOLID.
COAST RATES NOT AFFECTED BY
THE RECENT CHANGE.

the Status of the Southern Railway
and Steamship Association-The Cen.
trail Railroads New Equipments
Big Increase in Freight Traffic
Progress Of Work on the CentraPs
Extensions.
General Manager Belknap of the Central
railroad, who was at the annual meeting OF
the Southern railway and steamship asso
citation in New York, has returned, and hi:
attention was called yesterday to the news
paper reports that the pool has disbanded
To an inquiry as to the truthfulness of the
statement, he replied that there is no truth
in it. The association he said, is as strong
as it was before the Louisville and Nash
vile and the Queen and Crescent
Joined. Their failure to remain in
the association another year, he said,
will not affect the stability of the pool in
the least.
The Mobile and Ohio road did not belong
. to it before, and the Louisville and Nash
vile being close competitors Of the Mobile
and Ohio thought it would be best to stand
out; the Queen and Crescent was very anx-
ious to remain in another year, but
as they are competitors Of the Louis
vile and Nashville for Cincinnati,
Louisville, Birmingham and New Or
leans they had to drop out. These sys
TENS of railway, however, do not affect the
territory covered by the original and pres
emit members of the pool, and when the three
railroad companies outside come to trans
fer freight and passengers over lines of road
which are in the pool, the rates fixed by the
pool must govern.
Mai. Belknap says that it is a mistaken
hot ba hacv m Il xx;t
fixing passenger rates. 1t does fix both pas
senger and freight rates, as the Passenger
association is connected with the Southern
railway and steamship association, and is
presided over by the same commissioner
The freight rate meeting, Maj. Belknap
says, will be held at Atlanta tomorrow.
CENTRAL's NEW ROLLING STOCK.
What new rolling stock is the Central
providing for its system of roadsp Maj.
Belknap was asked.
1--WE have ordered 200 fat cars and have
leased 800 box cars and we are about to
contract for the building of some box cars.
The Central has about $500 cars
and is adding about 500 or 600
every year. Then we have ordered
from Dicksons locomotive works at
Scranton, Pa, twenty moguls, six passen-
ger engines and two switch engines. Ad-
vices have been received that five Of the To-
and the others will follow in ORDER
The Montgomery paper that published
that the Central had ordered 1000 box and
1900 ore-cars Of the Roanoke Car-works, to
be delivered before Sept. Is for the Column
bus and Western, Maj. Belknap says, must
have been badly imposed upon. The Co
lumbus and Western is only 100 miles in
length, and 5000 cars would be nearly
twenty cars 10 the mile, when the average
Of cars TO the system is only about two to
the mile. The expenditure of over 81 000,-
600 for cars for 100 miles of road, and the
idea of any one car works turning out 900
cars in six weeks-500 cars to the weeks
ludicrous
The general manager and traffic mana
ger, w. F. Shellman, will go over to Biz
mingham this week for tour of inspection
and will take note of the prospects of the
cotton crop in Georgia and Alabama. The
Central expects to do much larger cotton
carrying business this season than it ever
has before in any one season. They expect
TO draw cotton to Savannah from as far
west as Memphis.
BIG INCREASE IN FREIGHT.
That the Columbus and Western will be
great feeder, the Central management
feel very confident, and the increase in the
carrying trade is already manifest. The
increase in passenger receipts on the Colum.
bus and Western for the month of June,
1888, is about 80 per cent, as compared
with the passenger receipts for June, 1887.
The increase of passenger miles for the ten
months ending June 50, 1888, over the CORES
ponding time last year, is l0,607 900. The ton
miles of increase for the ten months ending
June 30 is S,S00.000, and much of this in
crease is attributed to the fact that the Co
lumbus and Western, since its extension
from Goodwater to Birmingham, has placed
the iron city and the sea in close inter-com-
munlcation. This includes the Central
system proper, the lines of which are in
Georgia and. part of the roads in Alabama,
including the Columbus and Western.
At present the Central has but one freight
train each way daily over the Columbus
and Western, but the increase in freight
has been so marked that an extra fast freight
for through business to Savannah will be
Put on, and while tho time for scheduling il
has not yet been determined, it is expected
that arrangements can be completed in
time TO put it on the road in about q week.
IA Birmingham paper says the Central
will have twelve freight trains leaving
Birmingham daily by Oct l." said the re-
porter.
do theyp the general manager asked
well that is something we haven't ex-
pected, but it can be hoped for, you know.
There is no doubt Of a large increase in our
business at Birmingham, and that the com
giving us a shorter line will tend to still
greater increase the trade of Savannah with
birmingham. Our steamships are going
out crowded with passengers now and some
of them come from Birmingham for an
ocean voyage, a very delightful mode of
travel, part rail and part by water"
WORK ON THE EXTENSIONS.
"How is the Bueua Vista extension to
Columbus getting on~
Very nicely" and the general manager
added that 600 men are employed in
the construction of the road, and force of
mechanics are engaged in building the
bridge at Columbus Tho work is progress
ing favorably near Eden, and the trestle
across the Ogeechee is expected to be COM
pleted soon. Maj. Belknap said, II hope to
be able to tell You before very long that we
are ready TO go to work on the road from
Americas to Eden, the building of which
will certainly begln this year,
Handsome ne~ depots are to 60 UP at
Waynesboro, East Point, Guyton and Ten
mile, and gang of men are now erecting
the Wayne,borO depot. Another force /,
to be put on and the work hurried. The
lumber is already on the ground for the
Guyton depot.
Maj Belknap was asked what reports
have been received by the Central as TO
the cotton crop for this season. He said
that he would be better prepared to give an
authentic est mate on his return from
Birmingham. The indications point to