The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-17
ON RAIL AND CROssTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles

Circles.
w. G. Clark has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Mexican National railway
and leased lines.
The transcontinental lines have adopted
same round trip rates for east bound bust
ness between the Pacific coast and Missouri
and Mississippi river points as were in
effect on west bound
The Mexican Central railway, on which
something like 100 miles of track were
washed out by the recent tremendous floods
| III Mexico, is again opened for business.
The loss 10 the company is estimated at
81, 000, 900.
From actual returns of the relative traffic
and income the charges for the transporta-
| ton of freight is found to be just double in
England what it is in the United States,
while the profits III the latter country are
by far the largest. To pay a dividend Of 4
per cent. on the cost of English railroads
| their owners would have TO realize lG5 per
| cent per mile, more than any others in the
world would need to pay an equal profit.
| As far as construction is concerned the
American railways cost less than those of
any European country, tho cost of Austrian
lines exceeding the roads of the United
States by fully 66 per cent, while the
! English railroads cost nearly four times as
much as those of this luntry.
The following are the lengths of some Of
| the principal railways of South America
Buenos Ayres Great Southern, S32 miles ;
BuenOs Aytes Northern, 20 miles; Buenos
| Ayres and Ensenads, 81 miles; Buencs
Ayres and Rosario, 34l miles; Central Ar
gentine, 246ls miles; East Argentine. 80
miles; Northern Colonies of Santa Fe 300
miles; Central Uruguay, 100 miles; North
west of Uruguay, 112 miles; Alagoas, IS
miles; Donna Christina, 73 miles; Great
Western of Brazil, S6 miles; Imperial Bra
lillian, 10 miles; IaGuaire and Caracas. %
miles; Lima, ~ miles; Mnas and Rio,
100 miles; Recie and San Francisco. ~
miles; san Paulo, S6I6 miles; South
| Brazilian, l75 miles.
1t is said that some Of the chief railroa Is
! in the country employ special persons to
inform the bereaved family when an en-
ploye has been killed Considering that
every year a small army OF men meet their
| death on the TRACK. the statement Is not IN
credible An old railroad man at Reading,
who has discharged this painful Office, giY es
the following among other experiences: sit
was only few days ago that | went b. Il
home and found the wife chatting and
| laughing with a neighbours wife while she
was at work among ner rosa bushes aud
! flower. She hadn't boon married very
! long. ! first asked whether her husban1
was ut home. She stared at me becume
white as a piece OF chalk, then shrieked and
fell among the plants | helpei to carry
her into the house. He's dead my husband
! is dead. know he has been kill ar who
| told your ] asked, when she revived. No
one | only thought SO. Is it uuef It
was easy then to tiulSl my erraud. | once
called on Il woman 10 tell her her husband
had been killed by trikng against an over
head bridge. This WINS three years ago,
near Philadelphia The wife curled up her
lip and rep led: If he's beon killed, heaven
has roveuSed me. He abused me long
enough. He'll abuse n more women now.
That was the easiest job in my line ever
had