Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-10
THE RA1Ly7AY WORLD.
New Enterprises Of Interest to the
Public--sone Notes Of Kin
dred Industries.

The annual report Of the Alabama rail
road commissioners viii show that
about $50 miles of new railroad were
built in the state during the year ending
June seth.
Fifty ore cars were recently received
by the Alabama Great Southern
from the works of the United
States Rolling Stock Company in
Admission. The road has already
received several hundred of these cars.
Next March, according to osuperintend-
ent Rigney, the Adams Express Company
will open communication between Lon
don and Paris. The European travels of
president Hoey have convinced him that
the venture canbe made a profitable one.
The meeting of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers in Richmond, Va.
was, on October 18th, addressed by rep
resentatives from the fireman's and
switchmen's brotherhoods on the fedora
ton scheme, but no paper was submitted
for action. A resolution was adopted
endorsing the action of chief Arthur in
all matters pertaining to the brotherhood
since the last session. This virtually
sustains chief Arthur's action in the 80"
strike.
CARTERsyILLE AND GAINESVILLE AIR
LINE.-This company has issued pro-
spectus, which shows that the road is to
run from Cartersyille, Ga, through the
great iron anc manganese districts of
north Georgia, Beasley's Gap, Pine Log
mountains, and Ball Ground, where It
crosses the Marietta and North Georgia,
and thence through marble region and
fine agricultural region to Gainesville,
where it will connect with the Richmond
and Danville system. The directors are:
w II Howard, N A Hardin, w Hey
ward, George II Warning, L S Humford,
w Baker, John Calhoun. General
offices, Cartersville, Ga. The length of
the line is 76 miles.
CAROLINA, KNOXVILLE AND SOUTHERN.
This railroad is being constructed from
Augusta, Ga. to Knoxville, Tenn, dis
tance of292 miles, via Trento, Ninety
six, and Greenyille, c.; Brevard and
near Waynesyille, n C,and Seviervillc to
Knoxville, Tenn The grading is near
ly completed from Augusta to Greenyille
and 20 miles beyond, and track has been
laid from Greenville west 20 miles.
Among the contractors are Tanner s.
Robinson, Mccarthy, Ross & Co, and ]
b Ross, in South garolina; D i Boyd,
in North Carolina, and Fortune in Ten
nessce. The road is being built by the
Georgia Investment and Construction
Company. r 3 sibley, president, Angus
tn, Ga. J & I1umbert, Of Princeton, s
G. is president OF the railway company.
JT Stone is chief engineer Of both the
construction ard railway companies.
Several Of the verdicts relating to fa-
tai railway accidents recently rendered
by corouer's iuries place the responsibili-
ity for terrible disasters upon employees
Of various grades, and in some instance
the parties accused have Eeen arrested.
This course has been adopted in connec-
tion with the dreadful disaster on the
Lehigh Valley and similar proceedings
have occurred in reference to simulta-
neoas railway accidents in other portion
OF the country. It's evident that safety
cannot be absolutely ensured by any
safeguards that railway companies can
provide. After every possible adjunct
has been furnished much must be left to
the fidelity, discretion, and reliability Of
the men who run trains. No matter what
defect or neglect may cause terrible
disaster, the company on whose lines it
occurs usually pays heavy penalty and
It'll 3ccoming q question how far means
for increasing the realizing sense Of re-
sponsibility Of certain classcd of train
men viii be adopted