The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-23
ON RAIL AND ORossTIs.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.

j. p. Beckwith, travelling passenger agent
of the Associated line is in the city.
General Manager BeIknap, of the Central
railroad, went TO Atlanta yesterday morn
ing.
The Alexandria and Charleston road,
chartered in Virginia, is to be surveyed at
once.
Rumors are again heard that the Pullman
car company are about to locate branch
works in Alabama.
The authorities of the Chattanooga, Rome
and Columbus railroad will soon commence
the preliminary survey of now road from
Carrollton to Montgomery. Ala.
Surveys have been completed of the
Statesville air line from Spartanburg, S.
c., to DanYille, Va, shortening the route to
the latter place from Augusta sixty miles.
Under the agreement that the Central
railroad would erect substantial and
adequate depot at Waynesboro, Maj. VIII
kins has given and graded the site for it,
1t is now in readiness for the building, and
the people of WayneSboro are anxious for
the work to begin.
Mr.. d. D. Curran, master Of train service
of the Columbus and Western railroad
has been appointed superinte ndent of the
! Port Royal and Augusta and the Western
| Carolina system, to succeed Mr.. w. w.
Louisville and Nashville railroad, and his
successor has not yet been appointed.
Mr. Henry C. Morgan, chief clerk of the
| transfer and forwarding office of the Cen
trail railroad wharf, has been appointel
assistant Savannah freight agent. Mr..
! John M. Harden has been promo, ed to be
chief clerk Mr. Morgan Las had charge
practically Of the work of forwarding
freight Mt the wharf for many years, and
| To-, I
A. Jones, Savannah freight agent.
The Pennsylvania has placed on a num-
| Der of its passenger engines new and very
valuable device for regulating the speed Of
trains and stopping them. 1t is an air
| brake appliance AMI consists Of q small
| handle which can be placed on any one of n
number of lines drawn on a dial which
lines are marked "Stop for statioIn,' "Stop
for emergency" etc lf the engineer is
called upon to stop suddenly i'll cas-. of an
obstruction ahead, or for any other reason,
he places the pointer on the line, "Stop for
emergency and the train comes TO an
abrupt stop. The air pressure can be re-
duced to ten pounds or raised as high as
desired. The device is giving great salts
faction. and in all probability the noble
steeds of the Pennsylvania will be equipped
with t.
Here are the attitudes at which travellers
on western roads take in the scenery: NJ "
shall Pass, Denver and Rio Grande rail
way, l0,S52 feet Climax, Denver and
South Park division Union Pacific rail
way, IL ,325 feet. Free mont Pass, Denver
and Rio Grande railway. 1,339 feet.
| BOreas, Dcnver and South Park division
Union Pacific railway II ,49S feet. Hayer-
man tunnel, on the Colorado Midland rail
way, II Bps feet. Alpine tunnel. Denver
and South Park divisiol Union Pacific rail
way, II ,62t feet. 1t will be seen that Alpine
tunnel is 96 feet higher than the next high
est point named, and III feet higher than
| Marshall pass. 1t is the high9t railway
elevation IN the world with tho exception
OF point on the Callao, Lima and Oroyo
railway i'll South America, which reaches
an elevation of over 1900 feet.
The Rome and Decatur railroad, from
Rome, Ga, t. Alfalfa, Ala, a distance Of
sixty-seven miles, has been COMPLETED, and
opened up for business. The first OCULAR
time cara No. / was issued Sunday, aDi q
regular schedule is now in operation. Two
double daily y is5engr trains eaca way are
now running between Rome and Gadsden,
and two double d1iiy's each way between
Cad, den and Alfalfa. This road opens w
a new country that mas never Ia a railroad
before, and rs it passes through num1c
of growing to Ens, is destined to do big
business. The extension of the road from
Alfalfa TO Decatur viii be completed at
once. the entire force of hands from the
division just completed, have beel trans
ferred TO the Decatur division. The eugi-
neers and surveyors have nearly completed
their work, and the grading and track lay
ing will be commence next week. IL is
proposed TO have the entire road completed
and in operation by January.