The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-06-20

NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
FOR THE ADVERTISER.

oh HoNEh IoEh
The Beaver Creek & Cumberland
River Coal Co, Greenwood, XIV,
will build IL short line.
birmingham Mineral Railroad
CO., Birmingham, Ala, will extend
their line to Huntsville.
CodwiSc Il Allen, of South Bos
ton, Va, have cotractcd to build
part OF the l'ynchburg a. Durham
railroad.
Frank Silvorman has been np-
pointed rcce iver of the Pine Bluff
q Swan Lake Railroad with Office
ut Pine Bluff, Ark.
The Chattanooga, Rome g. Colum
| bus railroad has been put in opera
ton between Chattanooga, Team,
and Lafayette, Ga, % miles.
Colonel Cary a. Wilson has beon
appointed chief engineer Of the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor-
gia system, with headquarters in
New York city.
The pari, Choctaw & Little Rock
Railroad Co., Paris, Texas, has been
chartered by $. J. Wright. -. III.
Scot and others with capital
Of $500, 900.
Til" Alabama Great Southern
Company is marketing a bond s.
sue Of Cl7G,oOO in England, the pro-
ccrdS OF which will be principally
| ,,c
| stock.
II Is reported that an extension
| OF TN" AmcricuS, Preston Il Lump
KIN taiir0ad will soon be undcrta-
ken from louvalc, Ga, westward
TO the Chattahoochcc river, about
10 miles.
At the election i'm Owcnsbor0.
i\N., last week, Il subscription OF
N'',oOo in bonds was voted the
company to aid in &c construction
OF the OWcnSboro Falls of Roumh
~ Green River road.
The work on completing tho rra-
dlnS and traclaying Of the Louis
vile, st. Louis n Texas railroad, of
louisville, l\!'., along The ohio
river from Louisville west has been
actively resumed.
ID. r. scott, of Paris, Texas, has
hr"n elected president Of the Mar
snail, Paris ~ Northwestern Rail
road Co., To succeed John Martin.
resigned. An additional ten mile
section of the road S to be hnilt
this season.
Surveys of the BlackNillr, Aston
N Ncwhcrry railroad are now being
made from SallyS to Columbia, s.
g., 4 distance urab0ut 30 miles, and
also from kaolin to Ncwbrrry, $.
e., distance of about 81 miles.
The Atlanta & Florida Railroad
Co, Of Atlanta, Ga, has 20 miles of
track down, and ii is expected TO
reach Fort Valley i'm 60 DAYS. no
what point the line will be built
from Fort Valley has not yet been
decided.
j. G. Bowman, of Sumter, 8. c.,
who WAS lately ON trial Cor killing
SuStIcc layenswnrth, hAs disap-
prared very suddenly and without
any explanation.
A company formed to build a
railroad from High Point to ASH
boro, n. g., has been organized,
with Il. Il. Dicks, of Randlcman, aS
president, and J. II, Mills, of High
Point, Treasurer. Grading will
probably soon be commenced.
The Texas Western RAILROAD
cOmpany'S line extending from
Honston, Texas, to Sealcy. SO miles
and fo1 long time in Receivers
hands, has hcen ordered by the
United States Court to suspend
business on June lSt until further
notice,
The Carolina, Cumberland lap
4 Chicago Railroad Company has
been voted $4,000 by towns i'm
Edgeiield county, 5. G., to aid i'm
the construction of OF its road,
which is projected TO extend from
Aiken, =. c., and Augusta, Ca, to
Lexington, Ky.
The location of the Buena Vista
Il Ellavillc railroad, from Bucnn
Vista to Columbus, Ga, about 30
miles, is now nearly completed,
ana thG contract Tor constructing
the road will be let very soon by
Nj. 5. Bclknap, General Manager
Of the Central Of Georgia.
Macon parties have chartered the
East Tennessee d Jacksonville
Railway company to build the ex-
tension Of the East Tennessee, Nir-
glnia Il Georgia Railway from Jcs-
up, to the Florida State line. The
capital stock is Sl,000O00. a sim
liar has been formed i'm Florida to
continue the road to Jacksonville,
Fla,
The Dardancllc IL Western rail
road company. capital stock LOO
600 has been chartered to build ~
railroad from Dardancilc, Ark, to
Black Fork, SO miles. j, A. Wood
son is president; r. j. Darragh,