The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-01
ON RAIL AND CRossTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railwa
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William Cahill has been appointed mas
ter mechanic of the Brunswick and west
ern shops in this city, and lie will assume
the duties of the position to-day.
| New Zealand has now l ,734 miles of rail
way, with nearly 200 miles more under
| construction. Once the land of the cannl-
bal, 1t is now rapidly becoming the land OF
the coal-conSuming locomotive.
The development of East Tennessee's vast
coal fields seems to be just beginning. A
few years since one little engine and dozen
coal cars did all the coal hauling of all this
| section. Now hundreds of engines and
thousands of cars are required. Not only
so, but numerous railroads are being built
and contemplated to further develop this
| coal section.
May 10, Thursday-American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. Annual meeting in
Nashville, Tenn. June u, Tuesday-Ameri.
can Train Dispatchers' Association. Fifth
annual convention at Louisville, KY;
June 12-Master Car Builders Association.
Annual convention at Alexandria Bay, N.
y; June 19-American Railway Master
Mechanics Association. Annual conven-
ton at Thousand Islands, n. Y; June 10,
Tuesday Association of Car
Accountants. Annual meeting in Montreal.
In announcing the opening of the Good
water extension of the Central railroad the
Birmingham Herald of Saturday says:
The old Georgia Central will drive its
passenger engines into the Union Depot,
and open for business with Birmingham
within thirty days from this hour. Those
of us who were familiar with this grand old
institution under the supreme dictatorship
OF K. K. Cuyler and William NJ. Wadley,
and remember their policy, can readily i'm
agne the surprise of their spirits as they
peep through the blanket of the past and
behold their lines extended farther than the
utmost reach of their thought, and their old
engines laundering into regions they de-
spiSed as a Wilderness" But they were
grand men, all the same, and the great
work they commenced and handled so well
is prouder monument to their fame than
cenotaph In brass or mausoleum in marble
An Italian correspondent of the Railway
Age says that to miss a connection with an
Italian train means good deal. There are
only two trains day on the principal lines
One in the morning, at the earliest
| hour conceivable, with inconvenience
and discomfort, and another at
the latest hour devisable by the ingenuity
OF man to make it disagreeable for travellers.
| One OF the strangest things connected with
the schedule of Italian trains is that they
all start early and late from any town one
may happen to be in. The Italian govern
ment controls the railroads in that country.
Slower and more maddening trains it would
be hard to find in any country in the world.
The starting of a train in Italy is an inter
esting sight to stranger The
guards wear military uniforms Their
caps are round, with a low visor. Red
bands encirces these caps. Their great
coats are black, with cowl-like capes hang
ing down their backs These coats are orna-
mented with brass buttons. When the
train stops the guards rush up and down
calling out in the most sonorous and must
cal of voices the name of the station This
sounds exactly as if they were chanting.
When the train stops the facchinos, or por-
ters, in blue blouses, come running up to
assist passengers to alight and to carry their
baggage for them. No matter how small
your package, one is not permitted to carry
it. He must employ facchino or fight"