The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-26
ON RAIL AND CROSSTIR.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circlea

The surveying party on the South Boun1
railroad has crossed the Altanaha river
near Ciark's Bluff. The last survey made
passes through Mcintosh county about ten
miles from Derien.
The Timber Gazette says: With the "Da-
rien Short-Line railroad" and the South
Bound railroad" Darien ought 70 flourish
like green bay tree" Now is time for the
people Of Mcintosh to wake up in earnest.
A slight accident was reported to the en-
gine FALLING the fast mail on the Central
railroad from Atlanta yesterday afternoon.
TIE steam chest burst when the train was
within few miles of Griffin. An engine
was sent out from Mac On to bring the train
i'll.
The Philadelphia Record saws: "The
grentest railroad enterprise now in progress,
or in contemplation, is the Mexican Pacific
railroad, frcm San Diego, Cal, along the
coast to Mazatlan, and thence to the City
OF Mexico. The line will be 900 miles in
length.
Meetings of the stockholders of the rail-
road companies will ba held as follows: Ar
kaosss and Gulf, specisl meeting, Arkansas
City, Ark, Dec. / Decision and Wa-bita
Valley, special meeting, Danison, Tex,
Dec. / East Tcnnesses, Virginia and Geor-
2, t. consider tho approval of the Lease to
tie Richmond and Dsuville; Fort Worth
and Denver City, annual meeting, Fort
Worth, Tex, Dec. Il; Georgls. Pacific,
annual meeting, Birmingham, Ala, Nov.
IS; New York, Lako Ere and Western,
annual meeting, New York, Nov. q; New
York and New England, annual nesting,
BCstoA, Mass, Dac. II; Old Colony, annual
meeting, Unitsd States hotel, Boston, Mass,
Nov. q; Richmond and West Point Ter
minal Rail way and Warehouse Company,
annual meeting, Richmond, Va, Dec, IL.
Ever since Mr.. John H. Inman raised the
$4,000, 900 necessary to pay for the Georgia
Central stock We'll streea, the NstOS says,
has been wondering WHARF the In92er came
from. The ramos got abroad and WIS per-
mitted to ciroutete DncopsradictS5, exGopt
by the Wall Street Daily Nelgs, that
Messrs. Dtexol, Morgan q Co. advanced
the mepsy, and woCd hereafter becosuo
the financial a%eats Of tia Richmond Ter
minal. The Nous adds that 5000 Of the
subsidized organs even went az far as to
say that rae tirS il question would be rep
resented III the directorate. These stories,
we have repeatedly stated, ware untrue, as
we bad uudoubtad ASSURANCES that Messrs.
Drexel, Morgan s. Co. would have nothing
to do with The Brice Sc Thomas outfit. Yes
terdag the information reached us which
clears UP tfe mystery of John II. 1nman's
money for the Georges Central stock. We
Nlh hOW bbSbc utif@h la. IEihhh COu-
tributed $2,000,000 Of it, Gen. Samuel
Thomas advanced 100000, and the re-
mainder was procured from sources which
we may mention later on.
Some interesting figures are contained in
the annual report of the South Carolina
railroad commissioners which has just been
printed. For the year ending June 80 the
mileage of the roads increased 101 miles,
making total in South Carolina of 1,914
miles. Since June 80 the increase has been
6319 miles, making the total Oct. l 1919
miles. During the year 1861 miles have
been relaid with steel rails, making with
new mileage laid with steel about $50 miles
during the last fiscal year. The railroads
employ 1880 men. During the year A
persons were killed and ia injured on the
railroads. Oply three of the killed were
passengers. The prime fact in the report
however, is The great increase in the earn
ings Of the roads The earnings of the
passenger department during the year end
ing June so were S2,6T6, 753, the earnings in
the freight department 81, 6S3, $40, the IN
itemized earninRSs9 776 and the income from
other sources $l03, 423, making total in
come Of s7,475, 1902. The total expenses
were Is, 1877, 8S2. The net income was s., 1877,
$40, against 81, 693, 400 for the previous year -,
showing the enormous gain of 3S per cent.
The total increase in gross earnings was
S9i1 ,047, the increase in expenses was
s297, 1877, masking the increase in net earn
ings S643,0l0.