Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-08-11
RAILROAD NEWS.
Some General Information, New En-
terprises, etc.
LEEsnuRe, LISBON AND rALArKA.

LEEsBURG, LISBON AND PALArKA.
A company has been organized under
this name in Florida to build road from
Leesburg, Lisbon, and Grahamville to
Palatka.
THE f. t., V. AND G.
The East Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia has awarded the contract for
building 800 flat and coal cars to the
Southern Car Works, Of Knoxville, Tenn.
NOZZLE, HATTIEsBURG AND JACKSON.
The two companies of this name in
Alabama and Mississippi have conSoli
dated as the Mobile, jackson and Kan
sas City, and it is stated that constrrc,
tion will be energetieally pushed,
THE RICHMOND AND DANvuLE.
The Richmond and Danville is report
ed to have contracted with the South
Baltimore Car Works to build 500 cars.
The Wagner car door has been adopted
for the order.
THE PROFITS.
Earnings of Southern roads in May
1888, Gross earnings, $4, ,622, 400; net
earnings, $l,39S, 032. From Jaa-
uary LIST to June list, 1SSS.-Gross earn.
ings, $2i, ,9SS. .463; net earnings, $7,S9S,,
O46.
NASHVILLE AND BIG SANDY.
This road was opened for traffic re
Gently from Ashland to Maysville, KY,
a distance of 81 miles, and track-laying
is being rapidly completed to Newport,
opposite Cincinnati. The road connects
at Ashland with the Chesapeake and
Ohio, and at Maysville with the Ken
lucky Central.
ALBEMARLE AND PANrEGO.
Grading is now progressing ON this
road from Juniper Landing south to,
wards Pantego, n. c., 20 miles distant,
to which point location is finished. At
Mackey's Ferry, the northern terminus,
freight is transferred by car floats to the
Norfolk Southern at Edenton. The
road gives short route between Abe
marie and Pamlico sounds.
WHAT 1T TAKES TO FEED LOCOMOTIVE.
1t will perhaps interest some readers
to know how much fuel a locomotive
burns. This of course depends upon the
quality of fuel, work done, speed and
character of the road. On freight trains
an average consumption may be taken at
about to 1-2 pounds of coal consumed
per car per mile. With passenger trains,
the cars Of which are heavier and the
speed higher, the coal consumption is
greater. A freight train of so ears, at a
speed of so miles per hour. would there
fore burn from 300 to 1850 pounds Of
coal per hour.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN,
The following changes and appoint
ments to the divisions recently estah-
lished have been made: +. l.. DeBarry,
superintendent of Eastern division from
Norfolk to Crewe. headquarters at
Crewe, Va, to succeed N. NJ. Osborne,
made general agent; ]. c. CasSell, su-
perintendent of Lynchburg division, from
CIewe to Roanoke, headquarters Roam
oke, Va. J. A. Hardy, superintendent of
Radford division from Roanoke to Blue
field. headquarters Roanoke, Va, ; ], q,
Osborne. superintendent Of Western di
vision. from Radford to Bristol, includ
ing Cripple Creek extension, headquart
ers at RadfoId; w. l.. Keen, division
engineer at Norfolk; n. l., Snowden,
supervisor of Eastern division, with
headquarters at Petersburg; W. IL. Stan
ley, supervisor Lynchburg division, with
headquarters at Radford; b. +. Stanley,
supervisor of the Cripple Creek exten-
sion. with headquarters at Radf0rl.