The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-03
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1888.
ON RAIL AND CROSsTIH.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circlea

| CtrcleA
Quite a number of excursionists returned
| from the exposition at Augusta last night
| via the Central railroad.
The Valdosta Times says that the iron
laying on the Georgia Southern is now
about five miles from Valdosta. The last
spike will be driven in ValdosJa on Thurs
day afternoon next.
The Macon Neus says that the "Geor-
gita," General Manager Belknaps private
car, is in tie shops at Macon, undergoing
repairs. About Sht months ago it was in a
collision a. Rome and was badly scratched.
1t was not considered unsafe for travel but
the officials decided to have it repaired.
Within the meaning of a statute forbid
ding the ejecting OF a person from the car
for non-payment of fare except at passen-
ger station, a passenger station must at least
be stopping place where passenger tickets
are ordinarily sold, according to tie decision
of the supreme court OF New Hampshire.
The stern paddle wheel steamboat ST.
Lucie, built for the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railroad Company, to run
on the Indian river, Fla, was launched at
Wilmington. Del, last week, and will be
finished about Dec. 90 Her dimensions are:
Length, I22 feet; breadth. % feet and depth
of hold feet. She is expected to draw IS
or IS inches of water.
arrangement with another company regu-
larly enter and depart from the depot of the
latter, and the former entrusts to the latter
the business of handling and checking the
baggage of the passengers and furnishes its
own checks therefor, the latter company
must be deemed the agent of the first-named
company in respect to'such business, accord
ing TO the decision of the supreme court of
Minnesota.
Tho for b,,iIiir,o, tha oh
Midland railroad. Messrs James NJ. Brown
e. Co, of New York, will begin work at
cambridge this week. Under the terms OF
the contract twenty-five miles Of the road
are to be completed by March l. 1889. This
road is to extend from Bainbridge, Ga, to
Montgomery, Ala. and will be completed
by Jau. /, 1890 1t is understood that the
Plant Investment Company is behind the
enterprise, so there is but little doubt of
the road being built.
The Georgia and Florida Short Line is a
new railroad which is to be built from
Ousley, Ca, on the main stem of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway, to
Marion, Fla, on the Live Oak branch.
The officers are: H. S. haines, president; S.
G. McLendon, secretary; j. II. Lee, treas
urer. The directors are Fl. s. Haines, S. G.
McLendon, j. NJ Lee and j. c. Reynolds.
This route will shorten the distance from
the north and west to Middle and West
Florida about fifty miles.
Circular 1886, issued by the Southern Pas
senger Association, authorizes excursion
rates for the Christmas holidays as follows:
Rates Of one and one-third first-class
limited fares for the round trip between all
points in the territory Of the association,
were authorized by the rate committee at
meeting held at Augusta, Nov. 20, for the
Christmas holidays. Tickets at these rates
will be sold over all roads on Dec. to IS,
inclusive, with final limit Jan. 3, and on
Dec. 20 and 81, inclusive, with final limit
Jan. 5.
Col. George T. Fry says that having
bought the iron for the first TWENTY-FIVE
miles of the Atlanta, Atlantic and Great
Western railroad he will begin at once the
building of the Atlanta end of the line He
says that there is no unsettled question con
corning the enterprise. except whether the
road will go through Waynesboro, or
Louisville on its way to Savannah. To
use his own expression 1.-THE road is just as
sure to be completed from Atlanta to
Savannah within two years, as that the
sun will rise Tomorrow"
Bradstreets has interviewed the leading
railroad men of the country upon the de-
STABILITY, in the light of experience under
the interstate commerce law, of repeating
the anti-pooling provisions of that law or Of
amending the same SO as to permit pooling
under regulation. Gen. Alexander, presi-
dent of the Central railroad, is quoted as
follows: Pooling is no experiment in this
country or in Europe. Experts and bust
ness communities and governmental COM
missions both here and there have univer-
sally approved the results. Extortion has
never resulted, and under our interstate
law could not now possibly result. l be-
lieve it is the only way to give stable
rates.