The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-20
ON Rail AND oRossTIs.
Local and General Gossip In Railv
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Local and General Gossip in Railway
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j. A McDuffie, general passenger agent
OF the Brunswick and Western railroad, is
in the city.
r L. Charlton, general passenger agent
| OF the Central railroad, returned from
trip to Columbus and Atlanta yesterday.
1t has not been officially announced, but
it is now generally understood that Ticket
Agent Hunts successor will be Mr.. john s.
Bordley. Mr.. Bordley is at present chief
clerk in the car accountants office of the
central railroad. He is one of the most
clever and energetic men in the company's
employ.
The fifth annual convention Of railroad
brakemen OF the United States and Canada
is being held at Columbus. o. There are
800 delegates in attendance, representing
the 273 societies in America, with total
membership of 1000. The brakemen will
discuss the proposition of federation of the
interests of all railroad societies and the
knights of Labor.
The Talladega and Coosa Valley will
build fifty more miles OF railroad this fall,
and will also widen their track to the stan
datd gauge. The road az present operates
between Talladega and Pell City. The ex-
tension will be from Talladega through
Clay county to connect with the East Ala
bama and Cincinnati, which is part of
the Central of Georgia The road has been
in operation between TalIadega and Peu
City four years.
The surveys for the Memphis, Tuska-
loosa and Atlantic railway, the proposed
new line to be built from Memphis to Tus-
kaloosa via Columbus, Miss, are nearing
completion. Surveys for the permanent
line have been made from Tuscaloosa to a
point near Oxford, Miss The surveying
49,. L IA
within the next two weeks. The manage
ment Of the enterprise propose to put forces
OF men at work soon at intervals of twenty
miles along the entire route, and have the
road completed inside of ten months from
the time the work is commenced.
From a report made at the fourteenth an
nual convention of the Mutual Benefit
Association IF the mail clerks of the United
States, now in session at Cincinnati, it ap-
pears that the association has 900 members,
and that last year s., 432 were paid in bene-
fits. The officers of the association are:
President, e. b. Mckee of Railway, N. J. :;
vice presidents, E. l.. Champlain of New
York, T. s. Harwood of Philadelphia,
Willard Wood of Washington, Samuel L.
Collins Of Jackson, J. NJ. Hubbard of
Chicago, r. II. Thurston of Sedalia, James
NJ. Wilder of San Francisco, D. NJ. Wells
Of Cleveland. There Is also a board of
directors composed of the following: John
Sargent Of Chicago, William Meridith Of
Chicago, NJ. J. Dolan of Ohio, ILL.,, W. H.
Housed of Galesburg, George w. Carr of
Washington, j. 7. Miller of Atlanta, w. F.
Hit of Indianapolis.
What is known as the penny system is
fast being adopted by all the leading roads
in the south. In case some enc may not
know exactly what that is, perhaps it is
due the public to state that it is nothing
more or less than giving one his exact
change when purchasing a ticket, and of
charging the exact fare for the ticket. For
instance, a man purchases a ticket to a
point where the fare is 81 20, where he now
pays 81 25 he will get his exact change
back. The penny system has been adopted
by the Central railroad and has already
gone into effect on all divisions of the syS-
tom. A new passenger tariff has been
issued by the road and furnished to all
ticket agents. The system is now in vogue
ell over the states of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, and work very salts
factorily for all concerned. 1t was adopted by
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system and by the Western railway of
Alabama about five months ago.