The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-22
ON RAIL AND cRossY1E.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.

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BtThe Orlando and Winter Park Rla) rail-
road has received seven carloads of iron.
The Columbus and Western is soon to put
to use new coaches and sleepers fIom Birm-
ingham to Columbus.
John L. Brown has been appointed gen.
eral soliciting agent Of the Chattanooga
Rome and Columbus railroad. His head
quarters will be in Rome.
S. L. Vandivere has resigned the office
of master of transportation of the East and
West railroad of Alabama. He is succeeded
by is brother, W. j. Vandivere.
The Central railroad train was half an
hour late last night. The delay was caused
by heavy train. The train had five extra
coaches, occupied principally by stockhold-
ers. All Of the incoming trains are CROW ded
Hon. N. c. Barnett, secretary of state,
has issued charter to the Cordele, Wavues-
vile and South Brunswick Railroad Com
pany. The capital stock is set down as
81 ,S75, 900. The incorporators aye w. F,
Penniman, Mallory T. King and Henry r.
Lymans.
. The Macon and Cow gton railroad is now
a through line, with three outlets to Florida
at Macon, and at no far distant time in the
future it will have another, in the way of
the Dublin and Waycross line. A car can
run straight through now from Tampa
Fla, via. Jacksonville and Macon and
Athens to New York city.
The Birmi CHAM Age-Heruld says: The
Kansas City, Memphis and Ri ming ham
will run. in addition to the present passen-
ger trains, night ira Us between Birmlng-
ham and Memphis, Dec. %, % and "a It
is not improbable that the night trains will
be continued permanently, and in that
event sleeper will be put on betwe the
two cities That may be continued through
via the Central of Georgia to Savannah.
The double track connectio between the
Kansas City, Memphis aud Birmingham and
the Columbus and Western in birmingham
will be completed about Jan J, which will
grea ly facilitate the transfer of freight
from one road to the other The roads are
natural allies, the one supplementing the
other, and have joint running arrange
ments for mutual convenieu ce. The Column
bus and Western will have the use of ne of
the double tracks of the Kansas City, Mem
phis and Birmingham from Birmingham to
Ensley.
The midland is booming says the Mont
gomery Advertiser. Capt Voolfolk has
just returned from cambridge, where he
saw the construction of the Midland fairly
under way before starting for Montgomery
There is now large force of hands work
ing northwest from cambridge and the
roadbed has been graded nearly to the
OduAS VI II lAhI IANSls ocN Oh al HttlSS OlSIdllG,
and the constructiol of the iron bridge over
the river has been inaugur ated successfully,
it is expected the bridge will be com
pleted in about five or six months. Imme-
diately after the first section of twenty-five
miles west of cambridge is completed, the
force of workmen will be doubled so as to
rush the work as fast as possible. The con-
tracts for bridge work, croSstieS, ETC., have
all been sublet by tie contractors, Messrs.
Brown g. Co.
The most feasible Gould rumor which is
gaining general circulation in western
railroad circles, is to the effect that the
president Of the Missouri Pacific has an eye
on the Chicago, Santa Fe and California
line, the Chicago division of the Atchison.
Mr.. Gould has always been anxious to con-
meet his Missouri Pacific system in direct
way with Chicago, and it is well known
that the Atchison's extension to Chicago
has been Improbable to that system. The
Chicago, Santa Fe and California line ex-
tends from Chicago TO Kansas City, a
distance of ass miles, and its connection at
Ka sas City with the Missouri Pacific
would place Mr.. Gould in possession of q
long sought direct feeder from Chicago to
his great system of the west and southwest.