The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-28
ON RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
Local ana General Gossip IN Railway
Circles.

The Jacksonville, Manatee and Gulf rail-
road scheme is being revived.
| The rumored construction of a railroad
from Adel, Berrien county, Georgia, to
| Charlotte, Harbor. Fla, is attracting at
tention. The distance is 215miles.
| In about twenty days a steamer will be
put on the route from Porto Tampa, Fla
to Bay View, and will run regularly until
| railroad connections are made to the West
| Side. The time to Clearwater will be re-
duced to two or three hours.
The Halifax and Indian River Fla.) Rail-
way Company has been Incorporated by
| Messrs. U. j. White, of Ormond; Frank w.
! Sans, of New Smyrna; w. B. Watson and
Samuel B. Carter, of Jacksonville, and
John I. Salter, of New York.
| The Americas, Preston and Lumpkin
railroad, which owned the sunken steamer
Alice Clark, has come out of its loss better
than it was thought it would. The steamer
cost 81, $50. Her machinery was saved and
| has recently been disposed of for 5000.
The Florida Southern Railway Company
| has bestowed a handsome sum of money
upon Mrs. Wells, widow of the heroic en-
gineer, who sacrificed his own life to save
his passengers in the recent collision near
| Pemberton's. The company also pay to her
his monthly salary during the rest of her
| lifetime.
A corps of engineers has just completed
| the survey of line to connect the Clncin-
natl Southern and the East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA and Georgia roads, running from near
| the Kentucky State line to Cumberland
gap, and passing through a rich mineral
| region. The contracts have already been
| let and the work will be pushed to a speedy
| completion.
J.E.B. Love, Freight and Passenger
Agent of the Western and Atlantic rail-
| road, with headquarters at Townsville, re-
| ports a damaging rain in Townsville and
| the surrounding country yesterday. The
| Mitchell mill pond, few miles north of
| Albany, overfiOwed its banks yesterday
morning about o'clock, washing the track
and causing a delay of four hours in the
| mail train leaving Savannah at 7:0l a m
| The washouts on the Brunswick and West
ern railroad rendered that road impossible,
| and great part of its business went by
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way.
The track of the Chattanooga Rome and
| Columbus railroad from Rome to Cedar
town has been laid with steel rails, the work
| having been commenced last week, and
| being nearly completed Saturday night
Track laying on the road below Cedar
| town is going ahead rapidly and rails are
now laid within six miles of Buchanan
Bridge gangs are at work all along the
line getting the bridges and trestles up as
| fast as possible.
There seems to be no doubt that the road
will be completed and in running order by
July l.
The officials of the East Tennessee, Vir-
| ginia and Georgia railroad have been pay
| ing considerable attention to sections of
Florida lately. The Times Union says:
1.-THE visit of the officials Of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad may
| lead to great results for jacksonville and
Florida. 1t seems to be conceded that
within a short time the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia system will be extend
ed to the Ohio river, and with an extension
into Florida we shall have vestibule trains
and an unprecedented tide of travel from
the West and Northwest"
The survey of the right Of way of the
| Georgia Southern and Florida railroad has
been completed TO Palatka- The engineers
| loft Valdosta, Ga, on Oct. II, and have
since that time surveyed 1856 miles, that be-
ing the estmat ed air line distance between
Palatka and Valdosta. The total length of
fine road from Macon to Palatka Is 2S5
miles. The surveyed route runs directly
through Jasper and White Springs, in
! Hamilton county; near Lake City, in
| Columbia county: directly through Lake
| RntIer. the county seat Of Bradford county /;
| crosses the Florida Railway and Navigation
track at Hampton, in Bradford county (;
rms close to the east Of Putnam Hall, be-
tween Lakes Brooklyn and Geneva, enter
| inc Putnam county in township s, range
| % and strikes the Florida Southern track
/ at the switch near the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West crossing.
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