The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

Macon is greatly interested in the Macon
and birmingham railroad
General Manager Gabbett expects to re-
move his family to this city at an early day
NJ. koechlin, the engineer of the Eiffel
tower, has applied TO the Swiss bundeSrath
Tor a concession for the construction of a
railroad 10 the summit of the Jungfrau
mountain, in the Swiss Alps.
Track-laying IS to begin Immediately on
the twenty-one miles between Columbia S
c, and Little Mountain already graded
Between Little Mountain and Newberry
twenty-five miles grading is still in progress.
The Wrightsville Headlight says that
the Wrightsville and Tennille railroad has
just received twenty brand new fiat cars,
which Will be put into operation at once
and that these, with the new improved
mogul engine, soon to arrive, will make the
road new and hrSt-class entire-rolling
stock. steel rail, road bed, bridges. etc.
The Iron City Bridge Company has
secured the contract for the erection of a
new rapid transit bridge, to take tie place
of the old structure at Ninth street, in
PIttsburg, over the Alleg leny river. The
work on the structure must be finished by
March l. The bridge will be sixty feet
wide, with four tracks, and will have side
walks on either side ten feet wide.
A charter through Georgia for the Kan
sas City. Chattanooga and Port Royal rail-
road has recently been applied for by
Representative r. L. Gamble. the road
laid out is direct line from Kansas City to
Hickman, KY, Columbia, Tenn, Tullaho-
ma, Battle Greek Gap, Wall View, Chatta-
nooga, Red Clay, thence up Come, auga
river to Polk county. and thence along
Ocoe river to Ducktown, Mineral Bluff,
Hlawassee Town, across Narcoochee valley
to Augusta and Port Royal
The Augusta and West Florida company
| has asked the city of Townsville, Ga, t.
subscribe $50 900 to secure the building OF
| the road to that point The company pro
poses to build the road from Augusta to
| Thomasville, about $50 miles. The work is
| very light, and but three iron bridges will
| be necessary. The route is through more
than 100 miles of virgin timber, nine-tenths
of which is the longleaf yellow pine. The
land is productive and easy to cultivate
| and Is adapted to the growth of corn, cot
ton and early vegetables.
The Midland railway of England is now
running three trains lighted by electricity
one a short train, in which the cars are
| always coupled, and two mainline trains
which are made and broken up on the way.
In all three trains the dynamo is in the
guards van, and driven from an axle. Ii
| the short train eighty-five lamps are run
| from one set of accumulators placed in the
| guards van In the mainline trains each
| car has a set of accumulators which are
charged from the dynamo. One train has
the batteries in series, and the other in
parallel; the latter appears to be the more
promising arrangement. Both trains afford
a very satisfactory light, and are broken al
various points. and set together on the re-
turn journeys without interfering with
traffic arrangements. The lights are OF
eight candle-power each, two TO each com
partment. They can be turned up OF down
and if a car becomes detached they are
automatically lighted. The couplings and
general arrangements were devised by the
telegraph department, and are covered by
patents. Although the work is still re-
garded as experimental, an experience OF
four months has induced the company tC
extend it, and two new trains are being
| fitted up.