The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-22
RAIL AND OROSST1E

Peter II. Mann has been ticket agent of
the New York Centr al road at Albany, N.
Y. for twenty-six years, and during that
time he is credited with having handled
s10,000,000. He is now 60 years of age
General Manager Gabbett has appointed
7. L. Chapman, formerly of the L ouisville
and Nashville, to the Office of superin-
tendent OF motive power. The new super
intendent will have charge of all the re-
pairs to engines and all the master machin-
lists will report to him instead of to Super
intendent Hege.
The new railroad from Eatonton to
Machen, the Macon Ne,0S SAYS, seems al
most a certainty. Four carloads of iron,
with which to equip it, have been unloaded
DIT Machen, and the surveying corps are
going ahead locating the route. The road,
when built, will pass through a very fine
section of country, and one that has long
been in need of railroad.
The Brunswick Advertiser learns that a
line has been run across from Waynesville
to the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia, and track will be laid to that road.
This, the AdUertiser presumes, does not
interfere in any way with the Cordele line
now surveyed and soon to be built Mai.
Degnon is just back from New York, and
reports much enthusiasm, not only of
South Brunswick, but Brunswick proper as
well.
E. c. Machen, who built the Covington
and Macon road, now proposes to build an
electric road from Atlanta to Savannah.
The water power of the Ocmulgee and
other rivers along the route is to generate
the electricity to move the trains, and it is
estimated by Mr.. Machen that 65, 900 horse
power will be within reach of the road He
is going to New Y ork to Investigate motors
and in the meantime work is under way on
the road bet ween Eatonton and Machen.
Lee McLendon, formerly chief rate clerk
in the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way general freight agents Office, has been
appointed joint soliciting agent of the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway and
Brunswick and Western railway for the
olicitation of business on the lines of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad AID
the Alabama Midland railroad His head
quarters will be at Valdosta. The appoint
ment went into effect Nov. 15 s. S.
Satch well, the general freight agents secre-
tary, has been appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the promotion of Mr.. McLendon.
The following is from the Covington
Star: "The Star is Informed from parties
at Machen (wnich is the new railroad town
at Shady Dale that the contract has been
let for building the road from Eatonton TO
Machen. We are not informed as to who it
is that is building the road-whether it is
the Central Railroad Company extending
their Milled geville branch up to Machen, or
whether it is being built by the Covington
and Macon company. No matter who It is,
however, the Star would be glad to have
the road extended from Machen to Coving-
ton, as that would give us a direct and
short line from Covington to Savannah
The provision of the law that limits the
liability of railway companies to 5000 in
the case of the death of a human heing for
which they are held to be responsible.
while it imposes no limit to the amount of
damages which may be awarded in case of
injuries not resulting in death, is the occa-
sion of a rather strange suit Just brought
against the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company. A hoy who
was injured in an accident on that road