The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-30
RAIL AND oRoSsrIs.

| II is officially announced that with the
| completion of the year 1890 all passenger
trains on the Wurtemberg railroad, Ger
many, will be fitted with Westinghouse air
brakes. The necessary appropriation Of
724, 7S6 marks has been made.
Conductor p Bsvill, o the Central rail-
road shortly train, took home from the
| waiting room at the Central depot yester-
| day morning a handsome clock presented
| to him Christmay day by his friends who
| ride on his train. The conductor is very
popular among the passengers.
Col. d. @. Allen. the late general passen-
ger agent OF the South Carolina railway,
has been appointed general freight and pas
senger agent of the southern division of the
East Tennessee, Virginia Georgia rail-
way. Col Aliens territory will include the
states Of Georgia and Florida He will
assume the duties of his new position
Jan. l.
French railroad statistics show that there
are in use French lines 10, 600 locomotives,
4.oU hrst-class carriages, 10000 10 the
second and third classes, 10000 fast freight
cars, and 235. 900 ordinary freight cars. In
Germany there were in use at the end of
1883. altogether, ISL locomotives, 255, 972
baggage, freight and mail cars, and %, 793
passenger cars, with seating capacity for
l,Ol6,3T1 passengers.
German railroad officials are giving spe-
clal attention TO com plants regarding
excessive oscillations Of the rear cars of
last trains. Recent regulations specify that
only such cars are to be used on the rear of
Last trains as are in first-class condition, so
lar as axleS, wheels, bearings, and springs
are concerned The rear cars are to be
cloSe-coupled, and careful attention is to be
gwen to braking on heavy down grades.
Station hands are to closely examine the
cars with respect to good coupling, and, in
general, the behavior of the rear cars is to be
closely watched, and they are at once to bs
reported for repairs il in any way deficient
The people living on the Central railroad
between here and Millen and dom business
mere are very much displeaSed with the
schedule OF trains now in operation. The
last mail, leaving here at SID O'Clock at
| night. will not stop. excent at Guyton. be-
tween here and Millen. There are a num-
Der OF people living at Pooler who claim
tn 1t they are unable to get away from Sa-
vannah on the shoo-fly tram, leaving here at
5:4o O'Clock in the afternoon. Tney have
Deea going up on the $40 O'Clock train.
Iney say that since they will not be per-
mlttea to go up on the late train. they will
have to move down to Savannah. or else
discontinue their business here. A petition
is being circulated in Pooler, and is being
signed by everybody, asking the Central to
change the leaving time of the shoo-hy train
70 later hour, or else change the leaving
time OF the Etlabell train to an hour between
2:4o ana $40 o'clock. They will petition
General Manager Gabbett this week.
The Railroad Gdzsttes record of train
accidents in November includes rs collis-
10 8, 70 derailments, and three other acct
dents; total of 151 accidents, in which AZ
persons were killed, and 167 injured. These
accidents are classified as follows: Coils
IONS: Rear 81, butting 81, crossing and
miscellaneous II. Derailments: Broken
rail z, loose or spread rail 2, broken bridge
or trestle 4, defective switch 8, broken
wheel 2, broken axle 8, broken truck 1.
broken car 2, loose wheel l, misplaced
switch Z, runa way engine 1, careless run
ming 2, bad switching /, cattle on track 4.
snow l, washouts 2, landslide 6, accidental
obstruction l, malicious obstruction l, I'M
explained 20, miscellaneous 8. The causes
OF collisions, where given. were as follows:
But Crossing