The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-26
RAIL AND CRoSsTIE.

G. W. Taylor Of the Atlantic Coast Line
Is in the city.
lauta Yesterday.
supt. Levi Hegs will move his, Office up
20 Macon Wednesday.
J. W. Preston Of the Louisville and
Wadley railroad is in the city.
Master of Roadway ]. W. Craig of the
Charleston and Savannah is in the city.
General Passenger Agent E. p McSweeney
of the Charleston and Savannah railway is
here.
w. J. O'Neal, formerly operator for
agent at EllabelL.
Supt. W. W. Starr Of Macon, D. D. Cur
ran Of Augusta, and W. b. McChntock, of
Columbus, are in the city.
Chief Engineer W. B. W. Howe, Jr,
of the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, leaves to-day for Philadelphia.
General Manager Gabbett, accompanied
by his private secretary, Mr.. Macdonald,
went up to Atlanta last night. He will go
over the system on an inspection trip, and
will not return until Friday.
The conductors did not get their confer
ence with General Manager Gabbett yes
terday. The advisory board met and the
time of Mr. Gabbett was taken up with 1t.
SO that he could not see them. They will
call upon him on his return, the latter part
of the week.
American locomotive builders will be in
terested in the invitation from the interna-
tional exhibition to be held in Edinburgh,
Scotland, in 1890 to send a number OF
American passenger and freight engines for
exhibition, in conjunction with those of
British builders.
The gross earnings of 13S roads in the
United States, Canada and Mexico for the
ten months from Jan. to Oct. 81, as re-
ported by the Financial Chronicle, aggre-
gated S349, 9l4, 796, which indicates an ag-
gregate increase, compared with the same
period Of 1888, of the immense amount of
$2S.638, sos 1t is a remarkable fact that
only 81 of these roads show a decrease, in
almost every case this decrease being ex-
tremely small, while III roads show q gain,
in many cases very considerable.
The Gibson Chronicle understands that
J. B. Williams, the financial "Vanderbiltn
of Gibson, is contemplating the building of
a railroad from Matthews Station to
Louisville, or some point on the Central
railroad. The road, if built, will connect
with the narrow gauge at Matthews and
with the Louisville and Wadley railroad
The road will be eighteen or twenty miles
long, and will run through a splendid
section of country-one that is backed up
by wealth and and fertile soil If the
road is built, the Chronicle says, it will
doubtless 60 through or near by the pretty
little town of Stellaville. The preliminary
survey was commenced last week by Capt.
r. T. Barksdale.
Just as the Central railroad fast mail
train pulled out of the shed last night, there
was stampede In the shed entrance. Some
body said that it was fire. but there was
no smoke. After little diminishing two
well dressed and dignified gentlemen ran
through the crowd, and it was thought that
they had touched somebody and were trying
to escape by getting on the train. The
people in the shed were excited
and were ready to lay hands on the men, if
anybody had said ''Ketch 'em" The rail-
road policeman saw the whole thing but he
would not attempt to stop the men, or find
out what they had done. The policeman
sauntered about in the shed as If nothing
had happened, and when several citizens
approached him and inquired why he did
not find out whether the men had done any
thing or not, the officer replied, .''Why, they
were Supts McClintock and Curran trying
to get on the train"