The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10
RAIL AND CROsSTIE.

! ID. w. Bowman, consulting engineer OF
the Central, went north yesterday on bust
ness for the road
| The number of electric street rail ways in
America is now co. operating 346 miles of
| road a large humber more are either pro-
| Jected or under construction.
Work has commenced on the Bainbridge
and Cuthbert railroad. This the Dawson
| Ne1CS says will have a tendency to cut off
the line from Bainbridge to Richland, and
Will greatly increase Dawson's chances of
| getting the road from Quincy.
The official announcement by the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway
passenger department of the resign alton of
| ). ii. Hardwick and the appointment of
| Chas. n. Knight asassistant general passen-
| ger agent with headquarters at Atlanta, has
| just been made.
During the fiscal year ended June 80.
1889, there were certified to railroad com
| panles under various grants a total of
| 425,O46 acres of land, or 404, 116 less than
the total certificates of the previous fiscal
year. There were pending in the general
land office on Jnne 80, 1889, railroad selec-
| tlons under former grants amounting to
~, 444, 2ol acres, which is an increase for the
year Of 4,0l4, 385 acres.
R. G. Barley, president of the Eutawville.
| w. ~ IdllIOdu, lb now III new Ofk LOOKING
| after the business of his road. A meeting
Of the directors of the road was held in New
York last Monday at which the plans and
| specifications for depots were considered
the extension of the line having progressed
50 far that it is now almost necessary to
begin work on the depots at Sumter, Sum
merton and other points.
Sixty years ago railroads were unknown
IN this country, and the population of the
United States consisted of II, 900. 900 people
To-day we operate upward of 1876, 900 miles
| OF railroad and our population has increased
to 60,00O,000. Sixty years ago the aggre-
gate wealth of the United States was less
than 1000, 600, 900; at present it is esti-
mated at S56, OO0,OOO00O. Over our 165. 900
| miles of railroad there were carried last year
10000, 900 people, and 900, 000 900 tons of
| freight were transported. Upon these
lines are engaged 200, 900 employees. Their
equipment consists of 10000 locomotives
2l,0OO passenger cars, 1000 baggage cars,
and 100000 freight cars. The capital in
vested In construction and equipment
amounts to $4,000 600 900, and the yearly
disbursements for labor and supplies ex-
coed 100000.
Consul Farnham writes: 1.-THE lenoth of
the various lines Of railway under the CON
troll of the government Of Bombay in oper-
alton during the year 1SS7-8S was q. 96S
miles, or 2SS miles more than the previous
year. On the Great India and Peninsula
railway the work of doubling the line was
IN progress in the Jululpar and Nagpur
lines. The Victoria terminal station and
| administrative offices in Bombay, a triumph
or architectural skill, was completed The
subscribed capital of the great India and
Peninsula, and the Bombay and Baroda and
| Central India and Southern Manhattan
railways, amounted at the end of the wear
to SlS7 1897 BOO the net earnings amounted
to 50, 900. The percentage of ex-
| penseS to earnings was rs on the Great
| India and Peninsluar, Al 80 on the Bombay
! and BarQda and Central India, 65 81 on the
the Southern Manhattan, aud u. 81 on the
| Mysore railway. Compared with tae net
| earnings Of 1856, those Of 1887 showed an
increase of $40, 200 in the case Of the Great
India and Peninsular Railway. owing
chilly to an increase in the number of third
class passengers and larger receipts for the
conveyance OF railway material. Ga the
| osner hand the net earnings on the Bombay
| and Baroda and Central India, RaoDutana
and Malwa railways exhibited a decrease of
S26o, 900 and $270,00O respectively. owing
principally to the failure of croDs in tha
northern districts and the consequent di-
intuition of the traffic in wheat and other
grain, cotton, seeds. etc. The net earnings
OF five othershorter lines also showed a
The Brunswick, Athens and North west
ern railroad is Brunswick's latest railroad
scheme. bill has been introduced in the
senate incorporating the road. The incor-
porators OF the new company are gentle
men well known through0u5 the state. all
OF them having important business c1nnec-
tons. They are the following: Geo. M
Crimson, Q. b. Townsend, L. johnson a
j. Crovatt, Boiling Whitfield, w. B. Stiff
well. 1t is proposed to build the road from
Brunswick to Murphy, N. c. Tho
route viii take it through the follow
ing counties ia this state Glynn. Tattnan
johnson, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Jackson
Habersham, Wayne, Emanuel, Washing,
ton, Greene, Clarke, Banks, and White
The road will be an air line, from Bruins
WICK to Murphy, taking in the towns of
Jesup,, Reldsville, Stillmore, Swainsb 3ro.
Iennille, Sandersville, Sparta, Greenes,
boro, Athens, jefferson, and Homer. The
population OF the htteen counties through
which the road will run was, according 10
tae census of 1880. about 15S. $50 At
JeSup the new road will intersect the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
and the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroads; at StillmOre it will cross the
Rogers, Summit and Stillmore railroad
at SwainsDOrO it will intersect the MidvilIe
and Swainsboro railroad; at Tennille tha
Central railroad and the Wrightsville and
Tennille railroad at Sandersville fine
Augusta, Gibson and Sardersville railroad
at Sparta, the Macon branch of the Georgia
railroad; at Greensboro, the main line of
the Georgia railroad; at Athens, the Athens
branch OF the Georgia railroad, the North
eastern railroad, AID the Covington and
Macon railroad; at Jefferson, the Gaines
vile jefferson and Soutbarn roiIrooJ