The morning news., 1889-05-21
RAIL AND CRossTlE.

General Manager Belknap and Supt.
Hege of the Central railroad will go out
this morning on special train on general
insPsotioa trip.
The Rome Tribune says that it is h&ely
that the Rome ard Decatur railroad W II ne
sold at public outery to the highest bidder
ssme time d Iring the month OF September
A railway along the grand canon Of the
Colorado river, whose walls in seme places
rise thousands of feet above the water, is
the most strikia G Of the numerous railway
projects of the year.
The Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way depot building in front of the new
shed on East Broad and Liberty streets will
cost between $125,0 900 and $4,000. Work
cannot be begun on it now, as excavaHHg
IS the frs. work to be done.
Tee Chinese have already inaugurated .
Arst-slass collision on their only railroad.
Two passenger trains came together with
the result that several of the carriages were
completely wrecked and caught 6re d
twelve paSseng0 and two frsmen were
either killed or burned to death.
The Vicksburg asd Meridian railroad has
passed into the hands of the Alabama and
Vieksburg Railroad Company, and will
hereafter be owned and operated by it.
The change was made u der the order of
tae clerk of the United States circuit court
for the Southern district Of Mississippi, and
all the property, equipment and operation
Of the Vicksburg and Meridian company
was transferred on May Is.
The Central railroad travelling passenger
agents in Atlanta are having a serious time
trying to get patronage over the Central
railroad to the Macon drill. THe East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
agents are going about their work with
their sleeves relied up, and another rate
war is about to ensue. The East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad get the mill
tary, but it is understood that the Central
boys are making it back on the others
who go.
A Florida special says that the surveying
corps of the Covington aud Macon road has
reached there surveying the route from
Monticello to Griffin via Flovilla and IndiaA
Spring The corps report that the line
from Monticello by Ssith's Mills and Flo
villa is the beat that they have bsel ca
ablsd to fad. in fact, the best that has been
found by aay prevt us survey, and as the
directors of the C)vington and Macon have
voted 30 build the liae. Flovilla has good
hopes of its being built there.
Work on the Central railroad buildings
at the wharf is progrsssi e rapidly. Tne
warehouse which was burned some time
ago is nearly completed. The W. Ills are up
and the roof is being pat up The f1or of
the warehouse is raised nine feet by filling
in with sand. The site will Row be mere
heathful and less liable to fre. The
cotton yard on the old water works
site is also being hurried. Several hundred
loads of sand are being haul d in every day.
The yard when completed will increase the
| capacity for hauling cotton to tho sxstnt of
over $4,000 bales Phe yard will cover over
five acres.
Gross earnings for the month Of April of
the railways maxi & public reports show in
the aggregate an improvement over last
year, although when the increase OF mile
age is considered the actual Increase is not
So great A list of 1876 roads, includi z
several Canadian and Mexican lines, pub
lished by the Financial Chronicle, shows
gross earnings for that month aggregating
see, ,140, ,779, an increase of 81, l64, ,725 over
April, 1885, This is on a mileage of 90, 1877
miles, or 2, 3S3 miles more than at the same
time last year, and the incrsass in earnings
is not quite per cent, while the increase
in mileage is nearly 26 per cent. Although
the majority of the 1876 roads show an in
crease SO indicate decrease.
Strong efforts are being made to organize
an association OF Passenger and ticket
agents ia the United States and Canada,
and if all ths agents take hold OF the idea,
as have those OF Louisville, the plan will be
great success. The object il social and
business improvement, and the ia entions
are to make the new association far superior
to anything of the kind ever organized in
the country. Annual meetings will be held
at stated points for the tranSaction of any
business that may come up, and for social
enjoyment, and it is proposed to have sew
eral thousand members present each year.
Other meetings will be held when necessity
calls, though there will be no regular ses-
sions save the annual gathering. d. S.
Berbower, ticket agent Of the Florida Rail-
way and Navigation Company, is at the
head of the scheme in the south, and he has
already secured the Rames as members of
a majority Of the PasSe ger and ticket men
If Louisville, with q large representation of
agents throughout the south.