The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31
ON RAIL AND CRossrIE.

Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.
W. B. Thomas, president of the Wrights-
vile and Tenaille railroad, is in the city, as
full of business as usual.
All except Maj. Belknap of the Central
railroad inspecting party returned yester-
day. He is expected home tomorrow
The Central railroad pay train, that went
out two weeks ago, came in Yesterday. 1t
takes two weeks to make the round trip
and pay off all the Centrals employees.
The engine and tender of the fast mail
which were derailed four miles north of here
Tuesday, were righted yesterday and will
be repaired in the saops here. The damage
by the accident was slight.
A new local railroad organization is the
Railroad Freight Agents Association of
Chattanooga, composed of ali the freight
agents Of the city. The organization was
formed few days ago after the adoption
of the "demurrage" system of delivering
freight. Meetings are held every Monday
to discuss the questions referring to local
freight matters.
1t is remarked, says the Anglo American
Times, that all the money which the world
possesses to-day would not purchase one
third OF It's railways, since the railroads in the
world are worth nearly $4,000, 900 900. or
about one-tenth of the total monetary wealth
OF the civilized nations, and over Onequar-
ter of Gler invested capital. The railroad
business is i creasir e at al almost incredi-
BILE rate of speed. In 1875 the worlds rail-
ways aggregated 1S5, 900 miles, while ia 1885
there we're over 300,0 900 miles of railroad,
thus sho Ti0g an increase of liz, 900 miles in
ten years, or, on an average, upwards of
1000 miles year.
Capt. 0. c. Wiley, of Troy, Ala, president
of the Alabama Midland Railroad COMPANY.
which is building the new road from Mont
gomery to connect with the Savannah,
Florida and Western at Bainbridge. saws of
the progress of the road Things are
moving along splendidly. Our steel rail
has besn arriving in large quantities at
cambridge for several DAYS, aud the work
of putting it down viii be pushed as fast as
men and money can do it. You can depend
upon 1t the first twenty five miles is graded
ana the track will be laid, per contract,
before Feb. 10, and then we will go straight
ahead until the road is finished and turned
over" Have you begun work on your
bridge at cambridge ~ Eyes: our two
steam pile drivers for which we were wait
ing have been received, and work on the
bridge is going actively ahead. The whole
false structure viii be complete in fifteen
days ready for the track to be laid over it.
and construction train will then TRANSPORT
m terial which is now at the tender mercies
of y wagon team. If you don't think we
are getting along splendidly you ought to
have seen our two new Baldwin engires.
fresh from the locomotive works, which /
passed on the road this morning. They
are now going to Bainbridge, aud are as
good passenger engines as those pos
sss,ed by tuy other road in the coun-
try. These, with the two we have already
received, make four engines we now pos
Sess, the latter two being coal burners. l
don't thi K there is anything more Of inter
fox, president Of the construction com-
psny building the road, who has been at
Baiabridge, is now in New York l0oking
after the business of his company AID W II
return in few days. During his absence
from there tie construction is sill being
rapidly pushed forward and no time is lost
on any account.