The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-01
RAIL AND CkOSSTIE.

The Tuscaloosa (Ala.l Times says that
the locating corps Of engineers for the Mid
land railroad are pushing rapidly tor Tusce-
loosa.
The grade Of the cogged track railway
which is being built up Pixies Peak, in
Colora 10, VIII be p feet 30 the hundred, or
1920 feet to he mile.
The governor of Michigan has surren-
dered to the United States the unearned
lands granted TO the state of Michigan by
an act of greSs in 1856, for certain rail-
roads in the upper peninsula. Tne lands
returned amount to about 10000 acres.
First sleeping car porter--W hats de
malta, Saml Yo' look so disc Juraged.
Sam-'Nuf to make a Teller dlscour-
aged. rs just out a doll tr al aquarter, l
is. Dey's five wooden-legged me in dis
yer cab, goin to de Milwaukee encamp-
ment.
The Russian railway system at the be-
ginning of 1888 aggregated 1884 miles, OF
which 3, 1877 miles belong to the government
and 1856 miles to private companies.
Since the date named some lines have been
constructed, so that the present total is
PROBABLY not far from 1900 miles.
The Pennsylvania Railroad G mpany has
introduced the phonoplex system of tele-
graphing into several of les large Offices for
long range work They are working " ire
between Jerse5 City and Philadelphia, and
another between Harrisburg and Pittsourg,
and it is pronou Iced greaJ success.
Contractor McNair of Waynesboro, who is
building the bridges for the Eden extension,
S ,ent Saturday in GIyt N. Mr.. McNai
reports fine progress in building the bridge
across Black creek on the Bryan county
81 lie, and he says that when this ig Is
completed the construction of ths'road will
progress more rapidly.
T interstate commissioners walked into
the ticket ofic5 of the Burlington railroad
i'll Kansas CT y the other day and purchased
tickets for Chicago. Some one in the office
jocularly remarked that the commissioners
ought TO have passes, at which one of the
commits ioners replied that in purchasing
tickets the commissioners set a good
example.
The laws passed by several states for the
benefit Of local butchers, prohibi ing the
sale of Dire sed beef brought from other
states, has bean prom )unced uAconstitu-
tonal by Judge Blodgett Of the United
States circuit court at Chicago. He says
hat tue statute which meets at the border
of the state an article of commerce tut ended
for human food and prohibit lts sale seems
to him palpable invasion by the states of
the domain of commerce. A similar decis-
ION has been reached by another court in
; SUdUe Oh minnesota.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
has concluded it's first annual mesti e at
Los Augeea, Cal The following officers
were elected: Grand chief, George w.
Howard of Evansville, Ind. assistant
grand Chief G.. T. Moore of Los Angeles;
grand secretary and treasurer, D. j. Con
Los Angelo executive commlCtee, w. II.
Sheasley, J. G. Ward, Villa NJ. u shsr,
all of Los Angeles The headquarters will
remail IN Los Angeles for the ensuing year.
The next annual meeting will be held in
! Toledo, o.. Sept. Is, $780,
Oct. Z, Monday, Association of North
American Railroad Superintendents, New
| York city; Oct 9, Wedne day, general
Wednesday, Association OF Railway Tele-
graph Superintendents, eighth annual meet
| ing at Washington, ID. c.; Oct. IT, Wed les-
| day, twent sixth annual convention of
| Grand International B otherhood # Loco
motive e gineerS, at Denver, Col. DC 30,
| Wednesday, National Association of Rail
| way Static Agents, annual convention al
Kansas City, Mo.
A crusade against the smoking compart-
ments OF sleeping cars has, it Is asserted,
| been ina Igurated by Miss Frances Willard
| the eloquent temperance refo NOR In an
| tsrview with George M. Pullman Miss
Willard argued thas the smoking rooms
should be abolished and SPECIAL cars pro-
vided for use Of the weed, declaring that
under tbs present arrangements the smoke
is blown into the body OF the cars, to the
disgust of the female occupants. The
RaIloGy Age remarks that an entire slesp-
ing car for ladies, to which 10 men should
be admitted, would probably suit Miss
| Willard and her excellent coadjutors still
better, aud it might be well for them to
direct their efforts toward that result. If
the smoking majority will not vacate the
sleeping cars the feminine non-smoki &
minority could then abandon them to their
fate.