The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-16
ON RAIL AND CRossrIE.
roca1 and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.

Circles.
Ore If the largest engines that ever pulled
tIain ia Charleston and Savannah rail-
evsv engine, and is intended to pull the
"Ht ;b,,fe train from Ashley junction to Sa-
1ob The drivers are 6 feet inch in
diSmeter. the cylinders IS inches IN d.
ora.ter and the stroke is 20 inches. 1t is a
coal burner.
According to the Railroad Gazette of
Ian 4 the year 1888 was one OF the three
S,aars Of greatest output OF rolling stock,
"a he amount turned out was nearly if
Cot ouite equal to that Of 1887 or 1882. This
~ ~ snite of the great falling of in railroad
construction. The number of locomotives
Lii was about 2,4S0, of freight cars about
On 600. of passenger cars over 2,5OO.
Tho observatory car "Ymir" will run be-
+,yaan Tampa and st. Augustine this year
This car is built especially for tourist travel,
and offers especial facilities for o. serving
the scenery through which the train passes.
On each side, to within SNORT distance OF the
and of the car, is a balcony or promenade,
occass 10 which is gained from the interior
Nv a number of doors. This balcony has a
railing on the outer edge, surmounted by a
hsr in order that passengers may lean over
without danger Of falling.
The st. Augustine and East Coast rail-
voed is being constructed under the man
sgament of S. j. Fox; also the Atlantic,
Gnlf and Havana railway from Daytona to
OeIand in connection with the above
named road. These roads have been con-
solidated under the management OF the At
Isntic Gulf aud Havana railway, with J.
r Stetson, president and S, j. Fox. presi-
dent of the St Augustine aud East Coast
railway. The work is being rapidly pushed
forward, 100 men or more being now en-
gagged in its construction, and it will be
Completed by Nov. l. Ten miles Of the road
have already been built from st. Augustine
down the coast. The road will run through
one of the finest sections of the state, and
will doubtless prove an important factor
in the material development of the state
The cambridge Democrat thinks that the
Alabama Midland will make poss bic Won
derful future for Bainbrldge and the sur
rounding country. 1t says: The building
of the Alabama Midland from this city to
Montgomery, Ala. will put cambridge on
the main thoroughfare between the great
west and Florida-with the great grauaries
of the former and the great fruit groves aud
the tourist travel of the latter. 1t will also
force the building Of the long talked of road
from Tallahassee to BainbrIdge, to connect
the west more directly with Florida and
give the Florida Railway ard Navigation
Company western outlet This latter road
will he extended southwark from Tallahas-
see down the peninsula in the direction of
Paatka, and develop the bulk Of the great
DisSton purchase of land in the intermediate
region.
Christian Won Hess, son-in-law of James
MaCkaye, who died i'll Paris in April last,
has brought suit against Morton, Rose &
Co Of London, of which Levi p. Morton
is member, HoIlinger & Co., the Paris
bankers, Marie Louise Mackaye, the widow,
Otbars n rpOoUpI, r0OaeasllOn of tTUaptv
6per cent first mortgage bonds of tue
Kansas Pacific Railway Company, twenty
similar bonds of the Northera Pacific and
twenty per cent. bonds of the Milwaukee
and s.. Paul Railway Company, all of the
value Of $4,000, and to enjoin the pay
ment of intere on them to the widow.
The lOnds were deposited with Morton,
Rose & Co, but the widow took them to
Paris, and deposited them with Hollinger
& Co. Morton, Rose & Co. have a suit
pending to get them back from Hollinger &
Co. Won Hess took out administration
papers, claiming Mackaye had never given
up his residence.
South Carolina Railway officials in
Charleston, the NetUS and Courier Sd 8, are
unable to speak regarding the future of the
South Carolina Railway Company. Their
business is to look after the running of the
road, and as there is no doubt that the road
VIII COuCIAue 10 De operated no matter WlaG
changes may occur in the company, they
are engaged in managing its business with
the same care and attention that has always
characterized them. The questions and
doubts raised by the defaulting of the I'M
pany on the interest of it's second mortgage
bonds may not be settled for several months,
as under the law the trustees cannot pro-
coed against the company until six months
after the default. Maj W. H. Brawley,
who is one of the trustees for the bond
holders, is BOW in New York, it is pre-
fumed on business connected with the pres
ent crisis il the affairs Of the company, but
Is expected in Charleston shortly.
The Central Traffic Association roads, or
rather their general passenger agents, have
agreed upon form of 1,0G0-mle ticket
which will certainly tend very greatly to
put stop to the frauds now practiced by
travellers with such tickets In addition to
bearing very explicit contract, with
Twelve agreements to be signed by the pas
S6enger, this ticket viii also have the follow
ing form by which the general description
OF The original purchaser is to be indicated:
DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL PURCHASER
Male 1o,,oIo