The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-04
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

President Phinizy OF ike Georgia rail-
road is here in his private car
The fast mail train from Atlanta was
two hours late last night, caused by dis
abled engine
The empire of Brazil affords a vast field
for railway construction when its extent
and variety of climate and production are
considered. With an area of not much lass
than that OF the United States it had at the
close of 1883 only 5,2Sl miles of railway in
operation, with 800 miles under construc-
tion. AS it's population is 100000 there
is, therefore, only one mile of railway to
every 1850 persons, while in the United
States the present average is not far from
one mile to every sos persons. The Brazil
ian government is literally disposed toward
the development of the country by railways,
and has already guaranteed about 500, 000,-
900 for this purpose.
The contract to build the Paducah and
Tennessee River Railroad from Paducah,
KY, to Murray has been awarded to Nc
Intvre 81 Concannon of st. Louis. The
Paducah and Tenues see River will run
from Paducah KY, to Florence, Ala,
distance of $50 miles, parallel with the Ten
nessee. It intersects the Cairo Short Line
at Paducah. There is a movement on foot,
tEs New York Commercial Bulletin says,
to extend the Florence Northern, which
terminates at Florence, to Birmingham,
where it will connect with the Georgia Cen
trial. running from that city to the Atlantic
ocean, at Savannah. thereby giving an air
line trunk route from St. Louis to the At
lantlc at Savannah.
The Railway Register under the heading
of Robbery" says: at ought never to be
necessary to have a railroad party in poll
tics, but the influences are at work that,
unchecked, will bring about the re,ult
ie in no north n ar Of
road employees, numbering many thousand,
whose object it is to prevent as far as pos
sible the enactment of laws calculated to
cripple the railway companies. The pro-
prosed reduction of freight rates in Texas
to the extent of 10 per cent. has alarmed
the railway employees in that state, aud
they are sending into the legislature at
Austin numerously signed protests against
the passage of the bill. The railroads
cannot pay out money for ser
vices which has not been re-
ceived for services, and their employees
understand it. The workmen think that
they are being indirectly robbed of their
livelihood. The legislatures attack the
treasures of the companies, and men are
discharged and wages are reduced. The
politicians are doing exactly the right thing
to cause railway employees to organize in all
the states for their own protection. Whe
the railways prosper, they employ many
men and pay them well. If the companies
suffer loss of revenue, the employees are
necessarily hurt, and they will adopt meas
ures for the removal of the cause OF their
i'll fortune. The politicians must have
care, for there will surely come day of
reckoning"
II was scared up yesterday" said Con-
ductor Ho 20 of the Atlanta fast mail last
night. "How's that" 81 lost pocket
book full Of money" "Find it {" ''No, l
didn't. Somebody found it for me. 1t was
gone two days, and the money was scattered
out among a family Of colored women, but
got every cent of it back. 1t was on my
last run up. l took the book out of my
pocket to make some change, just before
reaching a station half way up the road,
and did not put it back securely When
got out of the train at the next station
dropped it. l was in hurry to get away,
and did not discover that l had
lost anything until within a few miles
of Atlanta. ! had no idea where | lost the
book, and | did not know where to tele-
graph along the line to keep a look out for
it. 1t was possible for me to have lost it
while crossing the platforms when the train
was in motion. | didn't know what to do,
so gave it up as lost for good. On my
down trip, though, the next day / inquired
at every station, and told the agents to
keep a look out for it. When l reached the
sLdUlOO Wn6Te passed. auOIueT Train, ana
where had some running around to DO,
made inquiry, and, with some friends at
the station, began a search between the
switches and around the depot for the book.
While we were looking for it, little negro
boy sauntered out into the middle of the
track, and said, "Mista, what is yo' looking
TO-" That pocketbook you found.
Where did you put it," II didin'
foun' it, but l seed two niger vim
minis foun' it, au' dey quail bout il tut doy
ha' ter wide it wild one-er-nudder. Dey
lives down de lane. tell yo' all bout it,
eff you GIN me some Or de money" "My
friend and the boy went around to see the
woman who mad found the book, after 1
left. They had some Of the contents of the
pocketbook, but a general dividing out had
taken place, and all their friends had be-
come benefciaies and were in possession of
a few dollars Of it. My friend kept track Of
it and hunted them up, and yesterday when
l came down he handed me the book just
as full as when dropped it,