The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-06
RAIL AND CROSsTIE.

The fifteenth annual convent on OF the
| Southern Railway and Steamship Associa-
ton will be held at the office of the associa-
ton in Atlanta July 10.
General Manager Haines of fhe Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway is in
New York on business connected with the
Plant system, and it is expected that he
will remain there until about Aug /.
| The Georgia Southern Railway Company
has elected George B. Turpin Of Macon a
director of the company to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of S. T. Coleman. Mr..
| Turpin has also been elected vice president
| of the road.
The Macon Construction Company will
award contracts July IS for building 100
| miles of the road between Macon and Biz
mlngham. The surveyors are at work be-
tween the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. w.
H. Wells of Macon is chief engineer.
1t is said of Dublin, the yard switchman
of the Central who was killed Wednesday,
that he had frequently boosted that the car
had not yet been manufactured which
would injure him, and after twenty-eight
years in railroad work, the mere slipping
of the foot brought about his death.
The supreme court of Mississippi has de-
clared constitutional the law passed by the
last legislature requiring railways to fur
nlSh separate firSt-class coach for the ac-
commodation of colored people. All the
roads have complied with the law and the
arrangement is said to give satisfaction to
both white and colored people.
A successful test was recently made on
the Raleigh and CASTOR road, of a process
of telegraphing to aud from moving train.
the invention of Raylus Cadea of North
Carolina. The current is maintained by
means of drag, which is attached to the
car, and which slides over set of wires
laid along the,track. Messages were received
from the offices at Raleigh and Greensboro.
while the train was running at the rate of
thirty miles an hour.
An accident to colored northumberland
is reported at the seventy-one mile post on
the Central road on Thursday night. 1t
appears that washout near Scarborough
was feared, and the Waterman was placed
at the danger point to watch the waters
and in case of accident to warn trains ap-
preaching. Instead of watching he sat
down on the track and fell asleep. A train
came along and collided with him, cutting
out piece from the fieshY portion of his
arm, and cutting off two fingers of tine
hand. The train was slowed up, and the
injured man taken to the nearest station
tor surgical aid. Hisinjuries will not prove
fatal.
July g., Tuesday, Travelling Passenger
saS0nS HSSOCldIlou, dG hacklnec Island,
Mich. July 9, Tuesday, National Associa-
ton Of Local Freight Agents Associations
second annual convention at Buffalo, N.
| y; July 10, Wednesday, Ass ociation of
| American Railway Accounting Officers.
first annual meeting; July II, Wednesday,
National Association of General Baggage
Agents, at Detroit Mich. Aug. 81, Wednes-
day, New England Roadmasters' Ass cia-
ton; annual meeting in Boston; Sept. 10.
Tuesday, Roadmasters' Association of
America; seventh annual convention at
Denver. Colo; September, Master Car
Painters Association; annual convention at
Chicago.
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