The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26
RAIL AND oROssrIE.

Brown &c Co., railroad contractors at
Bainbridge, have discharged their force Of
Poles, Swedes, Hung arians, ETC., and they
are migrating i'll different directions. The
contractors had invested about S1,375 pass
age money from New York in them. but
found them unreliable and improbable.
and determined to get rid of them.
The Virginia Construction Company,
which is building the Tennessee Midland. is
to Immediately put a large force on the
elghty.tive miles between Perryville and
Nashville, Tenn, which yet remains to be
built to complete the road from Memphis to
Nashville. Trains now run to Perryville.
on the Tennessee river, 1876 miles from
Memphis
subscription of $25, 900 has been raised
IN Columbus to secure an extension of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus road
from Carrollton, Ga, south about fifty-five
miles to Warm Springs or some other point
on the Georgia Midland and Gulf. and
thence over that road to Columbus, through
trains being run from Chattanooga to
Columbus.
Charleston has taken the lead of all the
cues OF the south In one respect. 1t offers
the cheapest street car fares to workinpmen
that can be found. From 6 to o'clock.
morning and evening, only 30 cents fare
Is charged, and twelve tickets, good be-
tween the hours named, are sold for 25
cents. On Saturday night the cheap rates
extend from to 10 o'clock, but they are
not offered on Sundays.
Bills incorporating the following COM
panles are before the legislature: EatOpton
and Machen; Brunswick. Athens and North
western, capital stock $2,500,00O; Dalton
and Stephenson; Augusta and West Flori-
Ga; Dahlonega and Jacksonville; Albany
and Cordele, and the Artesian City; bills
continuing the charter of the Augusta and
Somervllle aad amending that of the EN-
plfe and Dublin are also under consldera-
ton.
The Roadmasters' Association of America
VIII hold Its annual convention at Denver.
Sept. 10. Among the railroad people who
go IRON this section are Roadmast sr J. w.
craig, or the Charleston and Savannah
railroad, who is president of the association
Koadmaster n. w: Reed, of the Savannah,
FLORIDA and Western railway, who is secre-
tary OF the association, and Roadmaster c.
l. Marvin, of the Central railroad.
Several important matters will be discussed
at the convention, and it is expected to be
OF considerable interest to railroad people
all over the country.
1t has just been discovered. for the first
time IN twenty-three years, the Railroad
Gazette says, that transportation in bond
W 6Hu from points In the u nlted States
through Mexican territory is authorized by
the general statutes in the same manner as
Ior IKE transportation through Canadian
territory The treasury department has
several times refused to authorize the tran.
SIT OF merchandise across the southern bor-
der, but its attention having been called to
the law, whose existence had not before
been suspected, regulations governing traffic
along the Mexican frontier will be prepared
as IN the case of Canada.
An exchange says that the Old Colony
railroad is credited with new idea, "origi-
nal IN its inception and humane in its Oh
Ject." The conductors are to be given les
sons IN removing cinders from the ewes of
passengers. AS the time consumed in Civ
ing these lessons must be enormous. we sur-
mise that this is merely an underhanded
scheme by which the superintendent is try
ing TO give his conductors weeks vacation
whlle allowing the directors to think that
the men are still on duty. Or, possibly, the
whole thing was started by those conduct
ors whose trains are petronized by large
numbers OF young lady passengers.
The superior court of Walton county has
an important railroad case before it involv-
ing the liability of a railroad in not holding
lraln Tor passenger to accompany his
FAMILY on board and to assist them in find
ing seats and to get of again. The court
IN suit for damages held that the plaintiff
nad the right to see his family safely on
board the train, as the company failed to
provide persons for that purpose, and that
the road should have allowed him reason
able time to get off, but that it was the duty
q the plaintiff to notify the agent OF the