The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-05
ON RAIL AND CROssTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railws
Circles.

Circles.
Joe Lattimer, travelling passenger agent
of the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
railroad, passed through Savannah yester-
day en- route to Jacksonville.
The Central railroad Bull street ticket
Office is UNDERGOING Improvement. A
ticket case, a folder rack and a stationery
cupboard have all been fitted up, under the
ticket counter
The Central railroad turned out of its
shops last night a new sleeping car, named
Coosada. The sleeper is painted olive, with
gilt trimmings. The window frames are
stained cherry.
As the Central railroad fast mail started
to pull out of the car shed last night the
draw-head to the Atlanta sleeping car pulled
out and Train Master Norman had a Pull
man car put on.
A passenger carried beyond her stopping
place, VINO takes the risk of getting off while
the train is in motion, must take the con-
sequences, and cannot recover against the
railroad company for injuries thereby sus-
tanned. So says the supreme court of
Georgia.
Freight train No 103, Central railroad,
bound for Macon, ran off of the track at
the SO mile-post near CushionvilIe station.
yesterday morning, damaging five cars
laden with guano. A wrecking crew was
sent out, and in a few hours the track was
cleared so that trains could pass Train
Master Norman said that the damage to
cars is slight, and there was scarcely any
damage to the freight.
The reports that P NJ Arthur was to be
forced to resign the position of chief of the
Engineers Brotherhl Cd on account of the
failure Of the Burlington strike seen to be
unfounded. Mr.. Arthur says that he has
no present intention of resiguing and
| the te m for which he was elected does not
expire until October next. In laboring to
| prevent strikes and secure peaceful settle
ments OF difficulties which has character
lied M. Arthurs general course, the Rdii-
lUay Age SAYS that he has served the
brotherhood far better than a rad cal
belligerent leader would have done, and has
saved the engineers an immense amount of
money which they might easily have
thrown away in ill-advised strikes.
The supreme court has rendered a de-
cisior holding that a passenger with or
| without a ticket has no right to remain on
train in this state when he is disorderly
or if he uses obscene, profane, or vulgar
language The clurt SAYS: "If a disorderly
passenger defies the conductor, draws a pis-
| toll ard thereby induces the conductor to
arm in order to expel him from the train.
and after the expulsion he still uses obscene
| and vulgar language, reeking with insult,
| on which mutual combat ensues, the rail-
road company is not liable for the consp-
quences, though the expelled passe0 ger be
wounded in the conflict, even if the con-
ductor, excited by danger and irritated by
insult, be not fully excusable for the shoot
ing"
Locomotive building in 1888 was very
active. The Railroad Gazette has gathered
figures showing that during the year seven
teen firms built 2, 1870 locomotives, and that
Sixty-s,x railroad companies In the aited
States and Canada built 3S2 This makes
total of 1852, which the Gazette thinks is
undoubtedly the whole years output. The
Gazette fin is that 2.41l cars for passenger
service were built BY thirty-siX car
works and sixtv-six railways, and of course
some considerable additions should be made
to these figures. Altogether 1888 was a
wear of great activity in respect 20 car and
locomotive building, the output probably
equalng that of 1887, notwithstanding the
fact that the railway mileage constructed
was MT very much more than half that in
the previous year
An official in the department of the Haci-
enda treasury in San jose, Costa Rica, has
written to friend in Charleston suggest
ing that the Plant people put on a ship to
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua. a d thus secure
for Savannah and Charleston a share OF the
coffee trade, the rubber trade, etc Costa
Rica. he says, has a delightful climate, and
is becoming quite popular resort for L =
glish and American tourists. In San Jose
the thermometer never reaches 90', ald
at night it falls as low as Sc. It Is a
charming place, 5000 feet above the sea.
Yellow fever is never known on the At
lantlc coast of Costa Rica, and steamer
from Tampa or Cedar Keys would be per-
fectly safe running down there the year
round. The national railways, he SAYS, are
administered by young gentleman from
Brooklyn, and on the whole the people from
president down to peasant are very friendly
inclined to Americans